Snakebitten
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- Bruce
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- 2022 F150 KingRanch Powerboost
I really regret the nomenclature Ford (and others) give to the various drive modes. Especially the use of the word "Sport".
Scientifically speaking, it's nothing to do with driving the vehicle aggressively. Instead, it's simply a shifting strategy that is noticeably different than the near-lugging strategy labeled Normal or Eco or Slippery.
It all makes more sense to me when I imagine the truck being a standard transmission. Note that I have 2 vehicles that are standard transmission and so it's easy to relate. There is no Porsche or Miata shift strategy. I provide the strategy and it might be a spirited strategy that is legitimately Sport. But I might also just driving casually, yet I STILL would shift deeper into the rpm range than the EPA/CAFE influenced automatic transmission programming from modern oems.
I totally object to driving my Powerboost truck in the 3 overdrive ratios (8,9,10) at rpms below 1800. It's insane, to me, to subject the drivetrain, especially the transmission, to 1200 or 1400 rpms in overdrive for more than a few seconds. I instinctively lock out 8th and force the downshift to 7th if I'm just steady state cruising for any length of time. My daily commute has several miles of 45-55 mph cruising. It's exactly the speed that I think presents unnecessary strain on the components.
It would be SO easy to just use the Sport mode shift strategy. It's so much more representative of how I would shift the truck in manual. But I am not willing to forfeit the wonderful fuel economy of EV mode, which Ford, in their ridiculous decision to nix EV mode in Sport mode, prohibits.
I'd pay a Kings ransom to have EV mode enabled with Sport shift strategy! ?
I'd still drive at my normal old man pace most of the time, but never have to lock out overdrive on my daily driving.
Scientifically speaking, it's nothing to do with driving the vehicle aggressively. Instead, it's simply a shifting strategy that is noticeably different than the near-lugging strategy labeled Normal or Eco or Slippery.
It all makes more sense to me when I imagine the truck being a standard transmission. Note that I have 2 vehicles that are standard transmission and so it's easy to relate. There is no Porsche or Miata shift strategy. I provide the strategy and it might be a spirited strategy that is legitimately Sport. But I might also just driving casually, yet I STILL would shift deeper into the rpm range than the EPA/CAFE influenced automatic transmission programming from modern oems.
I totally object to driving my Powerboost truck in the 3 overdrive ratios (8,9,10) at rpms below 1800. It's insane, to me, to subject the drivetrain, especially the transmission, to 1200 or 1400 rpms in overdrive for more than a few seconds. I instinctively lock out 8th and force the downshift to 7th if I'm just steady state cruising for any length of time. My daily commute has several miles of 45-55 mph cruising. It's exactly the speed that I think presents unnecessary strain on the components.
It would be SO easy to just use the Sport mode shift strategy. It's so much more representative of how I would shift the truck in manual. But I am not willing to forfeit the wonderful fuel economy of EV mode, which Ford, in their ridiculous decision to nix EV mode in Sport mode, prohibits.
I'd pay a Kings ransom to have EV mode enabled with Sport shift strategy! ?
I'd still drive at my normal old man pace most of the time, but never have to lock out overdrive on my daily driving.
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