Hey all,
It's been a while since I've owned an automatic, and none of my previous ones had a manual mode. I got my EX in June, but didn't start DD'ing it until last month. I love the car, but I miss being able to hold my own gear, and downshift at will instead of mashing the gas and waiting.
So over the past week, I've started playing with the manual mode for shifting.First thing I noticed is when I move the gear shift over, DS lights up on the cluster and it still shifts on it's own. Is this mode different than the normal D mode? Does it hold gears longer or something? I haven't been leaving it in this mode, but shifting through gears myself. I'm curious to see if holding gears longer and reving the engine out a bit more takes a hit on my fuel economy. It does give me some more sound from the G37S exhaust though
Curious how many others use this mode, or just auto. I saw someone else post how they've driven their EX in manual mode 99% of the time, which was what made me decide to try it out.