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Originally Posted by Odysseus
As an aside it was the first time I've driven the Volvo for a few weeks and in that time it had been driven about 600 miles by my wife in her usual style (flat out, everywhere, all the time). The car felt appreciably more spritely and gutsy compared to when I last drove it, so maybe she's "cleared out a few cobwebs" in some sense. Any rational explanation for this or am I likely imagining it?
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The gearbox is an adaptive gearbox and the shift positions and shift speed depend on your driving style.
A sporty driver will cause sportier shift positions (at higher RPM).
A more relaxed and gentile driver will cause more relaxed shift positions (at lower RPM)
If Mrs Sporty hands over the care to Mr Relaxed, the car is still in growling sporty shift mode. It stops growling after some relaxed driving, and starts to purr again.
You can make it growl again any time by slamming that right foot down to the floor...
BTW: the "growl" mode can be called such because that's what you start doing as you stop at the fuel station more and more often....
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