KuyaPatz

So i test drove an IS350. the acceleration on that is a beast i love it. but i was in sport shifting mode to use the paddles and i think i saw it shift on its own still!? im guessing thats a saftery feature on it to prtoect the gears? i was in third gear reving past 3k rpms and about to pass 4k rpms but then it shifted up for me without me touching the paddle or stick. At least thats what i THINK i saw. can someone show me the light?

Aclarke

Im pretty sure that you weren't seeing things... most cars in "sport mode" will shift automatically at times... regardless of the manufacturer.

kensteele

Not sure what happened to you but if you are in 2nd gear and you stomp on the accelerator and you double manual shift to 4th gear, the vehicle will go from 2nd to redline, then from 3rd to redline, and then to 4th.

So you are telling it which gear to top out in, that would be 4th (in no case would it go beyond that).

And the quick double shift along with the heavy acceleration would be telling it to go to redline in each gear before shifting.

VitB6

Ken is probably right, however you say that you saw it shift between 3K and 4K and that would never happen. If you didn't double shift then it will redline out and just stay there. It downshifts for you at certain speeds but it doesn't upshift the way your explained your story.

KuyaPatz

hahaha thanks guys i think i was just seeing things lol ill play with it more after i buy one. hoping i can get one soon GAH

Kipperm13

What you saw is correct. If the CAR is in 2nd and you have the MAX gear set to 5 it will shift around 4K RMP You need to remember that its not a ture manual. you are only telling the car the hightest gear you want it to **** to. It still will **** when it wants. If you do the double **** and stomp on it, it will readline but if you don't it will **** when it needs to. When you are driving set the disp on the dash to show what gear you are in. Then when you switch to sport you will see the two numbers. The MAX gear and the gear the car is really in but is should never go above the max gear.

RCPiercy

is your f key broken?

ihkskim

when i test drove the is. it did shift on its own after a certain rpm.

Kipperm13

Thast Strage lol sorry about that


OK this is what I ment :
What you saw is correct. If the CAR is in 2nd and you have the MAX gear set to 5 it will shift around 4K RMP You need to remember that its not a ture manual. you are only telling the car the hightest gear you want it to shift to. It still will shift when it wants. If you do the double shift and stomp on it, it will readline but if you don't it will shift when it needs to. When you are driving set the disp on the dash to show what gear you are in. Then when you switch to sport you will see the two numbers. The MAX gear and the gear the car is really in but is should never go above the max gear.

Kipperm13

HAHA Sorry the other way around .... WOW I am out of it today

kensteele

don't worry kipperm we understand you are having trouble with the keys and your typing.

Kipperm13

here you go

caymandive

iTrader: (2)

The only thing I use the sport mode for is occasionally braking to reduce some of the brake dust that quickly builds up or I'm just bored and want to blip through my own gears. Other then that I see no other purpose in having the sport shift mode except for track use where you dont' want it shifting past a certain gear.

PS. The user that posted the diagrams is correct. The should not shift past the max gear you selected for it.

Phillip31

So u guys are saying that if u do the quick double shift and stomp on the gas pedal it will redline all the way through the gears u upshifted to.......doesn't it do that no matter wat when u stomp on it even though u dont do a quick double shift?

rlonjohnso

Basically, all the manual shift does is tell the car how many gears are available, not when to shift. You are just changing it from a 6 speed to a 5, 4, etc.