[divindra]

I had my Benz for about a month almost 2 months. I have heard about the adaptive transmission. My questions are What really is the Adaptive transmissions purpose? What is it for and what does it do? Should i disconnect the battery to reset the transmission for the way i drive? How will the way i drive affect the way it adapts? Any info would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in Advance

 

[divindra]

If you are fond of relaxed driving, the transmission shifts gears early (at lower RPMs) and tends to use higher gears. This increases driving comfort, helps to save gas and motor resource.

If you love quick starts, rough braking, changing lanes, frequent overtakes, and so on - the transmission holds lower gears for longer periods and tends to switch into lower gear with a slight touch of accelerator pedal, allowing engine to work in higher revs to provide more power. This is good for passionate driving, but it affects gas consumption and motor resource.

It takes 10-20 minutes of driving for the transmission to adjust to your driving habits.

Thanks. But the thing is that sommetimes i like to drive in commfort and sometimes I like to use the 302 hp. If it was to adapt to me driving comfortably would that take away from the acceleration? And about how much difference between the gas difference. Is it just a matter of .5 gallons or like 4 or 5 gallons difference?

 

[divindra]

Guys try this it helped me and I felt the difference instantly..I copied the whole process from w210..

Not really sure what you mean by the harder you drive the less noticeable. And the charge what do you mean? Are you basically saying that the car will perform better? How so?

 

[divindra]

Okay! just got back from a two hour drive with my next door neighbour who is an unbias car nut! I just tried to break my MB for this LOL. ATC works like a charm. drove nice for 20mins to get the feel, and watched the rpms of slow accel. and down shifting. Then punched it for 10min. the shifting points did change for awhile after going back to driving soft. then about 10mins went back to normal comfy mode. Stopped the car turn off the ignition for 15min. started and try to punch it right away it lagged then took off. stopped after 5 hard minutes. then punched it again wow what a difference no lag! rocket! I feel like I have to service my vehicle now. lol. The suspension stayed soft and floaty the whole time. I should have taken the ESP off. would like to try that but I would think something would bust in the rear. Tried at the last part of the drive hardest suspension setting and tiptronic shifting on a nice twisty back road what a fun car it was so responsive, but almost lost it because of the stock tire roll in the front end. So bottom line I am a believer of ATC! and can see why the hype of turning such a comfy vehicle into a performance driver. I will be writing for help this week from all the damage done in two hours. My neighbour thought my vette and bimmer was fun. two very different go fast money pits. He now actually is pro S and will not knock the old man car anymore!

Ok so What youre saying is that the cars tranny adapted it self without reseting? Because i noticed a lag in the car sometimes after we drove comfortably and my dad would try to punch it on red lights. But i thought to fix that tranny i would have to disconnect the battery to reset it.. What your car sound like it did was adapt to the previous ride.After the hard minutes and you turned it off and back on it adapted to the hard drive?