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Message: A couple things
Changed By: Laz
Change Date: September 02, 2014 04:16PM
A couple things
Change Date: September 02, 2014 04:16PM
A couple things
Maybe the US cars have a different Sport activation set-up , perhaps to do with our EPA. We agree: it's pretty much useless because of its unrealistic shift points.
The fuel consumption per active/inactive Sport throttle setting might be dependent on a matrix of parameters such as exact gas pedal angle, how fast and how far it is pushed/released, the gear and the relative "delta" of the terrain being traversed. Essentially, as my sales guy said, use of the Sport throttle makes very little difference in consumption. I've previously wondered how much using it, say, uphill in 6th would make me think the engine isn't lugging as much because it's not me pushing the pedal down more to maintain speed or accelerate.
The fuel consumption per active/inactive Sport throttle setting might be dependent on a matrix of parameters such as exact gas pedal angle, how fast and how far it is pushed/released, the gear and the relative "delta" of the terrain being traversed. Essentially, as my sales guy said, use of the Sport throttle makes very little difference in consumption. I've previously wondered how much using it, say, uphill in 6th would make me think the engine isn't lugging as much because it's not me pushing the pedal down more to maintain speed or accelerate.
Original Message
Author: LazDate: September 02, 2014 04:03PM
A couple things
Maybe the US cars have a different Sport activation set-up perhaps to do with our EPA. We agree: it's pretty much useless because of its unrealistic shift points.
The fuel consumption per active/inactive Sport throttle setting might be dependent on a matrix of parameters such as exact gas pedal angle, how fast and how far it is pushed/released, the gear and the relative "delta" of the terrain being traversed. Essentially, as my sales guy said, use of the Sport throttle makes very little difference in consumption. I've previously wondered how much using it, say, uphill in 6th would make me think the engine isn't lugging as much because it's not me pushing the pedal down more to maintain speed or accelerate.
The fuel consumption per active/inactive Sport throttle setting might be dependent on a matrix of parameters such as exact gas pedal angle, how fast and how far it is pushed/released, the gear and the relative "delta" of the terrain being traversed. Essentially, as my sales guy said, use of the Sport throttle makes very little difference in consumption. I've previously wondered how much using it, say, uphill in 6th would make me think the engine isn't lugging as much because it's not me pushing the pedal down more to maintain speed or accelerate.