maddave

Just wanted to post cause not much discussion about it but the 16's have a customize sport mode which is pretty much starting your car in Sport S+ mode which my 13 didn't have.. it also seems when chassis is in sport and Sport S+ is engaged the car is even more stiff (like a Sport S++ if you will)..

Im2bz2p345

Wow, that's awesome. Didn't know about this difference in the 2016+ GS models.

Very cool. The rest of us will have to keep changing thinks manually after we start our cars, lol. Thanks for sharing.

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fuddyduddy

Can put the Chassis in Sport and the Powertrain in Normal, kind of like a "+" mode that eliminates engine braking?

y2tony3

funny I brought this up a couple of months ago when I got my GS and everyone here was telling me that my car salesman lied to me that there is no such thing...

mrpartsman

yes that was a feature I found out about a week later after I bought the car , when I had time to play around with the menus , I said damm this is nice feature we never had, which is very cool.

bclexus

I'm really surprised that Lexus (or any car maker) would allow a less efficient (less fuel mileage) mode (e.g. Sport or Sport+) to be set by the owner from a menu as the standard default mode with all the various fuel requirement standards, advertising standards, EPA requirements, etc., etc. that they must meet. Or, maybe I'm misunderstanding something...

maddave

I actually prefer the car in normal mode..thought i would enjoy sport chassis but it was alil too stiff when i had passengers and wanted a soft ride. Im lowered on tanabes tho

jjscsix

They have not, and I'll be surprised if the new GS allows you to start with transmission/throttle in one of the sport modes. Audi allows individual settings, but the transmission will default back to normal mode.

MEAHT

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This is awesome.

lamikela1

Customize mode has to be selected after you start the car as it always starts in normal mode. Just push the normal button one time to put it in this mode. Also I tried setting mine to sport mode and power mode in customize but I don't think that is really sport+. It seems to be like sport not sport+ as sport+ is much more responsive.

The Chevy Camaro SS also has settings like this so car manufactures do allow it on some cars.

bclexus

That's what I thought - it will not default to Sport or Sport+ mode at start-up.

If you are referring to engine 'responsiveness' - Sport and Sport+ modes have the same engine throttle and transmission shift parameters.

Im2bz2p345

Thanks for clarifying. The OP made it seem like the vehicle could START in this customized mode (without having to do anything else).

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