Sport mode - quicker or not?

[mab1]

Last month I committed two petrol head sins - bought my first auto and diesel (E90 330d)!

I have been playing around with sport mode and I am beginning to think it defeats the object of all that low down torque, if anything it might not be as quick as normal for anything other than a standing start. Having said that I find the way the 330d gains speed to be quite deceptive, so I could be wrong.

Anyone got any views? or better still anyone tried the same sort of thing with timing gear!

[mab1]

tuffer said:

Some other observations, booting it away from standstill can result in sitting looking stupid in the middle of a roundabout waiting for the gearbox to work out what it wants to do.....Lurches forward, pauses, pauses, pauses oh here we go have a gear.

I found out about this today which I think cures that problem!

Someone pointed out that you can reset the adaptive feature on the gearbox/throttle response - I tried it last night and it works a treat. Apparently the gearboxes over time get into a mode where they start off in second, hence the laggy/wrong grear feeling when pulling out.

To reset it, insert the key and press the starter button without touching the brake so the stereo/aircon comes on etc. Press the throttle down to the floor past the kickdown switch and hold down for 50 seconds. Thats all, just start the car and give it a go. There is a similar procedure on the E46 as well.