Originally Posted by Ramon

If SNOW mode decreases power output in addition to super early shifts, then yes, you'll gain some fuel economy once you've reached cruising speeds. I'm not so sure if you'd see an increase in stop n go city driving though since it seems to take a lot more throttle to get it going.

Originally Posted by Phillip31

Ya thats true....i guess snow mode will get you better mpg only if ur driving like on the freeway or something at crusing speeds

Originally Posted by heffergm

No, it won't. If you're driving at a constant speed, Mars could swing within 50 miles of earth, your ears could magically graft themselves onto your chin, and a baby in Singapore could shed a single tear of gold. But you'd still get exactly the same gas mileage cruising at a constant speed regardless of what position that button is in.

Originally Posted by Phillip31

But like wat i said before, when i was cruising at about 75-80 mph in normal mode the reading on the display of my current mpg was showing just below 30, but then when i switched to snow mode it went up to just over 30 mpg......so from the display it shows i will get better gas mileage but who knows how accurate that is

Originally Posted by terp05

I've always assumed it was electronically controlled transmission...anyone else agree?

Originally Posted by ES3

I would suspect the difference between on/off in this case may have something to do with how you broke the car in. For instance I followed the manual's recommendations pretty closely, very little heavy acceleration for the first 621 miles. So in the auto mode, my car upshifts almost every 700rpm, when I hit the ect/pwr button this thing holds HUGELY and it's like day and night!

Originally Posted by terp05

I've always assumed it was electronically controlled transmission...anyone else agree?

Originally Posted by jcreech

I didnt break my car in recommended by the manual and the different between on and off is also like day and night.

Originally Posted by ES3

Geesh, hope you don't have any problems down the road.

Originally Posted by jcreech

so far so good. just perfect.

Originally Posted by clubfoot

Electronically Controlled Transmission w/intelligence (ECT-i)