Rev Match daily driving
 

I daily drive my 2016 sport with manual trans and I just always leave it in "S" mode / rev match. I find that I have to be careful when coming off the interstate or slowing down from higher speeds. The rev match thinks I'm going to down shift but all I want to do is throw it in nuetral and use the brakes. Every time you throw it in neutral it just free revs like crazy, especially at highway speeds. Does this bother anyone else? Is it okay to leave in in S mode for daily driving?

It is OK to leave in S Mode. The only downside is in residential or business areas when I am coming to a stop ad the engine blips. People have looked at me as if I was doing it on purpose.

I have read reports of this before. Why have the feature on if your not going to use it though? I would just downshift!

And yes it is ok to use daily

Terribleone: yea I use it for down shifting, it's more like it I forget about sometimes while coming off of the interstate and it definitely surprises me when it blips to almost red line when I throw it into neutral. I usually remember to turn it off when I use highways. Also it's easy to forget about when you're driving longer distances. I did a muffler delete on my car so I definitely notice it when it blips like that lol

I am about a 50/50 user. Sometimes it does seem that we are "blipping" the throttle on purpose; sort of like a Harley or crotch rocket revving the engine at every stop light :)

I'm 65 and have been heel and toeing my whole driving life so I never use it. I tried it when I first bought the car, but I couldn't help blipping the throttle myself. I always coast coming from higher speeds. Sure cheaper to replace brakes than a clutch.

Just leave it in gear and don't shift into neutral if you don't want to downshift. There's absolutely no reason to put it in neutral.

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It sounds like you're at relatively high speeds going into neutral. If you want to save clutch wear, don't downshift if you know you're eventually coming to a stop, and then go to neutral around the 20-15mph mark. You lose a lot of potential vehicle control while at neutral at higher speeds.

At least, this is the advice I was given from experienced drivers when I was taught manual. There really is no favorable reason to go neutral from high gear. Well, not to my knowledge anyway.

At 15-20mph you can still be in third. If I'm lazy I'll come to an almost stop and then go from third to neutral. Usually I like to go into second so I can hear the songs of joy.

I dd to dt toronto and back into suburbs in the evening occasionally. Rev matching makes it easier.

Also to say I tend to sit in first /2nd as there isn't usually a full stop. If I'm 2nd come to full stop then slip into first and let the engine putter along until I need to gas.

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Right, but it sounds like the op doesn't want to downshift and could be jumping into neutral from 6th or 5th at relatively high speeds. I've stayed in 5th down to 15mph then to Neutral if I don't want to DS, on a relatively safe stretch of road.

I definitely use the rev match (hence why I always leave it on). I was just referring to the occasional mishap where I would forget it was on and it would rev like heck at higher speeds (usually when coming off of I-75). I daily drive Cincinnati traffic and the rev match definitely makes it a lot easier and fun to get around. There's just been those few occasions when that blip of throttle would catch me by surprise.

i owned an 09 sport for 3 years and kept switching it off/on all the time because i loved the down shifts but hated up shifts and occasional red lines on highway, so i bought a base supercharged and bleep it myself, its easy and i feel more like a race car driver

Mishaps happen, nothing to be concerned about. Your initial post implies you do it often.

FWIW, the owner's manual has minimum operating speeds for each gear. You can stay in 6th gear down to 35 mph. The minimum speeds for each gear are around 1200-1500 RPMs for reference.