Alfa Romeo 8C Spider, Owner'S Manual

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5
F
USING THE VEHICLE
“SPORT” mode
It is activated by pressing button
F
; the letter “
S
”
will illuminate on the display.
To return to “NORMAL” mode from “SPORT”
mode, press the button again.
As “SPORT” mode has lower priority over “low-
grip” and “automatic gearshift” modes, if these
are already active when you activate “SPORT”
mode, the system will ignore the command even
though the relative warning light switches on.
CAUTION
“SPORT” mode is characterised
by faster gearshifts than in
“NORMAL” mode and engine power
reduction through the ASR system is
kept to a minimum.
Fast gearshifting however always depends on
the accelerator pedal travel and on the engine
RPM, as in “NORMAL” mode.
DOWNshifts with the accelerator pedal released,
will have a braking effect approaching the
skidding of the driving wheels on dry asphalt.
Under racing-style driving conditions with
gearshifts at high engine RPM, double-clutching
when up-shifting is performed automatically.
CAUTION
It is advisable not to use
“SPORT” mode on roads with low or
medium “grip” conditions (e.g. ice,
snow, or wet roads) as the driving
wheels could skid during gearshifts.
Therefore, excessive use of the vehicle
in “SPORT” mode is advisable only on
racetracks.
If you use a racing-style driving when starting-off
or gearshifting with SPORT mode active, you
might feel the driving wheels begin to slip even
on dry roads.
It is a good rule to deactivate the other operating
modes (“low-grip” and “automatic gearshift”)
before you select “SPORT” mode.
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