Individual mode

[indianinorge]

Just out of curiosity, those of you driving on individual mode, what is your setup? And why?

I have a mostly highway commute to and from work of about 20 miles (34 km). Much of it is single lane each way with limited overtaking opportunities to get past heavy vehicles and bad drivers. I love the power and torque of my 184 hp Scout but with the high cost of fuel in Norway, also mindful of the economy.

[Gromle]

You mean the profiles selectable by the "mode" button?

Im curious about that aswell. Does it really do anything usefull?

How does the sportmode differ from selecting sport with the dsg?

[themanwithnoaim]

Firstly, there is no alteration of fuel/air MAP, no more power, it just affects the throttle responce and if you have DSG, the gear chamge points.  In addition, Sports mode weights up the power steering a bit.

 

Eco mode = lower rev gear changes and slower delayed throttle responce also, Eco disengages the drivetrain whe you lift off the throttle to allow free wheelling

Normal mode = average rev gear changes and an accurate throttle to pedal responce although, I feel the fly by wires pedal delay

Sport mode = higher rev range gear changes (never below 4K) and usually at the redline, kick down mulitple gears when you floor it, if I'm in Sports mode on CC at 80mph its in 7th, floor the pedal and it changes down to 4th and doesn't change up into 5th until100mph at the redline. The throttle is shortened also ie. half pedal = full throttle, ths all makes the car very responsive, vRS's do alter the sound levels of the false engine noise.

 

Notes. Eco mode is ok but, you've gotta remember the throttle lag/delay when you see a gap in traffic, Sports mode is noisy and allerts police with speed traps you're coming, CC in any mode saves fuel although, will not allow Eco to free wheel.

[john999boy]

Out of interest, how much is diesel in Norway? I'm currently paying £1.09 as it's in freefall in the UK!

[Gromle]

In Northern Norway the diesel is about £1,3 and unleaded 95 £1,5. Its a bit cheaper down in sourthern Norway.

This with a exchangerate of £1 = 10NOK.

Not sure about the exact rate atm, but its in that neighbourhood.

[AusieOccy]

Also in Eco mode the air cond uses less power than in normal or sport.

[AusieOccy]

In Australia, the diesel price is now $1.25 AU which is about 0.69 pounds.  Petrol is now under one dollar AUD with discount dockets.  Love this at the moment as 6 months ago diesel was $1.60.  Currently very cheap to run my VRS TDI.

[Stianol]

In sports mode, the AFS is also more active. The ESP sensitivity is lowered, allowing more sporty driving before it kicks in. Also when in CC, the car will accelerate more agressive.

[john999boy]

Thanks for those prices,

Just for completeness, 'normal' petrol is £1.04 in the UK and we used to think that our fuel prices were bad due to the heavy taxation!

[Gomezz]

I found that the Eco mode suited the car better in the recent snow we had, it softens the response of the 184 in the poor conditions .

As far as the other modes go I find normal with a knock back of the stick into sports position more than ample.

[indianinorge]

But what about Individual mode? Has anyone set this up and is using it instead of the preset modes (Normal, Eco, Sport)? I have been using Eco lately but find the ACC response too slow, leading me to consider Individual mode with most options set to Eco and ACC set to Normal.

[jon_r]

I must admit, I tend to leave mine on normal for day to day driving (2.0tdi DSG). Sports mode isn't suited to a diesel engine in the slightest (why buy a diesel to change up at the redline?? it's well past the torque curve) and in Eco I find the DSG box to be quite awkward in matching the revs when it comes out of coasting mode - plus it is far, far to lazy out of junctions and roundabouts.

 

Once or twice a month I will put it in Individual mode for a long motorway drive - everything is set to normal except the steering which I have on 'sport', it seems to help in cross-winds and is generally more suited to the straight road.

Edited 29 January, 2015 by jon_r

[themanwithnoaim]

As far as the other modes go I find normal with a knock back of the stick into sports position more than ample.

+1 but beware of doing it before the engine is warm, flooring it in sports mode with a cold engine not only does your engine harm it also can bring up an EPC warning and shut the engine down into limp mode, not what you want when you were about to overtake !!!

[JPH0091]

Yes, I am using Individual.

I've put same settings as Sport Mode except for the Engine (I selected normal).

I've been explained in the forum that the engine was reset to normal at each start-up (with the dsg) to save the gearbox. Consequently I keep now normal and use the gear shift to go sport.

For Air Conditionning, I selected Eco initially but it turned out not to be sufficient in winter to avoid the formation of moisture on the windshield.

[Stianol]

I have always wondered about how much fuel the air conditioning is costing. Using the function to display electric-users, i can't imagine that is much compared to the driving itself.

[JPH0091]

I don't think either it is noticeable. The point to have the AC set to ECO was an attempt to reduce the air flow in auto mode, that I find is too intrusive.

[Genoa1893]

Individual: sport mode for engine, steering, eco for A/C. Mine is a manual.

[ednmra]

On mine (manual) I like the engine in sport, everything else normal. I know there is not actually more power available, but I do like the sprightly engine response in sport, makes it feel a bit more like my previous 1.8

 

I don't particularly want the heavier sport steering so leave that in normal, and the a/c mode I couldn't care less about!!

[komtuur]

Individual: steering - sport mode, everything else normal.

I like heavier(sort of) steering, feels more stable on road.

[999rigger]

i have mine in individual mode. everything the same as normal mode except the steering which i have in sport mode (much firmer and less twitchy on the motorway).

[parsey83]

I also use individual, sport steering and afs, normal for engine as mine is a tsi manual and the drone can become annoying in sport mode.

[pipsyp]

2.0 150 Elegance estate manual....Sport steering (as too light otherwise) but normal everything else.

The sport throttle map is crap on the 2.0 TDI 150 at least IMHO, the car is punchier and goes better in normal and the throttle is much easier to modulate. In other words I dont think it actually serves to make the car more reponsive to the throttle rather finding the sweet spots on the throttle is much more of a guessing game and makes it harder to drive swiftly as a result.

[ednmra]

My 1.4 TSi is the opposite!

With engine in sport mode, when you want to accelerate smartly  it is as if you have changed down two gears and floored the throttle.

Rather nice and very predictable.

If at another time you don't want the grunt you just don't hit the throttle as much.

[NetScaler]

I use the Individual setting:

 

Steering - Sport

Engine - Normal

Lights - Sport

A/C - Normal

 

Like others have said, I prefer the heavier steering. I also found it strange when going from Normal mode to Sport mode and the steering has changed. The last thing I want when deciding to throw the car around a bit more are different control inputs. I also kind of like the headlights moving around to follow the steering

Edited 29 January, 2015 by NetScaler

[Mort]

I know I could just go and play around, but I'm inside in the warm right now: Does the 'Engine' setting in the individual mode affect the Sound Generator? Might set it up to all sport except the engine if it'll make it a bit quieter at higher revs.