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

[Brett Dikeman]

On Tue, May 12, 2009 at 2:47 PM, Theodore Chen <tedebearp at yahoo.com> wrote:

> the B5 S4's transmission is much smarter about gear selection, and locks up
> the torque converter in manual mode, but shifts too slowly.  i have tried
> recoding it with VAG-COM, but was not terribly impressed with the sport
> modes so i changed it back to stock.  they change gear selection strategy,
> not shift speed, which was my issue.

Did you ever look into any of the tiptronic chips?  Something about
pumps and valves and pressures, and better shifting.

Brett