Glossary / General

drive modes

49 Episode Mentions

Too Afraid to Ask

Drive modes let you pick how the car behaves, like a smooth mode for city driving or a snappy mode for racing.

Technical Definition

Drive modes are preset settings that alter a vehicle’s performance characteristics—such as throttle response, transmission shift points, and suspension stiffness—to suit different driving conditions or preferences.

Hear It Discussed

"You've got the drive modes down here So you can go to reverse or drive mode for the top two gears for cruising [865.8s] And then ostensibly launch mode for the L button I guess if you want to go to..."
Manual Ferrari 12Cilindri, New BMW X5, What’s After Subaru? | Episode 1,053 Everyday Driver Car Debate 14:18

"colors that just makes you want to drive it. 670 horsepower V8, eight speed auto, five drive modes [2225.2s] with only three that really matter. Sport, Sport Plus, and of course, track weighs..."
Why LA is the Car Capital of the World Spike's Car Radio 36:58

"So it's a there's three drive modes, right? There are there's comfort mode. There's sport mode and there's track mode"
Driven: Czinger on Track; Gunther Works F-26 in RAIN; Q&A The Smoking Tire 51:49