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Old 02-28-2019, 06:55 AM
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How do y'all drive? I'm torn between "treat her well" (drive gently and always in comfort) and "use her the way she's meant to be used" (drive her hard in dynamic). I usually end up driving in individual with the engine sounds at to dynamic only, but then I feel like I'm missing out. For reference I'm talking 2015 S8. What are you all doing?
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Haha..I too have the same dilemma. I keep everything in dynamic except for Engine/Transmission and I keep my APR tune in stock mode 95% of the time..
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I leave mine in auto
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I keep it on Comfy, but more often than not I use the gear selector to put it and keep it in Sport....
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Auto the majority of the time. Dynamic when I'm out aiming for the curvy back roads.

One thing I wish it had was a Winter setting, for driving in a snow storm or very slippery conditions.
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Efficiency mode for wife
Auto when driving with kids
Comfort when driving thru rough roads
Individual (everything with dynamic) for myself
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Question -
What does putting the car in S mode do?
For instance, if I am in comfort mode and I shift to S - what does that do? Put me in dynamic mode or not?

Same, if I am in Dynamic, and shift to S - what happens?

S8 for reference.

To the original question, I usually have it in Individual mode with active exhaust etc.
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Originally Posted by Kelzo
Question -
What does putting the car in S mode do?
For instance, if I am in comfort mode and I shift to S - what does that do? Put me in dynamic mode or not?

Same, if I am in Dynamic, and shift to S - what happens?

S8 for reference.

To the original question, I usually have it in Individual mode with active exhaust etc.
I am not the authority here, but what I understand is that switching from D to S primarily influences the engine/transmission setting and not really anything else - other settings would remain where they were.
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