Have you tried double tapping the gas pedal?

[Twizzty]

This is well known in the S550 community and absolutely works on both platforms with the A10. I had to play with the timing of the press, release, and press again to get it just right. When you get the timing down perfect the car takes off like it's been rear ended by a train as it just drops to the lowest available gear and accelerates hard. It's the equivalent of brake boosting a turbo car for those hard rolling launches when you get it right.

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[Starship Enterprise]

I went from a 2006 GT to this 2025, and it was like going from the Flintstone mobile to a high tech spaceship. There is a staggering amount of tech features that are new to me....lol.

 

[Aggie1999]

My sales guy told me about it on my test drive.

 

[davidsteele1975]

My sales guy told me about it on my test drive.

That's good to know...

 

[UK-DH]

Did the double tap in my DH just and it certainly drops a few gears

 

[Arthonon]

This is well known in the S550 community and absolutely works on both platforms with the A10. I had to play with the timing of the press, release, and press again to get it just right. When you get the timing down perfect the car takes off like it's been rear ended by a train as it just drops to the lowest available gear and accelerates hard. It's the equivalent of brake boosting a turbo car for those hard rolling launches when you get it right.

Yep, I have a 2018 S550 and have been using it for years. I wasn't sure if it carried over to the S650 though. It's handy for passing and things, but since I have paddles, I often just use those instead.

 

[AZ_Ryan]

I tried it this morning. Its a bit inconsistent. If youre just coasting and tap it twice nothing happens. You have to already be in the pedal some for this to work. While already giving it some pedal if you pump it twice mine would drop anywhere from two to five gears. Usually just two or three.

Honestly im not sure how I feel about this. You'd have to train yourself to use this effectively. The only obvious benefit to me is that is doesnt hold the gear for 5 seconds like when using the paddles.

 

[Dark Sprite]

I think you’ve nailed the benefit there SK - it gives you a temporary manual-like downshift without holding onto the gear for too long afterwards.

And thank you for pointing out it doesn’t work whilst coasting, I was wondering why it was inconsistently working but that would explain it. The rest is, I think, just learning how far and for how long to push the throttle.

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