S mode
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S mode
I have 2012 TL SH-AWD and I use the Sport mode quite a bit. I only the paddle shifters in full manual mode when in Sport. Once in a while i would like to drive it in S auto mode, but in Sport auto mode (ie without using the paddle shifters) it up shifts aggressively which is good but the gear doesn't shift beyond the 4th gear. This makes it quite annoying when I get on the interstate. 70+ mph in 4th gear is in fact impressive that the car does it with relative ease, but it's just too high revving to be pretty much in that gear all the time. I expect the gear to shift up if I let go of gas and coast but it never shifts up beyond 4. This makes the auto S mode unusable for me. Is this normal, I would have expected/liked it to allow the engine to rev longer for each gear but up shift all the way to 6th gear. Does anyone of you use S auto mode extensively?
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I have 2012 TL SH-AWD and I use the Sport mode quite a bit. I only the paddle shifters in full manual mode when in Sport. Once in a while i would like to drive it in S auto mode, but in Sport auto mode (ie without using the paddle shifters) it up shifts aggressively which is good but the gear doesn't shift beyond the 4th gear. This makes it quite annoying when I get on the interstate. 70+ mph in 4th gear is in fact impressive that the car does it with relative ease, but it's just too high revving to be pretty much in that gear all the time. I expect the gear to shift up if I let go of gas and coast but it never shifts up beyond 4. This makes the auto S mode unusable for me. Is this normal, I would have expected/liked it to allow the engine to rev longer for each gear but up shift all the way to 6th gear. Does anyone of you use S auto mode extensively?
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I have 2012 TL SH-AWD and I use the Sport mode quite a bit. I only the paddle shifters in full manual mode when in Sport. Once in a while i would like to drive it in S auto mode, but in Sport auto mode (ie without using the paddle shifters) it up shifts aggressively which is good but the gear doesn't shift beyond the 4th gear. This makes it quite annoying when I get on the interstate. 70+ mph in 4th gear is in fact impressive that the car does it with relative ease, but it's just too high revving to be pretty much in that gear all the time. I expect the gear to shift up if I let go of gas and coast but it never shifts up beyond 4. This makes the auto S mode unusable for me. Is this normal, I would have expected/liked it to allow the engine to rev longer for each gear but up shift all the way to 6th gear. Does anyone of you use S auto mode extensively?
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I have a 2012 TL SH-AWD base and your experience has been consistent with mine. I use S mode (and paddle shifters) regularly, but generally more in mountainous/curvy areas where I feel the ability to shift up and down manually is most necessary.
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