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Originally Posted by Notechy
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Originally Posted by HighlandPete
According to the G30 documents, Sport+ includes:
Reading through quickly, doesn't reference DTC as the key feature like previous models. Perhaps that is why all models don't get the Sport+ mode.
Best description of the Adaptive Mode is from the G12 training documents. Referenced from the G30 'Displays and Controls' document.
I'm sure there is more to the finer detail, time and more documents will give the greater picture.
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I may be in the minority on forums such as this in having some interest in the Eco Pro Drive mode. Of course the car feels as if it has lost most of its engine if any attempt is made to press on. And I reckon to be a fairly gentle driver, anticipating, and regarding the use of brakes as wasting fuel. So I am not sure that I benefit from significant elements of Eco Pro.
But there are two features which I appreciate. One is the look ahead feature - ease off now because speed limit is about to be reduced, junction ahead etc. Moderately useful on unfamiliar roads. It surprised me today when it told me that I was about to hit a new temporary 40mph speed limit on the M5. (How does it know that - OTA update?) The second is coasting mode. It is notable how many miles get chalked up in this mode at around 700rpm instead of perhaps 1000-1600 if not in coasting mode. So I am inclined to use the mode when cruising on motorway-type roads, or pootlng around suburbia.
Otherwise so far I have been inclined to Adaptive mode. HighlandPete's quotation indicates that this adopts as appropriate from the range of modes including Eco Pro. However, because the display does not change, it cannot give the "look ahead" information, which is a shame. But also the rev counter and feel suggest that it does not use coasting. A bigger shame.
Today, with a mixture of Eco Pro and Adaptive gave 53mpg from Surrey to N Wales in easy driving conditions. |
Look ahead seems useful - why isn't that available across all modes??
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