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I am still getting used to my new Stagea. Can anyone say what the differences in the power and snow buttons do, which is best for fast take off, what holds the gears longer...

Also I am trying to find out what the botton to the left of steering wheel, the one that shows a small pic of 4 wheels and a S in the middle. What does it do? Does it change the power raito from front and back wheels eg: 50/50 to 30/70...... What is the standard raito???

-I just found the auto headlight setting, cool the parkers and head lights come on automaticly when it gets dark, most stagea owners probaberly already know this.

Hey, I have a S2 skyline and in mine the power button makes the auto transmission change the gears later in the rev range and the snow button means the car starts in second gear so the wheels won't spin in snow (or rain).

Not sure about the rest though...must be a 4wd thing I guess.

Hi emanuelt, welcome to the exclusive Stagea owners club.

"Power" = holds gears higher in the rpm range and kicks down with less stomping on the accelerator.

"Snow" = doesn't use first gear

"4WD" = more initial even spread of torque over the 4 wheels. The ATESSA ECU still takes effect when the lateral and longitudinal G sensors tell it to ie; it's not like a centre diff lock.

We use "snow", "power" and "4wd" on the 4wd dyno as it seems to give the least amount of torque change between the front and rear wheels. So the Stagea doesn't move around on the rollers so much.

Hope that was of some help:cheers:

those 4 positions, plus dont forget the inner dial on the headlight stick which switches on the nifty yellow foglights ... which nicely matches my car colour haha :rofl:

Hey SK or anyone else re the 4wd ratio (if it is that) button - heres another Question - when I push that button in - on the dash a little symbol the same as it lights up, BUT next to that is another light symbol that actually says "4WD" but Ive never had it come on when driving (only when they all come on at startup when turning the key). So is the button with the symbol of the Diff and the letter S just to increase the front drive ratio WHEN the attessa system does choose to engage the front, and when it one day does engage (still yet to loose traction) the 4WD symbol will also light up??? Guess I'll just have to go and loose traction next time it rains and see what happens....

hmmm mind boggling :bonk:

The 4WD dash light is a warning light, so if something is wrong it will come on or flash. It'll come on while your in 2wd mode too.

I stumbled across some info on the 4wd switch a while ago. Apparently when pressed it gives a 50/50 split up to 20km/h then after that it gives a constant 30/70 split unless the fronts need more, then it'll give upto 50/50 split.

J

Hmmmm.... I'm already itching to get into my new Stag, now I find out about all these extra gadgets! Auto headlights... does that mean the headlights automatically turn off when you turn off the car? Or is it just the light sensitive system?

BTW: All that stands between me and the Stag is disposing of my Liberty wagon... so if anyone knows someone after a Subie for about $13K I've got just what they're after...

lights will automatically go off when the ignition is killed and the drivers door is opened. I have a turbo timer on my RS$ model, which confuses it. I turn the car off get out of the car and walk away. Head lights stay on becasue the ignition is still held on when i get out of the car and close the door. Car thinks driver is still sitting in the drivers seat waiting. If I walk back to the car and open the door to turn the lights off manually they then turn off as soon as the door is opened, it thinks the driver is getting out. So yes lights will turn off with the ignition being turned off, but only when drivers door opens after that condition is met. For information, the light receptor for the Auto lights is in front of the driver on top of the dash, right down by the base of the windscreen. make sure you don't have it covered or obscured by anything (like stupid park and display ticket stubs), and if you have to clean that area use a soft clean cloth so not to damage the sensor.

There is also a further headlight arrangement option i have heard of on Stageas, ut's been discussed here, that is the auto dimming headlight system. I don't have this on my ride, but it dimms the lights apparently automatically for on coming cars or something similar, this feature is NOT what we are talking about when we talk of automatic setting for headlights. It can be hardcase in Auckland traffic sometimes travelling on the motorway, you can often see which cars have auto lights always left in that mode. As you drive under bridges, especially in slow moving traffic (must be a certain darkness detecting delay incorporated before they turn on) you can see headlights fire up, then as they drive back into the sunshine, go off again about 10 metres later :rofl:

  • 5 years later...

I've got a S1 RS4 which tends to bog down when changing gear to D from N or R.

Every now and then, when I try to accelerate off the line, revs bounce around 1-1.5k and sometimes a popping sound can be heard.

This does not occur when mode button is switched to power.

Can anyone shed some light on what the underlying problem may be?

i'm guessing power button is limited to the s1's?

my s2 doesn't have it but it does have the tiptronic.

next question, when the titronic is on does it speed up shifts despite it being in d or being shifted with the stick instead of buttons?

never experimented with it but always wandered if it sharpens up shifts or not...

  • 1 year later...

Thought i'd post up this info i found in the manual that nobody else has noted yet. ps. i cant read japanese but guessing;

SNOW button gear modes;

D: 2nd gear / 4th gear

3: 2nd gear / 3rd gear

2: 2nd gear

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