![]() The enormous storage for such a small vehicle is one of the reasons I love this car.Īs for the suspension, it is softer than my Mazda but still pretty tight, this hits the sweet spot for my aging back. ppl say the magic seats are a gimmick, but they are a really useful gimmick. I am a one vehicle kind of person, so I want a do-it-all kind of vehicle. You gonna drive a twisty mountain road and keep the steering wheel perfectly level all the time so you can use the paddles? No Way! Useless! But sport mode is so good you don't need the silly paddles. Personally I think paddle shifters are a joke, because they are only useful in a straight line. So sport has a dual use, it can function as a full manual mode, and if you stay off the paddle shifters, affects engine weight and accelerator maps, but still shifts automatically (I find sport in automatic mode a lot more useful). In drive the paddle shifter times out after about 10 seconds and returns to automatic mode. In sport using a paddle shifter puts you in 'manual mode' until you shift out of sport into drive. Sport mode has a very interesting effect with the paddle shifters. So I shift back and forth a lot, and don't use the paddle shifters at all. There is even a dashboard indicator if you are in sport or drive so you don't need to look down if you forget which mode you are in. And sport modes engine weight eliminates the need to downshift for more engine weight, you just switch between drive and sport, and most of what you need a manual mode for is done. Sport mode's easier engine revving obviates the need to use paddles to downshift for more power, you just shift into sport. Drive also keeps the RPMs down more aggressively than sport which lets the engine rev more freely. Sport mode has a more aggressive gas pedal map making the engine feel more powerful, and simulates engine weight. The CVT took some getting used to, my Mazda had the slickest automatic tranny of any car I know of (with a perfect manual mode), but I can get about 80% of the utility with the HRV Sport mode.ĭrive vs Sport mode HRV detailed writeup:ĭrive has a softer gas pedal map, and the CVT shifts up when you let off the gas to give you no engine weight at all, so braking is required to slow down. The sport model has the easier climate controls, which I like. I bought the sport model, as a replacement to a Mazda 3, I wanted a slightly less tight suspension, but still a tight ride.
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