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[Road Hog Mad]

Right.  Vauxhall have produced Auto's with this feature for donkeys years.

I have had several Omega's now, and not a single one (all 3.0) has made the slightest difference when in Sports Mode.  In the normal Economy mode, when you plant your foot through the Firewall, it will redline in every gear and accelerate as fast as the engine will allow.  I understand that if you engage Sports Mode and drive normally, it will not change up as quickly as usual, and will lock out overdrive (unless you hit an indicated 131MPH (as I found out tonight (on a private road))), but why have sports mode on if you aren't giving it the beans?

Other Vauxhalls I have driven with the Auto Box (smaller engined varieties), the Sports Mode has made a small difference, hanging onto the gears for slightly longer, but that's all.

So, Omega Compadre's, does that little 'S' button really help with performance in the Omega?  :-/

Overdrive?

Wondered why mine was at 6,000 revs at 125 mph! LOL! 

I'm sure I read in the Omega book that it gives it more fuel.

[2woody]

'sports' and 'auto' always seemed a bit of an oxymoron to me

nicely put

[tidla]

those with out a care, lets get the "fluffy bunnie" count up!

[TheBoy]

Right.  Vauxhall have produced Auto's with this feature for donkeys years.

I have had several Omega's now, and not a single one (all 3.0) has made the slightest difference when in Sports Mode.  In the normal Economy mode, when you plant your foot through the Firewall, it will redline in every gear and accelerate as fast as the engine will allow.  I understand that if you engage Sports Mode and drive normally, it will not change up as quickly as usual, and will lock out overdrive (unless you hit an indicated 131MPH (as I found out tonight (on a private road))), but why have sports mode on if you aren't giving it the beans?

Other Vauxhalls I have driven with the Auto Box (smaller engined varieties), the Sports Mode has made a small difference, hanging onto the gears for slightly longer, but that's all.

So, Omega Compadre's, does that little 'S' button really help with performance in the Omega?  :-/

Overdrive?

Wondered why mine was at 6,000 revs at 125 mph! LOL! 

I'm sure I read in the Omega book that it gives it more fuel.

Nope...

[Lazydocker]

those with out a care, lets get the "fluffy bunnie" count up!

Voted that from the start because, as many have stated, the sport button has no effect on a standing start, just rolling acceleration

[Road Hog Mad]

So we can just presume that the sports button holds to revs longer then.

[Lazydocker]

So we can just presume that the sports button holds to revs longer then.

Nothing to presume... That's what it does

Oh... And as the G/B ECU is a "Learning" unit, if you drive it hard normally (without the S button pressed) then there's not an awful lot of difference