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- Mazda CX5 Touring with PEP
I have done one test drive of a 2017 CX5 touring, I might be a buyer on say Monday or Tuesday. During my test drive I put the vehicle into Sport mode to see how it reacted. Once was on a 2 lane residential road with a limit of 35mph, and I noticed that the vehicle settled into a bout 4000 rpm or so and would not shift up unless i gave it more throttle which would have put me up to 50mph in the 35 zone to get the up shift. Not feasible for the location so I popped out of Sport and back to normal. Next opportunity was merging onto a freeway, so I hit the button and floored it and the vehicle was a bit more responsive, not something that knocked my socks off, but the shift pattern kind of elongated and was ringing out every ounce of power to hit the next shift point.
My question is, is it best practice to hit the Sport button and then slap stick it to the left and control shift points manually or leave it alone and let the computer do the thinking? I drove standard shift vehicles from 1983 to 2010, so am real familiar with the sound/ feel/ need to shift dynamic that makes driving a standard shift fun. My MX5 is the auto with slap stick and paddle shifters, I suck at the paddle shifters, slap stick works for me much better.
My question is, is it best practice to hit the Sport button and then slap stick it to the left and control shift points manually or leave it alone and let the computer do the thinking? I drove standard shift vehicles from 1983 to 2010, so am real familiar with the sound/ feel/ need to shift dynamic that makes driving a standard shift fun. My MX5 is the auto with slap stick and paddle shifters, I suck at the paddle shifters, slap stick works for me much better.