Today in DS, I mashed the throttle after slowing down to make a left. It was beautiful. Screamed right up to about 80, all redlining through the gears. At which point I lifted my foot OFF the throttle. Here's the neat part -- the car would not upshift. She held the RPMs at, what, 5 grand or so. As if just waiting for me to mash her down again. BUT, as soon as I lightly pressed the throttle again at 65 to maintain speed, she upshifts into the appropriate gear, to about 3k, and then again to 2.5k or so, apparently "realizing" I'd blown my load and no longer was in a commando mood. How cool is this?

 

Nice! I like what you said.

 

:-) It's true. What I meant is, it held the gear (not the 5k rpm), and slowly decelerated, but wouldn't upshift (as it will in D mode.) And I got the impression she in no way would have upshifted. Had I not hit the accelerator again, it would have just slowed and, eventually, *downshifted* again, always ready to go go go.

I love this car.

 

DS is great. My only complaint is when, at highway speeds, it downshifts a gear and holds the engine at redline for 3-4 sec. Can always be corrected by going a little faster though (:

 

use too much DS and u will find ur gas drop significantly faster

 

ds is excellent & blast to use. If your heavy on the throttle you're going to use more fuel.

 

I have a manual G37, but when I had a BMW I used to use DS around town and then go to D for driving on the highway. I found this gave me response when I wanted it and smooth economy on the highway. I don't know if this algorithm would work with the G.

 

I use DS all the time. My only complaint is that it doesn't always pick up on the fact that you are backing off. For example, if I give some throttle to go quickly up a hill, then back off as I crest the hill, it will hold 3k RPMS and 3rd gear even with my foot completely off the gas. I'm looking for a nice coast down the hill, so I have to manually upshift, which takes me out of DS, so then I have to push back to D then back to DS since I don't have paddles. That is really annoying. I wish there was a mode to keep it in DS after a manual shift.

 

+1 Well said Warp37... "Blown Load, and Commando" LOL

 

My wife refers to DS mode as "that noisy thing you put on". She knows when I get on the highway I go in "Commando Mode". ;p

 

DS manual mode for the win, especially on mountain twisties.

 

my wife tells me.."stop pretending it stick"

 

That is what it is supposed to do, that way when you hit the next hill you are not having to shift yet again when you hit the gas. What you are describing you want is the way regular D mode will act.

 

There are threads about adding Paddles to Gs that don't have it. Relatively easy from what I read. Question is: If you have the Paddle shifters which can be engaged in D mode temporarily, after a short time period the car goes back into D mode, can you do the same while in DS mode? If so, I would very interested in adding the Paddle Shifters - which come with the S versions of the G37.

 

Yes, DS mode rocks. BTW, not sure if you have noticed, but if you put the cruise control on when in DS mode it will immediately upshift and knock the high rpm down when the cruise engages. Was playing around with that on the highway recently.