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

[Taka Mizutani]

WTH is "put the gas pedal to the floor for about two seconds and everything
gets ready" mean? With the engine off, I imagine.

BTW, I was talking about B7s specifically- I have a decent amount of seat
time in B7s- I still think the tips suck.

Taka


On Tue, May 12, 2009 at 9:37 AM, brian hoeft <qweblog at gmail.com> wrote:

> my two cents..
>
> to compare apples to apples, since the question is referring to the B7 S
> car, I must say that when driven properly the B7 S4 in 'S' mode with proper
> foot coordination/timing does respond well considering its more or less an
> automatic. Took me a few minutes and suggestions from the owner to properly
> time/prep the tranny for more responsive driving, example; put the gas pedal
> to the floor for about two seconds in sport mode and everything gets ready
> for ?action..
>
> B5's,6's and the like in non S platform without S mode on the selector are
> totally different in form&function..
>
> My gripe if I owned one regarding sport driving would be the traction
> control kicking in even when its switched "off" and the gear selectors not
> responding fast enough&/or overriding your inputs. Oh, and left foot braking
> is pretty much out too...
>
> -brian
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> On Tue, May 12, 2009 at 8:25 AM, Taka Mizutani <t44tqtro at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> 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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