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Old 10-19-2015, 04:29 PM
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7MT 911-50 (powerkit)

Long cruise: Normal with PSE on w/AS-S off (hate that)
In town: Sport mode with PSE on
Mountain run: Sport Plus w/PASM Sport (simply amazing)
Autobahn above 100mph: Sport Plus w/ PASM normal (found the shocks to be too tight above 125 mph)
Old 10-19-2015, 04:32 PM
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Originally Posted by DaveGee
Anyone know to what degree the traction control nannies are reduced in Sport+ versus Sport mode?

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I don't think there's a difference. Only between normal vs Sport+/Sport.
Old 10-19-2015, 04:42 PM
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Originally Posted by Pavegeno928
7MT 911-50 (powerkit)

Autobahn above 100mph: Sport Plus w/ PASM normal (found the shocks to be too tight above 125 mph)
^ AGREE 100%
Old 10-19-2015, 05:53 PM
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First order of business after ignition, is sport button on. Drive in manual using gear shifter or paddles unless on the phone, then auto.
Old 10-19-2015, 06:02 PM
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Originally Posted by mikeearly
On the track or xCross in Sports+ and in auto so I can spend my attention on the line and what is going on around me rather than trying to "time" shifts. Around town in normal or Sport and in auto but with frequent use of the paddle shifters.
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Sounds like me.
Old 10-19-2015, 06:59 PM
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Sport plus is always on; it's the first button I press every single time after turning the ignition on. Shocks set to "normal". 7MT here.
Old 10-19-2015, 07:19 PM
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I turn on Sport or Sport+ once engine is up to temp, & usually only on my Sunday morning fun drive on the back roads. Most of these times I'm in Auto, but increasingly as I work on improving my skills, more of the time I am using the button shifters...T
Old 10-19-2015, 10:05 PM
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First button pushed here... 7MT .... The sound of the auto blip is music to my ears... I can't get enough
Old 10-19-2015, 10:23 PM
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I push sport once the engine oil reaches operating temperature (80C). Deactivate PDCC, otherwise too harsh to ride on daily commuter roads.
Old 10-19-2015, 11:37 PM
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funny, i was wondering this today myself
on my 2012.5 991 7mt i had just the sport button but used it rarely.
In the 2016 C4 7MT, i am in Sport Plus 95% of the time...
Old 10-19-2015, 11:43 PM
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Originally Posted by the2thdr
Deactivate PDCC, otherwise too harsh to ride on daily commuter roads.
The "PDCC " lettered button replaced the "shock absorber " graphic button for only turning PASM on or off in 2014 and later cars with the former option ....which is what you are feeling when pushing that button , not PDCC , which is always active and gives a softer overall ride than std fixed roll bars in non PDDC optioned cars
a dumb way to indicate that the car has this option , as it misleads some to think that is what is being switched !

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Old 10-19-2015, 11:46 PM
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C2GTS 7MT 3 foot.

Sport plus always on right away...right away even before up to temp.

Regarding traction control. In sport plus definitely able to step the back end out MUCH more than in sport mode or regular mode.
Old 10-19-2015, 11:47 PM
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Originally Posted by LexVan
Always. 7MT.
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Old 10-20-2015, 12:43 AM
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I know you weren't asking the MT folks, but it's the first button I pushed on my GTS. If anything, I'd switch off chassis sport on the Autobahn. Seemed to me as the only way to drive the car.
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I only use Sport Plus with my PDK around town with the shift lever snapped to the left in the manual mode. Otherwise the downshifts to keep the rpm above 4,000 or so come unexpectedly while watching traffic if you let off on the accelerator to slow down. In manual mode you can control fully up and down with the paddle shifters. In manual you will need to downshift manually or it will coast all the way to a stop, only shifting back to first as you come to a halt.
In just Sport . . . late braking with the PDK shifter in auto mode gives you cool sounding blipping downshifts as you scream up to a stop past other cars, attracting much attention especially with the Porsche Sport Exhuast.
Face it, that's what we bought these cars for.

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