new recall

[Scott Hinckley]

At 09:26 PM 1/1/2004, Andrew Buc wrote:
> >** Reply to message from George Selby <gselby4x4 at earthlink.net> on Thu, 
> 01 Jan
> >2004 22:49:07 -0500
> >> The logic of having an automatic in heavy traffic is:
> >commuting sitches where I did a lot of shifting between 1st and 2nd 
> gear--more
> >PITA. I think a semiautomatic might be a good compromise, but not many cars
> >have ever offered them.


That is the primary reason I bought the 3.0 instead of the 1.8t A4. There 
is enough torque that I can leave it in 2nd gear from a creep up through 
about 40mph and back down as much as needed without ever hitting the 
clutch. I spend a large percentage of my drive time in heavy traffic, but 
love a manual transmission.

Now, the real solution is probably the new generation of automated manual 
transmissions, also called sequential or direct-shift  (this is not 
TipTronic, that is an automatic that can be manually shifted). Examples are 
BMW's SMG, Audi's & VW's DSG, Ferrari, etc.

No slushboxes in my driveline please!

Scott