View Full Version : Poll: Power Drive
nfpgasmask
12/01/2006, 09:37 AM
Just wondering how many out there use the Power Drive option regularly...
Bart
JHarris1385
12/01/2006, 09:52 AM
All the time! Better mpg and its more fun to drive, easy choice..
nfpgasmask
12/01/2006, 09:55 AM
Yeah, it is more fun, I always use it on the highway in traffic. Better response from the VX when I need to manuever around slow ppl. :)
But, I don't like putting around town with it on, cause it seems like shifting gets real hard between 2nd and 3rd when Power Drive is enabled. Like, when I am slowing down for a stop light or something, and then it turns green and hit the gas again around 20 mph, I get a nice jerky, slammy shift back up. I don't like it....
Bart
Anita
12/01/2006, 10:11 AM
Ever since I bought mine new, power has been on! :)
etlsport
12/01/2006, 10:37 AM
yep im with you bart, on long trips i usually have power drive on.. but a quick run to the grocery store (or more often autozone..) i dont like power mode because it makes my transmission feel loose
Knigh7s
12/01/2006, 07:36 PM
I used to have it on all the time, but i notice i get this aful clunk-jerk from the rear when i brake but then have to get on the gas suddenly. Sometimes i sware i think i got a love tap in the rear by the car behind me.
so now i just use it on the freeway, but normal city driving, i'll leave it off. buuuut, my right hand just loves hovering over the button almost at all times.
nfpgasmask
12/01/2006, 07:41 PM
Yeah, I don't know exactly what it does to the tranny with it on, but someone here can probably explain? Is it just shifting tighter?
Bart
Anita
12/01/2006, 08:04 PM
I think the simple explanation for the power mode is that it raises the rpm shift points keeping you in the torque band for "more power".
Cobrajet
12/02/2006, 05:03 AM
Mines been on for the last 80,000 miles.
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