[s-cars] How failtastic is the B7 S4 automatic? Anyone have a line on a manual avant?

[Taka Mizutani]

I guess it's all relative- I don't have much experience with the tip in the
B5- I've been in the car with a tip B5 and that was really terribly slow,
but never really driven one. The B7s I drove nearly daily for a year-
they're still pretty bad- nothing like the DSG. No worse than my Volvo, but
no better.

Taka


On Tue, May 12, 2009 at 3:06 AM, Theodore Chen <tedebearp at yahoo.com> wrote:

> i had a B7 A4 2.0T with tiptronic for a week, and thought the transmission
> was much improved over the B5's.  it shifted much faster and more
> positively.
>
> ------------------------------
> *From:* Taka Mizutani <t44tqtro at gmail.com>
> *To:* Brett Dikeman <brett.dikeman at gmail.com>
> *Cc:* "s-car-list at audifans.com" <s-car-list at audifans.com>
> *Sent:* Monday, May 11, 2009 1:31:36 PM
> *Subject:* Re: [s-cars] How failtastic is the B7 S4 automatic? Anyone have
> a line on a manual avant?
>
> Have you tried Riverside Audi? They're the biggest CPO dealer.
>
> No issues with the 6-speed auto that I've heard of, but the drive is
> nothing
> like the manual. Response in tiptronic mode is a joke- slow. No different
> than your folks' A6 in that regard.
>
> Taka
>
>
> On Mon, May 11, 2009 at 4:11 PM, Brett Dikeman <brett.dikeman at gmail.com
> >wrote:
>
> > Inquiring minds, tired of not finding any 6-speed manual avants
> > anywhere, want to know.  What's it like to drive?  Reliability?
> > Behavior?  Response to paddle shifters?
> >
> > Or, if you have a B7 S4 avant manual hiding in your garage you're
> > itching to sell, let me know.  2005.5+ ONLY, the look of the B6
> > platform makes baby jesus cry.
> >
> > Brett
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