View Poll Results: How do you use sport mode
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Sport mode usage
01-05-09, 05:25 AM
#31
Maybe I am remembering this wrong, but isn't sport mode more designed for the twisties/track? I thought I remember reading that better 1/4 mile times are achieved in the normal setting using the paddels, which does not make much sense to me. 
02-03-09, 11:19 PM
#32
Quoted from Lexus' web site on the ISF:
"A Sport mode switch on the dashboard allows the driver to select from among Normal, Sport and Snow driving modes. In Sport mode, the VDIM system allows higher dynamic thresholds before intervening, alters steering assist to increase steering weight, and throttle response is sharpened. With the transmission in D mode, gears are held longer in response to throttle input."
"A Sport mode switch on the dashboard allows the driver to select from among Normal, Sport and Snow driving modes. In Sport mode, the VDIM system allows higher dynamic thresholds before intervening, alters steering assist to increase steering weight, and throttle response is sharpened. With the transmission in D mode, gears are held longer in response to throttle input."
02-04-09, 06:31 AM
#33
Lexus Champion
Hopefully Caymandrive or Toothdoc can shed more light on the setting they use on the 1/4 tracks. I'm almost positive they're running it in sport mode to lock the torque converter and get the quick shifts from 2-8th
02-04-09, 10:23 AM
#36
Lexus Champion
02-05-09, 12:13 AM
#37
03-16-09, 04:10 PM
#45
You guys are right!
I actually never even used sport mode until this thread, I am still under 300 miles despite skipping lunch everyday to drive around the block. But after reading these post I built up enough courage to try sport mode, what a freakin' difference! I wonder if I'll keep my MPG up now! I guess I could convert lunch money into the gas money in the worst case scenario 