Recently, the net red punch card holy land into the Buddha Slope is on fire again, in fact, this place can argue whether the S block is useful in the end, I don't know how many people are directly hanging up the D gear to step on the throttle to rush the slope, but if you hang the S gear can definitely improve the probability of success of the challenge.
Many automatic cars are equipped with S gears, but many owners have not used it once after buying it, and they do not know what this function is for, but each function of the car has its role, otherwise the car company will not waste the cost on this. S block is actually a very useful feature, but many people do not understand its use and have not tried.
S gear is actually the sport mode, S stands for SPORT, sports mode, the gearbox can be freely shifted, for example, through the paddle shifter, the gear handle on the plus or minus gear button to shift gear, if you do not manually shift gear, it will also upshift, but the opportunity to delay when shifting gears, generally will not change until the speed reaches the red line area, based on the characteristics of S gear, in the following scenes, S gear is actually still very useful.
1. When measuring zero hundred acceleration
Many media will choose to use S gear when testing the zero hundred acceleration of a car, because in this way, the engine will be more in the red line area, as far as possible to squeeze the power performance, and measure the zero hundred acceleration performance that is closer to the actual performance of the car.
2. When running the track
S gear and D gear are two kinds of orientation, D gear is more biased towards fuel economy, reaching a certain speed will automatically upshift, and S gear is more biased towards performance, generally will not easily upshift, when running the track, hope to squeeze out the power limit of a car as much as possible, S gear is a more suitable choice.
3. When the double-clutch model is stuck in traffic
The above two points seem to have nothing to do with ordinary people, but the following scene may be what you will encounter, for example, when the dual-clutch model is stuck in traffic jams, stop-and-go, just rose to 3 gears and then down to 1 gear, the clutch frequently combines, not only the setback is obvious, but also has an impact on the life of the clutch, so you can hang to the S gear, let the vehicle not upgrade, try to keep in the low gear, reduce the frustration and the wear of the clutch piece.
4. When the long downhill is long
The long downhill section is more dangerous, especially the long downhill slope in the Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau area, this section of the road if you hang D gear, the vehicle will continue to tend to upshift, resulting in faster and faster speed, have to frequently brake to control the speed, resulting in brake heat attenuation, at this time you can hang the vehicle to S gear and keep it in a low gear, through the engine's anti-drag to control the speed, downhill more stable and safe.
5. When going up steep slopes and getting out of trouble
If you encounter some roads with relatively large slopes, such as the recently popular challenge on the Internet to become a Buddha slope, you can hang to the S gear to improve the torque output, the same is also suitable for some situations of getting out of trouble, but pay attention to some slippery cases, hanging S gear is likely to make you fall deeper and deeper.
In short, the above is to tell you that the S block is definitely not a vase, is a gimmick for manufacturers to take marketing publicity, in some special scenes it still has a role, maybe these scenes you drive a lifetime of car can not use, but as long as you use once, can help you a lot. If you find this article helpful to you, you may wish to collect it.