Driver Profiles

[gaby]

My understanding is that it is possible to disable S/S in Indiviual Drive Mode.
But that doesn't help much since the car always seems to start in Comfort Mode.

[Deman77]

You can tick/untick stop-start when configuring individual drive mode settings and that will save into an unlocked driver profile currently in use. I hope it starts the car in individual mode as I cannot see a selection for individual mode in mode selector since may update which added profiles. It shows me on comfort when I press the selector but since there is no way to option of individual any more I assume that's what the car is in at the start and any change will push me into one of the standard profiles. I will try and verify as I need to play with profiles tonight - unpaired wife's iPhone on weekend - ruined the school run.

[tankplanker]

I'm fairly sure mine is starting in individual having saved my profile as I set the steering to the stiffest setting and it seems to have remembered that. I haven't tried disabling start/stop though, could give that a go I guess.

I'd guess if you can't in the EU market (and I don't know if you can't) that it could be tied to the emissions rating as the manufacturers get extra bonuses on the rating if the car has start/stop, gear up shift notifications and other bits the EU want adopted.

[yeoman]

Originally Posted by tem

Last month, when I went to look at the S90, the dealer gave me a run through of the Sensus, on a XC90 T8.
He could not find the Start/Stop function.
Does the T8 have this?
He did point out that the T8 had not been through its PDI and maybe it is added at this stage.

tem.

The T8 does not have nor need a stop start button.
As its default position is hybrid,the ICE should not be on when you stop, unless you have pre-selected power mode.

[Lexman8]

Originally Posted by Deman77

I cannot see a selection for individual mode in mode selector since may update which added profiles.

That doesn't seem right. I have Profiles and Individual mode both available.

[Lexman8]

Originally Posted by tankplanker

I'm fairly sure mine is starting in individual having saved my profile as I set the steering to the stiffest setting and it seems to have remembered that.

You can set Stop/Start to off in the Individual mode settings but I'm 99% certain the car will always start in Comfort mode.

[tankplanker]

Originally Posted by Lexman8

You can set Stop/Start to off in the Individual mode settings but I'm 99% certain the car will always start in Comfort mode.

Am I right in thinking comfort has the lightest steering? No way is mine in that mode when it starts as that was like driving a micra.

[tem]

It is all very confusing.
Not sure now how the car starts up, but I was led to believe, that the car always starts in the Comfort mode, as this was for carbon dioxide emissions.
EU regulations and tax bands?

tem.

[Lexman8]

Originally Posted by tankplanker

Am I right in thinking comfort has the lightest steering? No way is mine in that mode when it starts as that was like driving a micra.

From the manual:

COMFORT
• This is the car's normal mode. When the car starts, it is in the Comfort mode and the Start/Stop function is activated. These settings mean that the car feels comfortable, the steering is light, the shock absorption is soft and body's movement is smooth.

This drive mode is the certification mode for carbon dioxide emissions.

I'd guess the text in bold explains why the car always starts in Comfort mode.

[neon]

The whole driver profiles are confusing me. I have set profile 2 to my name and assigned my key to it. When I get in the car it says my profile name at the top of the sensus screen.
What I do not have is when I use the drive mode selector, there is no profile with my name, only the 4 standard options.

I am giving the stop/start a go. What I am not keen on is when you are doing a tight maneuver, forward and reverse, every time you go forward and stop the engine cuts out.