R56 Sport button
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Sport button
My 08 MCS is less than a week old.
One thing that bothers me is that I have to enable the sport button EVERY time I start the car.
Isn't this what the S on the MCS means? Sport? Why do they treat it more as an option than the standard? I agree that you should be able to disable it, but shouldn't it be something like DSC where the default is that it stays on until you tell it to take a hike?
...or is this just my car?
One thing that bothers me is that I have to enable the sport button EVERY time I start the car.
Isn't this what the S on the MCS means? Sport? Why do they treat it more as an option than the standard? I agree that you should be able to disable it, but shouldn't it be something like DSC where the default is that it stays on until you tell it to take a hike?
...or is this just my car?
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My 08 MCS is less than a week old.
One thing that bothers me is that I have to enable the sport button EVERY time I start the car.
Isn't this what the S on the MCS means? Sport? Why do they treat it more as an option than the standard? I agree that you should be able to disable it, but shouldn't it be something like DSC where the default is that it stays on until you tell it to take a hike?
...or is this just my car?
One thing that bothers me is that I have to enable the sport button EVERY time I start the car.
Isn't this what the S on the MCS means? Sport? Why do they treat it more as an option than the standard? I agree that you should be able to disable it, but shouldn't it be something like DSC where the default is that it stays on until you tell it to take a hike?
...or is this just my car?
The S on the MCS is for supercharge not for sport. Now that the mini is tubrocharge it should be MCT LOL.... Nope I like it MCS!
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you can definitely mod it to come on automatically at start up...check out the thread in the electrical mods section, I'm the one who added the pics, the easiest method in my opinion is to just buy the circuit card that Coffeeman mentions, the mod is not that difficult to do, it's really more time consuming to get all the parts together, so maybe I should just put a kit together for people to buy.
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I have the automatic transmission, and I love that the sport button can be either on or off. That way, the performance is there when I want it, but I can motor in the thrifty-mode and save some gas when I am just puttering around. And as has been mentioned before, when you push that button after driving with it off for a while, WOW!!!! It is kindof like having two cars in one!
What all does the button do? I know it does steering and shift points for the auto transmission, anything else? Does it change the fuel mapping? If so, keep in mind that they get the fuel economy numbers with the button off, and probably will keep the default setting as off, to help keep their (BMW) fleet fuel consumption averages down.
What all does the button do? I know it does steering and shift points for the auto transmission, anything else? Does it change the fuel mapping? If so, keep in mind that they get the fuel economy numbers with the button off, and probably will keep the default setting as off, to help keep their (BMW) fleet fuel consumption averages down.
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I have the automatic transmission, and I love that the sport button can be either on or off. That way, the performance is there when I want it, but I can motor in the thrifty-mode and save some gas when I am just puttering around. And as has been mentioned before, when you push that button after driving with it off for a while, WOW!!!! It is kindof like having two cars in one!
What all does the button do? I know it does steering and shift points for the auto transmission, anything else? Does it change the fuel mapping? If so, keep in mind that they get the fuel economy numbers with the button off, and probably will keep the default setting as off, to help keep their (BMW) fleet fuel consumption averages down.
What all does the button do? I know it does steering and shift points for the auto transmission, anything else? Does it change the fuel mapping? If so, keep in mind that they get the fuel economy numbers with the button off, and probably will keep the default setting as off, to help keep their (BMW) fleet fuel consumption averages down.
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I have a 2007 MCS and I feel like the std feels better than the sports. The steering feels much heavier and I find it difficult to navigate plus the clutch becomes tighter. Is it just my car or is this how its supposed to be. Can anyone explain to me the benefits of driving in sports? Better handling?
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+1 If I'm just commuting I leave it off, but if I'm properly motoring around just for the fun of it, or showing the car off I turn it on.
It makes the throttle more sensitive (so more gas per amount of pedal travel vs non sport mode), so your mileage is probably going to go down, but I don't think it inherently makes the gas mileage worse. It just makes it that much easier to have a lead foot.
It makes the throttle more sensitive (so more gas per amount of pedal travel vs non sport mode), so your mileage is probably going to go down, but I don't think it inherently makes the gas mileage worse. It just makes it that much easier to have a lead foot.
Anyway, I think if you have good fine control over your feet, you might be able to get the same gas mileage as you'd do without Sport mode. Again, I'm talking about driving with manual transmission.
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wow, really?? For me its a huge difference in steering tightness as well as throttle response. Do a little test... turn the car on, let it warm up, then blip the throttle with the Sport button off. Then turn on the sport button and blip the throttle the same amount. You should definitely notice a difference.
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nope! both not correct. You gotta go way back into minis history to find out it means "special" (like when the very first S model was made)
I do admit sport or supercharged sounds better but that's not what the S originally signified.
back on topic - I notice a big difference with the sport button on.
Last edited by MotorMouth; 01-24-2008 at 08:08 PM.
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