Travis Wills
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I am not one to tell everybody what works best for them. However, I can say how some of the modes work.
The nifty “Coasting” mode that disengages the engine and transmission only works in “Smart” or “ECO” modes and it is disabled by default. You have to enable the “Coast” feature for it to work in either of those modes.
Comfort and ECO modes are the only ones that will “remember” what mode you were in last and retain that setting each time you start the car.
If you want to utilize the coasting feature which saves gas when utilized properly then ECO mode is the only mode that enables it every single time without changing any settings.
My own personal preference is to always leave it in ECO mode so that I can utilize the coasting mode and still get reasonably responsive yet comfortable performance.
When I need more performance I can just quickly click the dial twice to the right to get Sport mode. Once I am done accelerating I immediately go back to ECO mode because I feel Sport mode is too twitchy for my tastes when just driving around town.
I would prefer to use “Smart” mode over ECO mode but it doesn’t remember that mode each time you turn the car off and then on again.
Comfort mode doesn’t enable the coasting feature so I never use it.
I set my custom mode to mimic sport mode so that if I accidentally click 3 times to the right I will still have the same performance.
The nifty “Coasting” mode that disengages the engine and transmission only works in “Smart” or “ECO” modes and it is disabled by default. You have to enable the “Coast” feature for it to work in either of those modes.
Comfort and ECO modes are the only ones that will “remember” what mode you were in last and retain that setting each time you start the car.
If you want to utilize the coasting feature which saves gas when utilized properly then ECO mode is the only mode that enables it every single time without changing any settings.
My own personal preference is to always leave it in ECO mode so that I can utilize the coasting mode and still get reasonably responsive yet comfortable performance.
When I need more performance I can just quickly click the dial twice to the right to get Sport mode. Once I am done accelerating I immediately go back to ECO mode because I feel Sport mode is too twitchy for my tastes when just driving around town.
I would prefer to use “Smart” mode over ECO mode but it doesn’t remember that mode each time you turn the car off and then on again.
Comfort mode doesn’t enable the coasting feature so I never use it.
I set my custom mode to mimic sport mode so that if I accidentally click 3 times to the right I will still have the same performance.
but we don't get the cold weather like you guys and usually this time of year I would switch the ventilated seats on in my start up sequence. 
