2017 IS300 Fsport Sport Mode
10-19-18, 05:07 PM
#1
Intermediate
Thread Starter
2017 IS300 Fsport Sport Mode
I posted on this before, but maybe I can get some more insight.
I travel a familiar route that includes an expressway entrance ramp.
I usually put it into Sport Mode to accelerate and merge. I know it holds
gears in the Sport mode. This was wild though. I gave it some gas,
and it just held in a low gear for about a minute. The engine sounded great
but at 55mph at about 5K rpm. We know the IS300 is limited above 4K,
but this was strange. I had similar instances previously, but not so exaggerated.
I don’t think there is a problem with the car, just how I am using the throttle?
I travel a familiar route that includes an expressway entrance ramp.
I usually put it into Sport Mode to accelerate and merge. I know it holds
gears in the Sport mode. This was wild though. I gave it some gas,
and it just held in a low gear for about a minute. The engine sounded great
but at 55mph at about 5K rpm. We know the IS300 is limited above 4K,
but this was strange. I had similar instances previously, but not so exaggerated.
I don’t think there is a problem with the car, just how I am using the throttle?
10-19-18, 05:09 PM
#2
Driver School Candidate
I posted on this before, but maybe I can get some more insight.
I travel a familiar route that includes an expressway entrance ramp.
I usually put it into Sport Mode to accelerate and merge. I know it holds
gears in the Sport mode. This was wild though. I gave it some gas,
and it just held in a low gear for about a minute. The engine sounded great
but at 55mph at about 5K rpm. We know the IS300 is limited above 4K,
but this was strange. I had similar instances previously, but not so exaggerated.
I don’t think there is a problem with the car, just how I am using the throttle?
I travel a familiar route that includes an expressway entrance ramp.
I usually put it into Sport Mode to accelerate and merge. I know it holds
gears in the Sport mode. This was wild though. I gave it some gas,
and it just held in a low gear for about a minute. The engine sounded great
but at 55mph at about 5K rpm. We know the IS300 is limited above 4K,
but this was strange. I had similar instances previously, but not so exaggerated.
I don’t think there is a problem with the car, just how I am using the throttle?
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RKSTRAT (10-20-18)
10-19-18, 07:29 PM
#3
drives cars
RKSTRAT, your Sport mode is working exactly as expected. If you give it some gas and then suddenly release the pedal, it will hold the gear you're in. It's actually pretty good for back-road driving.
10-20-18, 07:23 AM
#4
Intermediate
Thread Starter
One in ten times during highway ramp acceleration in the SPORT mode I get the hung-up downshift.
So, you need to be conscious of not releasing the throttle for a even a second on the on-ramp?
Or is it better to use the NORMAL mode for merging onto the expressway?
I think of the SPORT mode in terms of the more responsive throttle, but. as you said in the twisties the down shift holds to slow down.
But on the highway the downshift is also helpful for passing/accelerating.......if you can get it to upshift again.
I have used the paddles, but I'm not good at it.
Sorry for the basic questions.
10-20-18, 06:09 PM
#5
drives cars
In everyday driving, I can get the downshift even in the ECO mode when slowing or breaking is sensed.
One in ten times during highway ramp acceleration in the SPORT mode I get the hung-up downshift.
So, you need to be conscious of not releasing the throttle for a even a second on the on-ramp?
Or is it better to use the NORMAL mode for merging onto the expressway?
I think of the SPORT mode in terms of the more responsive throttle, but. as you said in the twisties the down shift holds to slow down.
But on the highway the downshift is also helpful for passing/accelerating.......if you can get it to upshift again.
I have used the paddles, but I'm not good at it.
Sorry for the basic questions.
One in ten times during highway ramp acceleration in the SPORT mode I get the hung-up downshift.
So, you need to be conscious of not releasing the throttle for a even a second on the on-ramp?
Or is it better to use the NORMAL mode for merging onto the expressway?
I think of the SPORT mode in terms of the more responsive throttle, but. as you said in the twisties the down shift holds to slow down.
But on the highway the downshift is also helpful for passing/accelerating.......if you can get it to upshift again.
I have used the paddles, but I'm not good at it.
Sorry for the basic questions.
- The rate at which you pressed the gas pedal down. i.e., stomping it down to the floor will always make it hold gears.
- The rate at which you released the gas pedal. i.e., if you pull your foot off quickly, it will hold the gear.
- How far you press the brake pedal. If you go past about halfway it'll downshift.
For me, most of the time when I am merging, even if it goes to redline, it won't hold gears. Probably because I gradually let off the gas.
10-21-18, 07:03 PM
#7
Driver School Candidate
So, from what I can tell, it holds gears depending on three things, mainly:
For me, most of the time when I am merging, even if it goes to redline, it won't hold gears. Probably because I gradually let off the gas.
- The rate at which you pressed the gas pedal down. i.e., stomping it down to the floor will always make it hold gears.
- The rate at which you released the gas pedal. i.e., if you pull your foot off quickly, it will hold the gear.
- How far you press the brake pedal. If you go past about halfway it'll downshift.
For me, most of the time when I am merging, even if it goes to redline, it won't hold gears. Probably because I gradually let off the gas.
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10-22-18, 03:29 PM
#8
Lead Lap
The ECU won't do anything that would cause damage to the engine or transmission, so maybe you would adjust for a driving smoothness reason, but the car will not harm itself.
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