Sport Mode
12-14-2012, 02:17 PM
#48
I love the sport button once I leave my master planned community. They are building new homes across from my subdivision and theres quite a bit of rough roads while construction is going on. It's great on smooth roads, but brutal on rough roads.
12-14-2012, 02:56 PM
#49
Rennlist Member
For me, the important change for 6 speeds is that PSM interventions take place later so that the driver can maneuver the vehicle with greater agility at its performance limits, without having to dispense with the assistance of PSM in emergency situations. This paraphrased from the owners manual. dave
12-14-2012, 07:08 PM
#51
Nordschleife Master
12-14-2012, 08:46 PM
#52
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Thread Starter
No, the upgrade does not add PASM but if you have PASM I think it plays with it.
12-14-2012, 09:11 PM
#53
I am currently debating retrofitting my car with PSE as my car is not equipped with it but my car is a non "S" Carrera 4... so the question for me is whether to install the PSE or just put that money towards a 4S that already has the Sport Chrono package, PASM and the PSE... but I am sure that will not be so easy to find.
12-14-2012, 09:30 PM
#54
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Thread Starter
The dealer tech who installed sport mode told me that it would be very costly and difficult to install PASM on my car.
What does the Sport Chrono package give you if you already have sport mode and PASM and PSE besides a clock on the dash?
My next upgrade will address the exhaust.
What does the Sport Chrono package give you if you already have sport mode and PASM and PSE besides a clock on the dash?
My next upgrade will address the exhaust.
Last edited by GEO356; 12-14-2012 at 09:59 PM.
12-14-2012, 10:56 PM
#55
Burning Brakes
Actually, I think most of the C4S cars I have seen have the Sports Chrono package, so I wouldn't think it would be that hard to find one. People that pay up for the S are generally inclined to go all the way
12-15-2012, 03:15 AM
#56
I noticed this, but do most also get PSE along with the Sport Chrono package?
12-15-2012, 03:22 AM
#57
Had Sport Mode installed today, picked up the car after work and drove home with Sport switched on. Holy s**t ! The car IS ALIVE! Huge improvement, even driving in rush hour traffic. Throttle response and PDK behavior is so different, much easier to drive, no more fighting to keep R's above 1500. Upshifts and downshifts are much closer to where I would have them with a manual 6 spd. Fun factor has returned for me.
Didn't really push it because the streets are damp and wet after 2 weeks of rainy weather. Tried sport+ in manual mode through 1st into 2nd but traffic and street conditions were bad so I backed down.
Bottom line... This is the best performance upgrade I have made with any car I have ever owned. I was so disappointed with this car I was getting ready to trade it away.
Didn't really push it because the streets are damp and wet after 2 weeks of rainy weather. Tried sport+ in manual mode through 1st into 2nd but traffic and street conditions were bad so I backed down.
Bottom line... This is the best performance upgrade I have made with any car I have ever owned. I was so disappointed with this car I was getting ready to trade it away.
congrats Geo- I'm going for this mod next.. what did the dealer charge for the install? Any particular suggestions (things to be on the look out for) when I bring mine in to get this done, or is this plug and play by dealer?
12-15-2012, 08:27 AM
#58
As others have said, on a PDK car this is the best mod possible....even better than an exhaust!
12-15-2012, 08:44 AM
#59
Rennlist Member
12-15-2012, 11:40 AM
#60