M vs S on S3 auto

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• Jul 12, 2014

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Hi all.
How do I have sports mode in manual? Hit the stick down to S then a paddle? I ask because when I do that then later keep paddle pressed it goes back to D, not S.


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mls said:

Hi all.
How do I have sports mode in manual? Hit the stick down to S then a paddle? I ask because when I do that then later keep paddle pressed it goes back to D, not S.


Thanks guys!

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Do you not just put the car in dynamic to get it to do what you want?

 

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I like to pop the car into S mode then knock the gear selector over to manual, so it stays in manual mode.

In S then manual the car is more responsive, you can tell just be the idling revs between manual from D and manual from S when the car is stopped.
Be interesting to see if the paddle hold returns to D and if you wait if it returns to D or S (depending on what was in use before). But for a bit of play time I knock the gear level over to Manual mode from S, the car is only ever in Dynamic, S/D/M.

 

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It does drive much better with gearbox in "S". Feels much more alive. Hard to describe but I do much prefer it.