Re: 1987 325i dial on the console

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Re: 1987 325i dial on the console

Dave Plowman (News)

26 Sep 2006 22:44

> > > E stands for economy the engine upshifts much sooner - even with
> > > your foot down it does not go above 4500 revs.
> >
> > But surely kickdown still works?

> Yes. But in economy mode it changes up a gear at lower rpms than if you
> are in sport mode.

The last box I had with this feature changed up at the correct speed in E
- and too high in sport. I dislike a transmission that hangs onto low
gears unnecessarily. In other words, in sports mode it would rev too high
on light throttle. On near full throttle there wasn't much difference. Of
course later boxes adapt to how the car is being driven and come much
closer to the ideal.

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John Burns

26 Sep 2006 21:21

> > E stands for economy the engine upshifts much sooner - even with your
> > foot down it does not go above 4500 revs.
>
> But surely kickdown still works?

Yes. But in economy mode it changes up a gear at lower rpms than if you
are in sport mode.

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Dave Plowman (News)	26 Sep 2006 19:15
> E stands for economy the engine upshifts much sooner - even with your > foot down it does not go above 4500 revs. But surely kickdown still works? Signature If you think this van is dirty, you should try having sex with the driver Dave Plowman dave@davenoise.co.uk London SW To e-mail, change noise into sound.

David Matkin

26 Sep 2006 18:20

You are right.

S stands for sport - this means that your engine changes up a gear at
higher revs; with your foot down it will nearly red line before upshifting.

E stands for economy the engine upshifts much sooner - even with your
foot down it does not go above 4500 revs.

3.2.1 means you can select your gear manually as you say.

The problem is that "Sport" setting will never select 4th gear and hence
always seems to be in one gear too low when you are not racing
around. "Economy on the other hand is hopeless if you are trying to race
around at some pace as you always feel in a gear too high.

If you are racing around choose sport. Otherwise choose economy for
driving anywhere it is much more economical and more relaxing. In
addition above 53 mph 4th gear locks up ( it feels like another up shift
but isn't ) This removes the torque converter from the equation and
increases the economy still further.

Also for reasons that I can't understand you are not allowed to select
4th in 3.2.1 mode either.

Dave M

> Ok let see if i can explain this. I have a 1987 325i with auto trans. in the
> middle of the console i have a dial
> that state S/E/123 i think E stands for Sport / E for economy and the 123
> is probably for manual.
> now my question is shoul I be using E when in the City and S on the highway,
> or the other way around...s

chewb40	26 Sep 2006 00:39
Ok let see if i can explain this. I have a 1987 325i with auto trans. in the middle of the console i have a dial that state S/E/123 i think E stands for Sport / E for economy and the 123 is probably for manual. now my question is shoul I be using E when in the City and S on the highway, or the other way around...s

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