considering a 2000 or 2001 A4 Avant

[Taka Mizutani]

This is why I hated driving 1.8T and even 2.0T automatics at my old job.
Given the choice, I always took the S4, A8 or A4 3.2.

Taka

On 10/15/05, Tony Hoffman <tfh400036 at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> This is why I suggest powerbraking in these extreme situations. It exists
> in the 2.0 T cars as well, both CVT and 6-speed auto. Not quite as long,
> though. A light foot on the gas while holding the brake for a second or two
> takes care of this problem.
>  Tony Hoffman
>
> *Taka Mizutani <t44tqtro at gmail.com>* wrote:
>
> Touchy, touchy- I guess I was being too sarcastic- I was not talking about
> throttle lag waiting for the transmission
> to kick down when passing.
>
> I was specifically talking about from a standing start. The combination of
> tiptronic and 1.8T in every single Audi that
> I've driven, quattro and FWD, both standard automatics and CVTs, all
> suffer
> from massive throttle lag at a standing
> start. So much so that if you tried to pull out into traffic giving enough
> space for most cars to be able to pull out safely
> on to the road, you don't have enough space.
>
> The combo of tiptronic and 1.8T for whatever reason has so much lag that
> it
> literally takes a good second for the car to
> do anything at all. IMHO, this is a deadly flaw in the car. For that
> reason
> alone, I would not buy one- the 2.8 V-6, the
> 3.0 V-6 and the 3.2 V-6 do not have this problem.
>
> Taka
>
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