Mototronic anyone?
David Head
v8q at bellsouth.net
Wed May 22 07:43:34 EDT 2002
Drove an A4 1.8 and an A6 3.0 CVT last Sunday. The programmed shifts are built
into the 'tiptronic' portion - if you put it in drive and just go, it is
shiftless. Pretty neat.
Duncan Thomson wrote:
> At 09:24 17/05/2002, e2e wrote:
> >Has anyone driven one of the new continuously variable transmission machines
> >yet? What are they like to drive?
>
> Dad's works downstairs from NZ Autocar (same guy owns dad's company), and
> had a chance to drive the A4 Avant with CVT... it has 6 dummy speeds set
> up, so doesn't make full use of the CVT...
>
> I'll have to talk to him more later, but he said it did some very funny
> things when stopping, which resulted in a bouncing feeling as it came to a
> complete stop... there is an electronic clutch apparently, and you hear a
> sproing sound as it engages and disengages...
>
> also the steering was pretty vague... dad much preferred the handling of
> peugeot 406 he had on the weekend...
>
> Just heard today that he'd tested it, and remembered that you had asked...
> I guess there'll be a writeup in the next NZ Autocar...
>
> Dad's got a turbo diesel golf tonight, so I may take that one for a spin
> after work...
> I could get used to this...!
>
> seeya sometime, maybe when the snow comes
>
> Duncan
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