I usually drive in D. When I need to really accelerate quickly I put it into DS mode a little before I will need to. It downshifts a gear or so and keeps the RPMs up at that point. Then when I touch the gas it really shoots forward. Once I no longer need the power, I go back to D to save on the gas. Try DS, you'll love it.

 

Whats the difference between full throttle, and redline?

 

the huge downside with flooring it is the significant impact u'll see on ur gas consumption. my fuel meter falls like a dip after a few flooring it.. scary.

 

Turn off VDC leap to about 5-10mph and floor it!

...All the way to orbit

 

every once in a while.. just for fun. Not nearly as often as i used to though..

 

Everytime there's open road ahead! Gun it! I love 3rd gear in DS mode, I got hills in my neihborhood so it's fun!!!

 

I just floor it when passing people. Otherwise I drive it like a bitch.

 

as often as i possibly can

 

I floor it alot, because I am too lazy to downshift. Haha

 

G37 brad.

Turn off the VDC. Step on the brake with your left foot, rev the gas a little with your right. Feel the brake pedal sink in? Press down even harder - now, rev the gas with your right foot - keep the brake pressed down hard, and slowly rev it to about 3000 rpm - your rear wheels will begin to spin, and if you are lucky, you'll begin a little burn out - those are fun too, and entirely possible with this car depite what you may be told -- now, pop off the brake, and floor the accelerator, and hold on. Maybe you'll kick out the tail a little, that's fun too. When you get to 60 or 80 a few seconds, wipe the smile off your face, and start over. It's fun. Try it in D, DS or shift-it-yoself. You're not going to hurt anything other than your tires. These cars have waaay too much drivetrain management, and they won't allow you to do anything that might injure the transmission. On top of that, the transmission is way over-engineered, and can take quite a lot of punishment.

The only way to really hurt this car is to do all this when it's cold. Give a good 10 minutes of normal driving. These cars were built to be aggressively driven.

 

I'll assume you're being serious. You can give a car full throttle at any part of the powerband, but you don't have to run it to the redline just because you are giving it full throttle. So, flooring can mean just mashing the pedal to the metal from, lets say 2k to 5k but not taking it all the way to redline. Redline obviously means taking the motor to it's indicated maximum revolutions.

 

Half way through the thread... I realized it was all a joke. Is it?...

Did you ever use the paddle shifters on your car before? If you never even knew what DS mode is?

 

As crazy as this may sound I've had the car for about 1 1/2 years and I didn't know that DS was a independent mode. I've always used the paddle shifters since day one. I only noticed recently that I shifts on its on if left in DS mode. I never noticed because it shifts much higher in DS mode and I'd shift on my own before that point. And believe me I did read the manual - several times too.
I generally don't floor it but I'll take it to redline about 2-3times a day.

 

drive hard or dont drive at all.