Shifting into Manual Mode

[DeltaV]

Marc,

Not disagreeing with your comments, but if we?re talking about a request to an aftermarket supplier of ECU flashes who could enable us to alter the compromises that Kia made to ensure a wide appeal for the car to our performance preferences, why not ask for things Kia couldn?t provide?

I?m more than willing to give up some comfort and silence if I can reap more useable power and predictable handling.

 

[bouffioux37]

I don't have mine yet, so this is just what I understand from the manual (which is available online).
The GT/GT1 is not "shift by wire" so the shifter can be pulled to the left to enter (and presumably) lock in manual mode. Then you can use the paddles and shift to your heart's content.
The GT2 with the "wired" shifter apparently (as [MENTION=472]Berzerker[/MENTION] said above) will enter manual mode with a second pull back into "D". It's in the manual.

definitely does not work here.
pulling back twice from D or turning off all driving assistances, ... nothing works because there is simply no solution to the problem.
And unfortunately the manual is very clear. Under ''paddle shifter (manual mode)'' it says:

The system changes from manual mode to automatic mode in one of the following situations.
1. The [+] paddle has been pulled and held for more than 1 second.
2. The accelerator pedal has been depressed gently for more than 6 seconds.
3. The vehicle speed is lower than 4 mph (7 km/h).
4. The shift lever has been pulleddown and released.

''2. The accelerator pedal has been depressed gently for more than 6 seconds.''
>>> this is the condition everyone is pissed about. This makes no sense at all to do that. Just why? If I want to go back to D, then I pull D, don't make me go there automatically.

Unless they come up with an update, there will just never be an Manual mode... (

 

[spider55]

Welcome @bouffioux37

 

[Jacopo]

definitely does not work here.
pulling back twice from D or turning off all driving assistances, ... nothing works because there is simply no solution to the problem.
And unfortunately the manual is very clear. Under ''paddle shifter (manual mode)'' it says:

The system changes from manual mode to automatic mode in one of the following situations.
1. The [+] paddle has been pulled and held for more than 1 second.
2. The accelerator pedal has been depressed gently for more than 6 seconds.
3. The vehicle speed is lower than 4 mph (7 km/h).
4. The shift lever has been pulleddown and released.

''2. The accelerator pedal has been depressed gently for more than 6 seconds.''
>>> this is the condition everyone is pissed about. This makes no sense at all to do that. Just why? If I want to go back to D, then I pull D, don't make me go there automatically.

Unless they come up with an update, there will just never be an Manual mode... (

Agree! I find myself driving faster and more agressively just to keep it in manual mode. Basically, it only stays in manual if you boot it all the time. If I step on it and revv it high enough it will stay in maual forever, even in Comfort or Eco mode. But if I do not enter the curve with plenty of throttle, the car may just shift up and go to auto right in the middle of the bend. I am still considering whether this is a car to keep: I like all the rest, but the transmission is just annoying and borderline unsafe. It also does not allow me to use the 8th gear in Sport mode (stiffer suspension) for highway cruising. I thing stiffer suspension is a good thing at higher speeds: it helps to handle any suprise and any side wind. But driving for hours in 7th with higher fuel consumption and noise is just nonsense - mostly in a car branded as a GT (Gran Turismo = long trips with speed, comfort and safety). The car is very pleasant to drive, but the transmission has been designed exclusively for young americans to do quarter mile launches in straight line. Basically people that just like to drive with some fun in a non-extreme way feel "not welcome". It has the looks, comfort and power to appeal to adults who like to drive, but it fails to deliver the basic driving pleasure: a feeling of power and control. For such a potentially brilliant car, the sales figure in Europe and anywhere outside the US are apallingly low. Now we know why... (and no, I do not think it's the badge)

 

[Jadetrost]

It seems the only way to shift into manual mode is to use a paddle shifter. If you do this stopped, okay. If you do it while driving you must shift up or down. You can't shift into manual mode without shifting up or down. I HATE THAT! Am I missing something?

I asked this in the chipping and engine mods thread. I'll ask it here too:

Hi K8 Stinger Store. How about modifying the transmission mode a bit. I'd lover to pull on both paddles to go into a full manual mode while staying in whatever gear I'm in. Then it's full manual until you pull on both paddles again and it goes into auto again. It drives me nuts that it keeps upshifting or downshifting when I just want it to stay in gear. If it has to downshift automatically as you are slowing to a stop rather than stall, okay I'll forgive that. But every time I want to engine brake in stop and go it upshifts just as I take my foot off the throttle, or going downhill. Can do? The ultimate chip would give me 410 hp and full manual if you pull both paddles. Pull both on. Pull both off. That would be CQQL

I would be curious how owners feel about that. On the GT1 without the wire shifting, you have a simple gate into manual mode like on my G8 GT. Pull the shifter into manual and ... you're in manual. If this IS true with the GT2, my GT1 is looking better all the time.

 

[spider55]

I would be curious how owners feel about that. On the GT1 without the wire shifting, you have a simple gate into manual mode like on my G8 GT. Pull the shifter into manual and ... you're in manual. If this IS true with the GT2, my GT1 is looking better all the time.

Yes it's true, never liked shift by wire