1st time using Sports Mode on Auto yesterday. WTF LOL - Toyota GR86, 86, FR-S and Subaru BRZ Forum & Owners Community

spatcha88 · 03-29-2015, 03:10 PM

Yo everyone. Not sure if I'm in the wrong section but I wanna see if I'm the only one here thinking of this. So I've had my '13 Automatic Whiteout FRS for about 2 months now. I'm still working out small kinks on this quirky little car. Any who when i first got the car I was kinda bummed I couldn't find a manual in my price range so I picked up an auto. I never messed around with the SPORT VCS, SPORT, or SNOW mode as i thought they were just "gimicky". Since owning this car I felt like I should have just waited a month or 2 more and just picked up my 370z as I felt this whip lacks a little HP even though it claims 200HP. So last night I'm driving home on the 60 freeway out here in Los Angeles and I'm like screw it I'm gonna start pressing buttons. And HOLY SHIT... this car is a completely different beast when driven under sport mode. This whole time this car felt like a slightly faster "grocery getter" and this hidden untapped power has been there the whole time?

Anyone else drive this car for a while before turning SPORT on and feeling like a dumbass for never having turned it on since the beginning?? Lol

Tcoat · 03-29-2015, 03:18 PM

I have MT but if I got the auto I would have had it in sport on my way out of the lot!

Jesse36m3 · 03-29-2015, 03:22 PM

Sports mode activates the turbo.

86geek · 03-29-2015, 03:31 PM

Hmmmms.....I must try sport mode....of course when I get on the freeway....freeway driving here on Oahu is

just blah....LOL!

LucidMomentum · 03-29-2015, 03:32 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tcoat

I have MT but if I got the auto I would have had it in sport on my way out of the lot!

I drive with sport mode on and VSC at minimum at all times.
Except for when it rains, but that's rare in Bakersfield...

fantah · 03-29-2015, 03:51 PM

I always turn everything off as soon as I start up the car haha.

Tromatic · 03-29-2015, 05:19 PM

I was unaware the car is "quirky". LOL at "whip" as well.

Jake360 · 03-29-2015, 05:54 PM

it doesnt make the car faster. it just keeps it in gear longer instead of making early fuel conserving shifts. try driving it in manual mode

DashRipRock · 03-29-2015, 06:02 PM

For me it's start car, press Sport and VSC. I use the paddle to down shift a lot. Manual shifting works well.

The car is hoot to drive I don't regret buying the AT version.

Tromatic · 03-29-2015, 06:53 PM

OP is going to stroke if he puts his AT into manual mode.

0351USMC · 03-29-2015, 06:56 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by geek808@outlook.com

Hmmmms.....I must try sport mode....of course when I get on the freeway....freeway driving here on Oahu is

just blah....LOL!

Dude just hit H3 at night when nobody is around. HPD is never out there!

86geek · 03-29-2015, 07:34 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by 0351USMC

Dude just hit H3 at night when nobody is around. HPD is never out there!

Hahaha! my shitty luck they will be.....

0351USMC · 03-29-2015, 07:41 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by geek808@outlook.com

Hahaha! my shitty luck they will be.....

Never were when i was at K-Bay and lived all the way in BumFuck Barbers Point.

pantdino · 03-29-2015, 08:23 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jake360

it doesnt make the car faster. it just keeps it in gear longer instead of making early fuel conserving shifts. try driving it in manual mode

I have been trying Sport mode some lately just to see what it does.
Seems to keep you in one gear lower than non-Sport and hold it longer than I want. This just wastes gas. The only advantage is it locks up the torque convertor in all gears except 1 so the car feels less slushy.

I find Manual mode better- I can choose the gear I want when I want it and not have to wait for the tranny in sport mode to finally upshift.

It is actually kind of fun to hit the paddle twice to go from 4 to 2 when approaching a corner and hear it downshift faster than a person could do it.

And you can never blow up the engine by mistakenly downshifting into an incorrect lower gear like you can with a manual.

03-29-2015, 03:10 PM	#1
spatcha88 Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2015 Drives: 2013 Scion FRS Whiteout Location: Los Angeles Posts: 113 Thanks: 2 Thanked 52 Times in 16 Posts Mentioned: 2 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	1st time using Sports Mode on Auto yesterday. WTF LOL Yo everyone. Not sure if I'm in the wrong section but I wanna see if I'm the only one here thinking of this. So I've had my '13 Automatic Whiteout FRS for about 2 months now. I'm still working out small kinks on this quirky little car. Any who when i first got the car I was kinda bummed I couldn't find a manual in my price range so I picked up an auto. I never messed around with the SPORT VCS, SPORT, or SNOW mode as i thought they were just "gimicky". Since owning this car I felt like I should have just waited a month or 2 more and just picked up my 370z as I felt this whip lacks a little HP even though it claims 200HP. So last night I'm driving home on the 60 freeway out here in Los Angeles and I'm like screw it I'm gonna start pressing buttons. And HOLY SHIT... this car is a completely different beast when driven under sport mode. This whole time this car felt like a slightly faster "grocery getter" and this hidden untapped power has been there the whole time? Anyone else drive this car for a while before turning SPORT on and feeling like a dumbass for never having turned it on since the beginning?? Lol

03-29-2015, 03:18 PM	#2
Tcoat Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2014 Drives: 2020 Hakone Location: London, Ont Posts: 69,841 Thanks: 61,656 Thanked 108,294 Times in 46,456 Posts Mentioned: 2499 Post(s) Tagged: 50 Thread(s)	I have MT but if I got the auto I would have had it in sport on my way out of the lot! __________________ Racecar spelled backwards is Racecar, because Racecar.

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Jesse36m3 Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2014 Drives: JDL Turbo BRZ Location: EG, RI Posts: 450 Thanks: 46 Thanked 305 Times in 140 Posts Mentioned: 3 Post(s) Tagged: 2 Thread(s)	Sports mode activates the turbo.

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Tromatic Banned Join Date: May 2013 Drives: FR-S Location: Portland, OR Posts: 2,232 Thanks: 61 Thanked 1,728 Times in 786 Posts Mentioned: 19 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	I was unaware the car is "quirky". LOL at "whip" as well.

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Jake360 Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2014 Drives: 2013 10-Series FRS, 1993 Yota Location: Mason County, Wa Posts: 105 Thanks: 105 Thanked 81 Times in 31 Posts Mentioned: 3 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	it doesnt make the car faster. it just keeps it in gear longer instead of making early fuel conserving shifts. try driving it in manual mode

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DashRipRock Member Join Date: Mar 2015 Drives: 2015 Scion FR-S-6AT Location: West GTA Posts: 30 Thanks: 9 Thanked 17 Times in 8 Posts Mentioned: 1 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	For me it's start car, press Sport and VSC. I use the paddle to down shift a lot. Manual shifting works well. The car is hoot to drive I don't regret buying the AT version.

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Tromatic Banned Join Date: May 2013 Drives: FR-S Location: Portland, OR Posts: 2,232 Thanks: 61 Thanked 1,728 Times in 786 Posts Mentioned: 19 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	OP is going to stroke if he puts his AT into manual mode.

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