V12V - Sport Mode - ON

[stimshady]

Does anyone know if it's possible to set the car to start with 'Sport' on, rather than it defaulting to 'off'?

[Mako V12V]

Sorry mate but had to laugh at this. Is it really that difficult to reach all the way across to that button (the gear stick is further away)??!!

[Cockernee]

You would soon want to default to off when it was wet or cold, or if you lent it to TonyV12V

I drive in off mode when warming up and then switch once warm, if starting from warm I do the complicated task of 'pressing the button' Now if you could default DSC to track mode or off, that would help

[hornbaek]

I asked Paul, the responsible at AML for the V12V development and he said "no"

[V12woollie]

I've just got into the habit of pushing the sport button when ever I get into the car.

[stimshady]

I know! It is a bit lazy, oops! I do find myself sometimes forgetting to press it though!

It would also be nice to have windows close on lock of car, but that's not possible either... Possibly EU legality issues, dogs n kids etc left in cars maybe?

Good idea re: warning up in standard mode though John, will prob do similar

[V12woollie]

stimshady said:

Good idea re: warning up in standard mode though John, will prob do similar

Or just MTFU and get in sport from the get go

[stimshady]

After Wednesday i should be 100% MTFU'd

[v12v2013]

Hey chap, bit of Sellotape will work a treat.....or buy an S

[mikey k]

OP good question
I was wondering this yesterday
I often go on hoons with photo stops etc and keep forgetting to put it back in Sport when I get back in!

[KarlFranz]

I thought I read somewhere that you could set the Sport Mode to be On at start up from the infotainment screen on newer models.

[Tony V12V]

Cockernee said:

You would soon want to default to off when it was wet or cold, or if you lent it to TonyV12V

Oi... I resemble that remark

as Mikey says its easy to forget to turn it back ON when you stop/start
Le frog will confirm that he had to tell me to hit the sport button a few times on the clique tour to JLC when the car was seeming to be lacking in the MTFU department

[V12woollie]

This is just software. I saw somewhere here that the new DB9 or Vanquish has an option to keep Sport mode on by default. Surely a software upgrade could handle that for cars that have Sport mode and be applied at service time.

[snipez999]

Yup my DB9.2 has said OBC feature. Certainly helps the neighbours set their clocks in the morning :-)

[hornbaek]

If you want the sound permanently you can just open the valves permanently - its a 2 min job.

[stimshady]

hornbaek said:

If you want the sound permanently you can just open the valves permanently - its a 2 min job.

i have done that already (still not loud enough though... Await future update!).

this is more to do with throttle response.

[robgt]

Pearl has a default setting whereby she will stay in Sport Mode. Not a clue how to operate it though. It is mentioned in the handbook. When I eventually get the car back I will have a look and spill the beans.

[mikey k]

robgt said:

Pearl has a default setting whereby she will stay in Sport Mode. Not a clue how to operate it though. It is mentioned in the handbook. When I eventually get the car back I will have a look and spill the beans.

Must have a dig around in mine then

[speech]

My MY2008 V8V starts up automatically in Sport mode, and when I first got it, it would start up in Comfort. So I think I changed it while fiddling about with the car settings in the infotainment screen one night!

[mikey k]

speech said:

My MY2008 V8V starts up automatically in Sport mode, and when I first got it, it would start up in Comfort. So I think I changed it while fiddling about with the car settings in the infotainment screen one night!

08 Vantages don't have Sport mode