+ 1. Profile selection is buggy. On mine, it sometimes doesn't detect me, even if I'm the only one that has the key. This was when I used the app, so it was probably looking for my phone. When it doesn't detect it, it defaults to guest mode and messes with all my instrument selections. So I uninstalled that unholy piece of software and configured guest mode with all my preferences. Now it never skips a beat.
ECO Mode bad for the vehicle?
- Thread starter LCOceans
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Life is too short to run in eco mode.
*Normal: local streets, short distance drive (“feel” more power, especially, accelerating at stop lights)
Also, for off-road
*Eco: Freeways, long distance drive
*Sport: Good/exciting mood
. Drive like stolen car 
*Normal: local streets, short distance drive (“feel” more power, especially, accelerating at stop lights)
Also, for off-road
*Eco: Freeways, long distance drive
*Sport: Good/exciting mood
This is how I drive my GR Corolla. haha The throttle response is kinda wonky with eco mode so I don't like to use it with a manual transmission.
Not sure. It's only one twist to the right wen I start her up, so not a big deal.
On the rare occasions I've driven in Eco mode, the turbo does not seem to kick on as frequently as in Normal mode. I haven't paid close enough attention to know if this is truly the case, but am wondering if anyone else has noticed this?
*Normal: local streets, short distance drive (“feel” more power, especially, accelerating at stop lights)
Also, for off-road
*Eco: Freeways, long distance drive
*Sport: Good/exciting mood
Normal: 98% of my driving...around town, highway, whatever
Sport: Whenever I feel like having a bit more responsiveness, but only when driving around town, never on highway*
Eco: never
*This brings up an interesting point...one reason I never use "sport" mode on the highway is because in a previous Toyota I owned (RAV4), sport mode would prevent it from using the overdrive gears in the transmission, and thus MPGs would suffer most on the highway...does anyone know if the LC 250 is tuned to behave the same way?
I don’t know the answer to your question, but with about 4,500 miles on Miss Daisy, I have shifted the gear lever to the left while cruising down the highway, just to see what gear Miss Daisy was in while cruising at ~1450 rpms, and she has NEVER been found to be in 7th or 8th gear. The highest gear that I have ever found her in was sixth gear. Go figure.
Drive modes only function is to electronically change throttle response and shifting behavior.
Think of it like; what is equivalent to pressing the throttle 20% on normal mode corresponds to 10% on eco and 30% on sport.
Turbo engagement is tied to engine load and demand. Eco mode makes it look like there is less turbo usage, since it electronically makes the drivers foot lighter.
My experience suggests it does more than that...
in my 2019 Rav4, for example, sport mode would disable the switch from AWD to FWD that would happen around 40 mph in normal mode (though obviously this isn't applicable for the LC), and definitely locked out the last 2 overdrive gears... and while this last one may have placebo effect, I'm pretty sure it "tightened up" the steering as well to make it a bit more responsive.
There's no reason to believe that the different driving modes don't affect a variety of systems and how they're tuned.
CORRECTION: I did this again today, and Miss Daisy was in seventh gear.
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