normal - sport and sport plus in a 4S
12-23-2009, 10:58 PM
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normal - sport and sport plus in a 4S
my dealer has let me drive the loaded 4s i am looking at buying. got it Tuesday and take it back thursday - anyway my real concern with the 4s is that it can seem a bit light on the throttle side.
so i started driving tuesday mostly in normal and sport sometimes. it lets you get used to the car, throttle, engine noise etc. This car has sport exhaust so when you hit it anytime, between the exhaust and the engine sounds it can make one back off the throttle a bit. - car was fun but still seemed a little slow when pinned at the 3,500 rpm range - really needed to be well past 4,500 to feel it. ---- really fun but a bit tardy------------
so tonight i took it out - wanted to fly by some christmas lights etc. i put it in sport plus and comfort pasm to keep it a little higher in the snow/crap on the road. what a difference to the throttle response from the sport mode. i really thought Sport plus was more just a connection to the tranny shift speeds, but it really effects the throttle response too. pin it at 3,600 rpms and the kids heads bob back - the true sign of speed!!
in the end, this 4S is amazing and will likely swap out the GTS in the new year.
so i started driving tuesday mostly in normal and sport sometimes. it lets you get used to the car, throttle, engine noise etc. This car has sport exhaust so when you hit it anytime, between the exhaust and the engine sounds it can make one back off the throttle a bit. - car was fun but still seemed a little slow when pinned at the 3,500 rpm range - really needed to be well past 4,500 to feel it. ---- really fun but a bit tardy------------
so tonight i took it out - wanted to fly by some christmas lights etc. i put it in sport plus and comfort pasm to keep it a little higher in the snow/crap on the road. what a difference to the throttle response from the sport mode. i really thought Sport plus was more just a connection to the tranny shift speeds, but it really effects the throttle response too. pin it at 3,600 rpms and the kids heads bob back - the true sign of speed!!
in the end, this 4S is amazing and will likely swap out the GTS in the new year.
12-23-2009, 11:12 PM
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my dealer has let me drive the loaded 4s i am looking at buying. got it Tuesday and take it back thursday - anyway my real concern with the 4s is that it can seem a bit light on the throttle side.
so i started driving tuesday mostly in normal and sport sometimes. it lets you get used to the car, throttle, engine noise etc. This car has sport exhaust so when you hit it anytime, between the exhaust and the engine sounds it can make one back off the throttle a bit. - car was fun but still seemed a little slow when pinned at the 3,500 rpm range - really needed to be well past 4,500 to feel it. ---- really fun but a bit tardy------------
so tonight i took it out - wanted to fly by some christmas lights etc. i put it in sport plus and comfort pasm to keep it a little higher in the snow/crap on the road. what a difference to the throttle response from the sport mode. i really thought Sport plus was more just a connection to the tranny shift speeds, but it really effects the throttle response too. pin it at 3,600 rpms and the kids heads bob back - the true sign of speed!!
in the end, this 4S is amazing and will likely swap out the GTS in the new year.
so i started driving tuesday mostly in normal and sport sometimes. it lets you get used to the car, throttle, engine noise etc. This car has sport exhaust so when you hit it anytime, between the exhaust and the engine sounds it can make one back off the throttle a bit. - car was fun but still seemed a little slow when pinned at the 3,500 rpm range - really needed to be well past 4,500 to feel it. ---- really fun but a bit tardy------------
so tonight i took it out - wanted to fly by some christmas lights etc. i put it in sport plus and comfort pasm to keep it a little higher in the snow/crap on the road. what a difference to the throttle response from the sport mode. i really thought Sport plus was more just a connection to the tranny shift speeds, but it really effects the throttle response too. pin it at 3,600 rpms and the kids heads bob back - the true sign of speed!!
in the end, this 4S is amazing and will likely swap out the GTS in the new year.
12-24-2009, 04:33 PM
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the cayenne doesn't hold it's value worth ****, but i knew that going in - all these things lose $ and today it is worth wholesale if i trade it and MM were easy with that - may roll it through them to a toronto independant though
12-24-2009, 04:43 PM
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i think the 18" snows look good -
as well - my comments on sport plus do not apply to a turbo imo unless you want launch control or don't like to use the manual mode of the PDK: the turbo is simply a rocket whatever the setting
as well - my comments on sport plus do not apply to a turbo imo unless you want launch control or don't like to use the manual mode of the PDK: the turbo is simply a rocket whatever the setting
12-26-2009, 03:04 PM
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very controllable in the snow with a strong rear bias so oversteer was easy to initiate more than the gts for some reason - haven't checked the axel split on panamera vs gts
had to use air suspension a few times into parking lots to keep up height etc
importantly no snow build up on the back windows when driving over snowy roads - so in that way very different than the gts
had to use air suspension a few times into parking lots to keep up height etc
importantly no snow build up on the back windows when driving over snowy roads - so in that way very different than the gts
