Re: A4 Tiptronic transmission for 1998

[orin@netcom.com (Orin Eman)]

> your doing anything really stupid.  But the reality is (as Porsche found out)
> that after the initial "kid-with-a-new-toy" period, most drivers/most of the
> time stick it in "D" and Drive.  This goes for the European and U.S.
> experience.

...I can believe that, all I would want it for is for the times that the
transmission decides to use a lower gear than necessary like:

changes down at 60mph when gently accelerating
refuses to change up at 60mph on a very gentle uphill
refuses to change up at 40mph on a not so gentle uphill where
the next gear would definitely be more appropriate - it
doesn't do this if I hadn't accelerated from a standstill just
before the hill.

This is on the 1.8T.  In all cases, the transmission ignores the lower
RPM torque of the turbo engine.

Orin.
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