Thinking of getting an sst evo
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Personally, I don't regret my MR at all. While I would've taken a 6-speed manual at the time of purchase, I'm happy with what I have. I drive in S-Sport mode most of the time. I like the rougher and faster shifts. Feel like a 'real car.' If I have a group in the car or on a long drive I'll use Sport mode to keep it shifting smooth (although watching my passengers jolt during a shift can be funny). Never ever do I use Normal unless I'm again on a long trip and want to use cruise control. Lastly, I never leave it in auto - BORING! But yeah to answer your question it's definitely noticeable difference between the three modes. Keep in mind you can only change to S-Sport when at a stop or barely rolling 
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Personally, I don't regret my MR at all. While I would've taken a 6-speed manual at the time of purchase, I'm happy with what I have. I drive in S-Sport mode most of the time. I like the rougher and faster shifts. Feel like a 'real car.' If I have a group in the car or on a long drive I'll use Sport mode to keep it shifting smooth (although watching my passengers jolt during a shift can be funny). Never ever do I use Normal unless I'm again on a long trip and want to use cruise control. Lastly, I never leave it in auto - BORING! But yeah to answer your question it's definitely noticeable difference between the three modes. Keep in mind you can only change to S-Sport when at a stop or barely rolling
Cause I heard that mitsubishi tweaked the gearbox tcu for smoother shifting in the 2010 models and up I just hope my 2010 mr touring has shift shocks in s sport......I wanna feel my head go front and back between shifts Lool it's just something I'm obsessed with......
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I loved my MR. I'm selling my GSR this weekend and buying my wife an MR. Can't wait to get an SST again. It was always what I wanted, but I was scared about the cost of replacing the transmission. With Jacks Transmission, some spare parts, it makes it easy to rebuild them now.
After all these years, there hasn't been a ton of failures. Enough that I believe in the transmission completely.
I loved my MR. I'm selling my GSR this weekend and buying my wife an MR. Can't wait to get an SST again. It was always what I wanted, but I was scared about the cost of replacing the transmission. With Jacks Transmission, some spare parts, it makes it easy to rebuild them now.
After all these years, there hasn't been a ton of failures. Enough that I believe in the transmission completely.
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Sexy R34!!
I loved my MR. I'm selling my GSR this weekend and buying my wife an MR. Can't wait to get an SST again. It was always what I wanted, but I was scared about the cost of replacing the transmission. With Jacks Transmission, some spare parts, it makes it easy to rebuild them now.
After all these years, there hasn't been a ton of failures. Enough that I believe in the transmission completely.
I loved my MR. I'm selling my GSR this weekend and buying my wife an MR. Can't wait to get an SST again. It was always what I wanted, but I was scared about the cost of replacing the transmission. With Jacks Transmission, some spare parts, it makes it easy to rebuild them now.
After all these years, there hasn't been a ton of failures. Enough that I believe in the transmission completely.
I'm currently loving my SST as well, but I noticed you mentioned an ISF. I've tested out a couple of those and to be honest in comparing dual clutch transmissions, the ISF has a better gearbox to me.
Maybe our SST's don't have rev-matching downshifts because I can feel the "jerkyness" at times, but not enough to unsettle the chassis. The ISF has this incredible "bark" when it blips the throttle on downshifts. I wil also say that the ISF tranny seems to shift quicker too.
As for the agressiveness in shifting the SST is what you want though, because under WOT in S-SPORT mode it shifts fast and hard.
I've driven: SST, DCT, PDK, DSG, ISF's tranny and Dodge's "Autosport" and I'd have to say PDK hands down is the fastest, smoothest most simliar to an F1 tranny out. Then would be DCT and SST.
My $0.02
EDIT: I'm going to post a thread about it.
Maybe our SST's don't have rev-matching downshifts because I can feel the "jerkyness" at times, but not enough to unsettle the chassis. The ISF has this incredible "bark" when it blips the throttle on downshifts. I wil also say that the ISF tranny seems to shift quicker too.
As for the agressiveness in shifting the SST is what you want though, because under WOT in S-SPORT mode it shifts fast and hard.
I've driven: SST, DCT, PDK, DSG, ISF's tranny and Dodge's "Autosport" and I'd have to say PDK hands down is the fastest, smoothest most simliar to an F1 tranny out. Then would be DCT and SST.
My $0.02
EDIT: I'm going to post a thread about it.
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I dont know what year you're looking at but as far as I can tell my 2014 MR only has normal and sport. I dont see a s-sport option. The car does feel different if you have it in sport and are manually shifting it but im not sure 100% on that.
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[QUOTE=2014MR;11029141]I dont know what year you're looking at but as far as I can tell my 2014 MR only has normal and sport. I dont see a s-sport option. The car does feel different if you have it in sport and are manually shifting it but im not sure 100% on that.[/QUOT
completely stop ur car then select sport then hold the switch up for 4 secs you will get S-Sport mode u cant do it while ur moving......i already got my car and it has trans problems lol lucky me
completely stop ur car then select sport then hold the switch up for 4 secs you will get S-Sport mode u cant do it while ur moving......i already got my car and it has trans problems lol lucky me
I like it a lot, in regular mode it is quit comparable to most normal automatics and is not jumpy. In sport, it upshifts and downshifts firmly but not coffee-spilling. In Super Sport, it's insane and feels like a race car. You'll love it.
Sexy R34!!
I loved my MR. I'm selling my GSR this weekend and buying my wife an MR. Can't wait to get an SST again. It was always what I wanted, but I was scared about the cost of replacing the transmission. With Jacks Transmission, some spare parts, it makes it easy to rebuild them now.
After all these years, there hasn't been a ton of failures. Enough that I believe in the transmission completely.
I loved my MR. I'm selling my GSR this weekend and buying my wife an MR. Can't wait to get an SST again. It was always what I wanted, but I was scared about the cost of replacing the transmission. With Jacks Transmission, some spare parts, it makes it easy to rebuild them now.
After all these years, there hasn't been a ton of failures. Enough that I believe in the transmission completely.
