Dillzio
06-07-2013, 05:20 PM
Hi there guys,
I'm planning on buying an ex-government VE at an auction on Wednesday and was looking at some of the cars today. I have a question that could probably be answered by looking in the user manual but there weren't any in the cars I looked at, and I can not find one online at all (if anyone can put me onto a link for one that would be great though). The cars I'm looking at are 2011 MY12 3.0L SIDIs.
I couldn't actually drive any of the cars there, but I found that when you move the shifter to the left it displays m1 (which I assume is manual gear 1), but then you can tap it up or down then it displays s1 or s2. What's that all about? Is that selecting two different sports modes for automatic gear shifts?
I'm really keen to find out how that slide to the left function works. From the bits and pieces I've heard I think when it's slid to the right that activates "power mode" to make it rev and shift a bit harder and generally use more fuel but it still changes gears by itself. When you start tapping up or down though, then it activates manual mode such that it won't change gears on its own. Am I on the right track here?
Also, if anyone could suggest any simple things I can check out on my perspective purchase to see if it's going to be a good car or not (keeping in mind I can't actually test drive it) that would be great.
thanks!
I'm planning on buying an ex-government VE at an auction on Wednesday and was looking at some of the cars today. I have a question that could probably be answered by looking in the user manual but there weren't any in the cars I looked at, and I can not find one online at all (if anyone can put me onto a link for one that would be great though). The cars I'm looking at are 2011 MY12 3.0L SIDIs.
I couldn't actually drive any of the cars there, but I found that when you move the shifter to the left it displays m1 (which I assume is manual gear 1), but then you can tap it up or down then it displays s1 or s2. What's that all about? Is that selecting two different sports modes for automatic gear shifts?
I'm really keen to find out how that slide to the left function works. From the bits and pieces I've heard I think when it's slid to the right that activates "power mode" to make it rev and shift a bit harder and generally use more fuel but it still changes gears by itself. When you start tapping up or down though, then it activates manual mode such that it won't change gears on its own. Am I on the right track here?
Also, if anyone could suggest any simple things I can check out on my perspective purchase to see if it's going to be a good car or not (keeping in mind I can't actually test drive it) that would be great.
thanks!