So an interesting test today. Started all looking normal but after a few hundred yards the D highlight went out.
From then on the car generally started behaving as if in Sport mode - late upshifts, quick downshifts, higher revs etc. Though I did before long flip into "real" S mode which worked as it should with highlights on the S and gear numbers if I used the Tiptronic buttons on the steering wheel.
I pottered around in 30/40mph limits locally and noticed that when I engaged Cruise Control it immediately felt as if it was back in D, not S. That was 100% the case over a few minutes of back streets including some reversing. After a reverse the D symbol illuminated only very briefly and behaviour reverted to S style.
BUT oddly after a little while more, without me doing anything, it changed to normal D behaviour (Only, no highlights in the DIS) and stayed that way for a few miles until I got home.
Handbrake on, foot on brake pedal, didn't touch the shifter! Grabbed VCDS laptop from the glove box and plugged it in - F125 definitely showing. Z3/1111.
So basically at present it's driveable as I can use the Tip buttons to upshift if it's inappropriately stuck in S mode. And if it drops into D without me doing anything that's fine.
Anyone got any thoughts on that?
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2003 D2 FL S8. Irish Green Pearl/Beige. Solar sunroof, auto-dim mirrors, electric rear seat functions and extended leather. Ski hatch retrofit. Aftermarket reversing camera. DVB-T and XCarlink now removed as redundant.
2016 Volvo V40 T5 Cross Country (4WD) with ALL the toys including adaptive cruise etc. etc. Osmium Grey with Blonde/Charcoal leather interior. Polestar performance "optimisation".  (Even rarer than a D2 S8!) Oh, and a brand new engine at just under 30,000 miles on the factory one! 
Finally: gone, but not forgotten.....
1998 D2 PF S8. Agate Grey/Platinum. Every option (I think) except electric rear seats, Tiptronic steering wheel, ski hatch, towbar & dimming door mirrors.
e.g. Cruise control, NavPlus/TV, Bose, GSM, Xenons, Solar roof, Parking sensors, Alcantara/leather everywhere of course.  (internal dimming mirror added later)
1998 (very early) Ford Focus 1.8 Zetec; ABS/TCS, Heated screen/mirrors, Aircon. Added Auto-dim mirror, Leather seats, Trip computer, Cruise control, OEM Ford SatNav with CD changer.
And before that a lot of Rover 800s, a few oddities, a lovely Triumph Dolomite 1850HL with Overdrive and way back in my schooldays an Austin Seven aka Mini 850!
Last edited by HPsauce; 10th March 2025 at 05:36 PM.
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