[V8] 93 v8 tranny Manual mode

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 E is for economy.? I find on my 92 (with chip) that a really light foot in E mode gets significantly better mileage around town (if baby I can see almost 20, foot to the floor 13-14), and cruise control with hill assist with the right foot at the bottom of the hills to help feather the uphill accel yields the best results on the highway.? The absolute biggest difference in gas mileage on a v8 IMO, is the weight of the wheels and tires.? Going from the 15 BBS lightweights with stock tires, to 17x8 and 255/40 really grabs you in the wallet on a v8 (2 city, 1.5 hwy IME)

HTH

Scott J


 


 

-----Original Message-----
From: Bastian Homburg <b.homburg at web.de>
To: V8 Audi Fans <v8 at audifans.com>
Sent: Sat, 28 Jun 2008 2:56 am
Subject: Re: [V8] 93 v8 tranny Manual mode










The economy of this is indeed, well, minimal (you will feel an effect in 
sustained city driving, though). But it doesn`t hurt, either. There`s no 
negative effects at all. Even in this mode, the shift points are 
controlled by the ECU.



Ed Kellock wrote:
> So lately, I've taken to switching to M and letting the trans shift up as
> early as it wants to in an effort to maybe save some gas.
>  
> I realize the economy of this may be negligible.
>  
> I wonder if there might be any negative affect of doing this on a regular
> basis.  When I do this, I'm not working on acceleration times.
>  
> Just curious.
>   

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