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      03-06-2013, 02:35 PM   #19
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Originally Posted by icemilkcoffee View Post
Exactly. The throttle response is very good in DS mode. Also a lot of people are not familiar with turbo cars, and cars with modern auto transmissions which keep the revs very low. When you step on the gas, the transmission actually has to downshift several gears before you can accelerate out of the hole. Add to that the turbo lag. This is a fairly heavy car. When the turbo is not spooled, you can imagine this car being no different than a big heavy car with a 2.0 engine. In other words slow. It takes half a second for the turbo to spool. That could feel like an eternity for people not used to it.
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Let me add that DS mode shifts lightning quick while D asks "are you sure" at times before downshifting.
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