I didn't know it actually shifted modes, I thought it just adjusted settings in the background. Do you have to turn the dial to see what it's in, or is there another indication?
the smart drive mode screen is one click up from the mpg average screen. as long as you are in smart mode the actual drive mode of the moment will be showing. if you are in that screen in other drive modes than smart, the progress bar will be neutralized and the current drive mode selected will be displayed.
I didn't know it actually shifted modes, I thought it just adjusted settings in the background. Do you have to turn the dial to see what it's in, or is there another indication?
While you're driving in SMART and the car is adapting I think either this bar or the "mode name" will change color depending on which mode it selects for you. Something changes there to inform you what the car is doing.
the smart drive mode screen is one click up from the mpg average screen. as long as you are in smart mode the actual drive mode of the moment will be showing. if you are in that screen in other drive modes than smart, the progress bar will be neutralized and the current drive mode selected will be displayed.
While you're driving in SMART and the car is adapting I think either this bar or the "mode name" will change color depending on which mode it selects for you. Something changes there to inform you what the car is doing.
I've only noticed the Eco/Smart/Sport change on the left when I turn the dial. Yours looks a bit different than mine (Euro speed limit sign etc) but I'll have to flip through the alt screens as suggested above.
I've only noticed the Eco/Smart/Sport change on the left when I turn the dial. Yours looks a bit different than mine (Euro speed limit sign etc) but I'll have to flip through the alt screens as suggested above.
It works the same on my 22. If your drive mode is in "smart", the upper banner on mine says "smart" where @7Andrei7 says "comfort", but the "smart" and the line underneath (or the banner, if your customization is different) will be cyan/blue in eco mode, white in comfort mode, and in the rare times when I floored it, it turns red and switches to "sport".
i would say it doesnt matter. ive heard before though that you can take some pressure out of the tires and it grips a little better. dont quote me on that. ive tried comfort, sport, and eco. no difference. still slip and slides with awd and all season tires.
Agree...found that out this morning. First drive in snow with mine and I didnt feel like it handled as great as everyone says it does. Maybe its just me or maybe I need snow tires. But its supposed to be in low 50s here in central Ohio next week so it wouldnt be worth it. IDK
Agree...found that out this morning. First drive in snow with mine and I didnt feel like it handled as great as everyone says it does. Maybe its just me or maybe I need snow tires. But its supposed to be in low 50s here in central Ohio next week so it wouldnt be worth it. IDK
Agree...found that out this morning. First drive in snow with mine and I didnt feel like it handled as great as everyone says it does. Maybe its just me or maybe I need snow tires. But its supposed to be in low 50s here in central Ohio next week so it wouldnt be worth it. IDK
I run 18x8 g70 wheels on mine in the winter but the first year I had the car, I ran the stock 19s with the Primacy tour tires that came on it. It was better than I had thought but I've ran snow tires on my last 3-4 cars so I was used to having way better traction.
The tires were doable but not confident inspiring. Much better with the 18s and Blizzaks. Then again I live in MN, which has more snow then most then most places I'd guess besides maybe Canada, Buffalo NY or maybe Colorado. That's just me guessing though.
Try getting though this with the stock all seasons. Might be able to but was not a problem with the Blizzaks. This was April 1st 2023
Checking in here from northern Wisconsin. Its been a snowy and icy winter so far.
I use comfort mode in icy and snowy conditions. It seems to slow down the throttle response which helps with winter driving.
Snow/winter tires are wonderful on snowy and icy roads. I've used them ever since I got married and safety became paramount.
I got Continental VikingContact 7 on the stinger now and they work as well as the best of them. It makes winter driving fun. Relatively speaking, I consider people using AllSeason tires in winter to be risking theirs, and others, lives. The difference between winter tires and A/S tires is that profound.
Other top tier winter tires, from my experience, are:
Bridgestone Blizzak
Nokian Hakkipollita
Michelin IceX3
The life you save might be your own.
I can't imagine anyone complaining about winter driving conditions in a Stinger with good winter tires. Its golden.
Agree...found that out this morning. First drive in snow with mine and I didnt feel like it handled as great as everyone says it does. Maybe its just me or maybe I need snow tires. But its supposed to be in low 50s here in central Ohio next week so it wouldnt be worth it. IDK
Light on the pedal, both gas and brake, is the core tactic on slick roads with A/S tires - that and added space between you and the next vehicle. So, it could be you.
I've driven on A/S around the Valley my whole driving life, never used snow/winter tires. I also don't drive into the canyons and don't know many people on the bench - with pronounced uphill/downhill conditions. Those places are the very first to get plowed after - or at the same time as - the freeways. So, it's not like you're going to go up there in the snow anyway. For those extremely rare times when snow tires would be the only way up or down, I'd just beg off and wait. The rest of the winter the roads everywhere are usually entirely cleared off and dry by the next day.
It's a very rare storm cell that keeps dropping inches days in a row. We had one a couple of weeks back, a "mini" one anyway, where we got a half a foot or more overnight, starting the evening before, and plows and salt trucks were only just getting around. I came off the Bungler Hwy that evening, up the slope to 9000 South, and was keeping my momentum just fine - it was very soupy and everyone was crawling. The two cars ahead of us were Chargers, RWD of course, and neither one was making headway, I went gingerly around them under complete, but slow, control. Then a pickup with extra wide rear, twin tires on each side, blew past the three of us like it was a summer day, went right around the corner and disappeared. Cheeky devil. All that following day it dropped and added to the soup. The salt trucks came around, the plows finally got to our neighborhood, but it was a couple of days more before the snow on the roads was finally contained and A/S tires felt in their element again. For most of that time I just stayed home. The one time I went out I would have enjoyed snow tires for sure.
But snow/winter tires would be wasted here unless you actively hit those places, like the canyons, where you need them often.
Checking in here from northern Wisconsin. Its been a snowy and icy winter so far.
I use comfort mode in icy and snowy conditions. It seems to slow down the throttle response which helps with winter driving.
Snow/winter tires are wonderful on snowy and icy roads. I've used them ever since I got married and safety became paramount.
I got Continental VikingContact 7 on the stinger now and they work as well as the best of them. It makes winter driving fun. Relatively speaking, I consider people using AllSeason tires in winter to be risking theirs, and others, lives. The difference between winter tires and A/S tires is that profound.
Other top tier winter tires, from my experience, are:
Bridgestone Blizzak
Nokian Hakkipollita
Michelin IceX3
The life you save might be your own.
I can't imagine anyone complaining about winter driving conditions in a Stinger with good winter tires. Its golden.
Look where you live. Talk about "lake effect" on top of being on the margins of "the great white north". I'd do winter/snow tires. I've seen the pictures. Our daughter lives in Milwaukee. Their power was out for 48 hours recently. They hung out in a hotel. In their subdivision, each driveway is marked at the entrance by dowels, painted red on the tip, a good two feet plus high. There's a reason for that. And that kind of reasoning does not opt for A/S tires!
