Re: More whining!

[Elliott Potter <epotter@abraxis.com>]

DOUBLDz@aol.com wrote:
> 
> So, I've been driving around for about a week and a half since my A6q was
> serviced and supposedly fixed. I did think I noticed an improvement in
> acceleration from a standstill when I first got it back but it was still real
> sluggish on low speed acceleration and I thought to myself that I would give
> it a week or so and then call service again. Well, I'll be calling tomorrow!
 
How sluggish?  Especially with the automatic trans, you shouldn't expect
much acceleration before 4000rpm's........

> A few days back, someone was talking about acceleration hesitation or
> something and one of the responses was..."stomp....one Mississippi, two
> Mississippi.....  yeehah!!!!!!!!!!!" (I thought this was quite amusing and
> unfortunately too real). Well, this is what happens to me, although, I can't
> say that I actually stomp. But, I am feeding gas trying to get up to highway
> speed on an entrance ramp, for instance, and thats what I get. Visualize
> cartoon characters in a car, stepping on it and all of a sudden the car takes
> off and all of them get thrown back against the seats. I'm exaggerating of
> course, but thats what it feels like.
 
This has happened to me for a while, I now expect it and plan on it; it
worries passengers quite a bit.  It seems to me that the car has a bit
of trouble getting into first gear; it also has the same trouble with
reverse (or maybe a different problem...I don't normally put the car in
reverse and stomp on the gas).  I'm going to bring it up next time I've
got the car in for service (=as soon as I can afford it, possibly a
month :{  )

> On top of that, when I brought it in I was getting 20-22mpg and told them so.
> They thought I should be getting better and so did I. Since then I got 17mpg
> on the first tank and 18 on the second. What is wrong with this picture?

Wow, 20mpg?  I can't manage that in town with my 90 (a lighter car)!  On
the freeway I can get 24 or so, but with city driving about 17-19 sounds
right.
 
> I love so many things about this car, but I am ticked. They replaced a really
> expensive part: the transmission control unit (part plus 3 1/2 hours labor, on
> Audi) and now I'm wondering if they needed to do so because I'm really not
> seeing a significant improvement in driving performance and gas consumption
> appears to be worse. I actually feel that the little Corolla loaner had more
> oomph and its not even oomph that I'm complaining about, its the hesitation
> that really gets to me....lets go....wait a sec...OK, ready now..........
 
Replacing the TCM seems to be Audi's way of dealing with this problem;
maybe there's an updated one or something.  Anyway that probably wasn't
the problem.  Could you describe your hesitation a little more?  Does
the car shift when this happens?

> Did I get a lemon?

Naaah, they're all like that!  ..............?
-- 
Elliott

"To do this, we use the Behold Method."
	--George Cain


> Dee
> A6q pearl, the color is still perfect.