Is it possible to change the default Driving Mode from Normal to Eco? Was used to this in my Mk III

It's a pain to remember to manually reset to Eco every time I get in the car

Auto-Stop/Start only works in Eco Mode (if I've understood Manual correctly)

 

I do stick it in Sport on good country roads, but it's a waste, as is Normal Mode for day to day trundling & motorway driving 

 

TIA

No, was changed few years ago, on start up always switches to normal

@SurreyJohn Thanks - suspected as much. Very retrograde step 

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9 hours ago, GreenFox said:

@SurreyJohn Thanks - suspected as much. Very retrograde step 

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Blame Dieselgate, anything that affects emissions has been getting increasingly locked down.

 

On 16/09/2022 at 18:27, GreenFox said:

Is it possible to change the default Driving Mode from Normal to Eco? Was used to this in my Mk III

It's a pain to remember to manually reset to Eco every time I get in the car

Auto-Stop/Start only works in Eco Mode (if I've understood Manual correctly)

 

I do stick it in Sport on good country roads, but it's a waste, as is Normal Mode for day to day trundling & motorway driving 

 

TIA

Works in normal mode too, haven't tried the sport mode yet

Given my past experience of Eco mode and Normal mode on a MK3 diesel Leon (not the same car but same basic architecture). The Eco mode burnt more diesel than normal. I measured it across 2000km of driving in both modes doing my daily commute. I put it down to the Eco mode completely killing any performance so it had to be driven harder in Eco to get it moving.

Just done a 300 mile round trip. Normal 1 way, Eco back & Eco was about 2mpg worse so a bit inconclusive - both still over 60mpg though