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04-20-2010, 11:42 PM
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04-20-2010, 11:45 PM
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Friends: 1 | Re: 0-60mph ECO vs. PWR I don't have a stopwatch on hand...so, what was the conclusion? |
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04-21-2010, 03:35 AM
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Friends: 0 | Re: 0-60mph ECO vs. PWR Same. (You can watch the timer on the video player. They're both around 10 seconds.) This confirms what we've been told: Full throttle is full throttle, in any mode. Last edited by gbarry; 04-21-2010 at 03:37 AM. |
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04-21-2010, 04:42 AM
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Friends: 0 | Re: 0-60mph ECO vs. PWR Someone correct me if I am wrong, afterall I only had a 24hr test drive in one yesterday...But that video looks fundamentally flawed....Or perhaps it is just the UK version that is different... pressing PWR indeed give an improved throttle response, but depressing PWR puts it into automatic mode which is not the same at pressing ECO...I found driving in ECO like pressing a wet spounge with my right foot, horrible and if it wasn't an cvt'ish gearbox it felt like driving off in 3rd gear...There is no way that video was driving off in ECO mode, more like the normal automatic mode with none of the 3 driving options enabled.... Last edited by dejongj; 04-21-2010 at 04:50 AM. |
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04-21-2010, 08:39 AM
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Friends: 22 | Re: 0-60mph ECO vs. PWR 0-60 hasn't really ever been a factor though. 0-45 is when I most often use it, which is obviously not full throttle. For those situations where traffic is really heavy and I need to dive into it. 45-70 is another, where I'd like that oomph available from just a little bit of pedal if needed. Again when traffic is really heavy. For just everyday merging into highway traffic, ECO is just fine. . Last edited by john1701a; 04-21-2010 at 08:41 AM. |
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04-21-2010, 08:44 AM
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Friends: 0 | Re: 0-60mph ECO vs. PWR I guess it all depends on where you live and what the traffic is like. Our house joins from a tiny little country lane onto a through route just beyond a bend....In order to join you put your foot down and get up to 60mph as quick as you can and pray :-) Also I am in the camp of getting up to speed quickly and then easing off seems more economical (with my other cars and boat) compared to slooowly getting there... But fair enough european driving style is a bit more aggressive ;-) |
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04-21-2010, 09:37 AM
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04-21-2010, 09:44 AM
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Friends: 0 | Re: 0-60mph ECO vs. PWR Thanks for that explanation....I realise I only had one test drive, but it really didn't feel like that...Even flooring it in ECO mode didn't make it feel setting off any faster, I appreciate it will have the same power available but doesn't it also make you setoff in a different gearbox ratio (or whatever it is called in CVT land).... |
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04-21-2010, 11:25 AM
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04-21-2010, 11:31 AM
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Friends: 0 | Re: 0-60mph ECO vs. PWR I run in the PWR mode 100% of the time. For the first 4-6 months of ownership, I only ran in the "ECO" mode. I've seen no significant, and/ or repeatable drop by going to PWR mode. The reason why I prefer PWR mode is that from a stop, it's more "responsive" off the line. I prefer that feel as I dart across a busy road, or merging into traffic. |
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