View Poll Results: Where Do You Usually Set Your ECT?
Power, baby! Gas mileage be damned, I want performance!
136
45.79%
Normal; it provides the proper balance between acceleration and economy.
147
49.49%
Snow, because I hate starting in first gear.
1
0.34%
Eee see WHAT?
13
4.38%
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Where Do You Usually Set Your ECT?
12-22-03, 10:51 PM
#16
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Originally posted by MrSypher
PWR mode does nothing for me because I'm always using the E-Shift... So very seldon it'll be on....
PWR mode does nothing for me because I'm always using the E-Shift... So very seldon it'll be on....
Kinda embarrasing though to be driving-with the family-in 3rd on the street and then punch the wrong button (down to 2nd instead of up to 4th) "Um, I actually meant to do that dear".
12-24-04, 07:56 AM
#25
Lexus Fanatic
Originally Posted by morris
I lived in the power mode, that is untill I put the blower on which killed the mileage, due to my driving style. Then they let gas get over 2.00 per gallon. So for the last 4 months I have been in normal
12-24-04, 08:13 AM
#26
Lexus Test Driver
Maybe I didn't read the owner's manual in a detailed manner. But what exactly DOES the Power mode do? Allow higher shifts? Adjust gear ratios? Drop overdrive?
What exactly does the snow mode do? I tested it out and know that it gives you absolutely no power at all. But HOW does it do it? I remember that I had really open the throttle to get it going.
Can someone explain the settings in a mechanical/electrical manner?
What exactly does the snow mode do? I tested it out and know that it gives you absolutely no power at all. But HOW does it do it? I remember that I had really open the throttle to get it going.
Can someone explain the settings in a mechanical/electrical manner?
12-24-04, 08:47 AM
#27
Originally Posted by Cadd
Maybe I didn't read the owner's manual in a detailed manner. But what exactly DOES the Power mode do? Allow higher shifts? Adjust gear ratios? Drop overdrive?
What exactly does the snow mode do? I tested it out and know that it gives you absolutely no power at all. But HOW does it do it? I remember that I had really open the throttle to get it going.
Can someone explain the settings in a mechanical/electrical manner?
What exactly does the snow mode do? I tested it out and know that it gives you absolutely no power at all. But HOW does it do it? I remember that I had really open the throttle to get it going.
Can someone explain the settings in a mechanical/electrical manner?
Snow mode the car starts off in second gear first is locked out, this is supposed to keep the tire spin to a minimum.
Powermode as I read it has the transmission shifting more aggressibely plus you can also reach higer RPM's before it shifts.
12-24-04, 09:41 AM
#28
Lexus Test Driver
Is that the only thing snow mode does? I remember feeling sluggish when I was going 30+ MPH. If the snow mode's only function is to start the car in 2nd gear, I shouldn't be feeling any sluggishness when I'm travelling at a higher speed.....but for some reason, I remember that I did.
12-24-04, 11:37 AM
#29
Lexus Test Driver
Originally Posted by morris
Snow mode the car starts off in second gear first is locked out, this is supposed to keep the tire spin to a minimum.
Powermode as I read it has the transmission shifting more aggressibely plus you can also reach higer RPM's before it shifts.
Powermode as I read it has the transmission shifting more aggressibely plus you can also reach higer RPM's before it shifts.