Auto Gearbox 'S' & 'L'

mcbainia · Post by **mcbainia** » Tue Mar 02, 2010 6:20 pm

Evening.

Just curious as to what the S & L settings do on the Auto Gearbox ? On my DSG Gearbox on my Golf, the S stands for Sport mode which will increase your revs to the Red-line and drinks twice as much petrol.....is this the same as the Bongo ? As for the 'L', i'm guessing this is for towing ?

Also, the Hold button on the gear stick ? Other than lighting up 'HOLD' on the dash, what does this do ?

Regards,

Colin H F · Post by **Colin H F** » Tue Mar 02, 2010 6:30 pm

To quote from the handbook S= for driving down hills use this gear as when an engine break is nessessary. the gears will change automatically between 1st and 3rd in response to the vehicle speed speed
L= use this gear when an extremely strong engine brake is nessessary the gears will change automatically between 1st and 2nd in response to the vehicle speed.
Colin

mikeonb4c · Post by **mikeonb4c** » Tue Mar 02, 2010 6:41 pm

Lots of chat about this and recently and on using them with the HOLD button - have a search

missfixit70 · Post by **missfixit70** » Tue Mar 02, 2010 6:49 pm

Hold drops it down a gear & holds it there
In D held in 2nd & 3rd
In S held in 2nd
In L held in 1st
Can be used for engine braking or traction as can S & L on their own.

dandywarhol · Post by **dandywarhol** » Tue Mar 02, 2010 7:18 pm

HOLD button also handy for short-shifting up on full throttle - saves revving the guts out of it.

Alacrity · Post by **Alacrity** » Tue Mar 02, 2010 8:41 pm

Judicious use of S & L combined with using the hold button makes the Bongo superb in snow, take it somewhere where you have some space & just have a play with it, you can't break it as the electronics will prevent you doing any harm.

DSG eh? Great box to drive, fabulous (if very old) concept made useable by modern electronics. Brilliant. Not quite so when they need fixing . . .

dandywarhol · Post by **dandywarhol** » Tue Mar 02, 2010 11:09 pm

Alacrity wrote:Judicious use of S & L combined with using the hold button makes the Bongo superb in snow, take it somewhere where you have some space & just have a play with it, you can't break it as the electronics will prevent you doing any harm.

DSG eh? Great box to drive, fabulous (if very old) concept made useable by modern electronics. Brilliant. Not quite so when they need fixing . . .

Alacrity · Post by **Alacrity** » Wed Mar 03, 2010 9:41 am

That would be it - a little neater & smaller now though!!!

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