Re: should I buy A6Q avant

[ti@amb.org (Ti Kan)]

Phil Payne writes:
> In message <65302f96.36b709d7@aol.com> DFAUTOHAUS@aol.com writes:
> > Isn't this because of the "smart transmission" as audi has said with a variety
> > of shift paths so the car can adapt to you and your driving methed.?
> 
> The sooner this _DAFT_ idea is dead and buried the better.
> 
> It's a royal, Mark I, PITA.  You sit in a queue of traffic bumbling
> along at 32.125mph for mile after mile, and finally get a 200yd
> straight in which to get one caravan and two articulated trucks.  In
> the meantime, the transmission has decided that you're a geriatric
> old fart who never wants to exceed 33mph or accelerate AT ANY TIME
> and flat ignores the kick-down request for ten seconds.

I'll bet the programming is smarter than that.  It should sense the
sudden opening of the throttle and *do the right thing*.  The folks
that design these things are pretty good at what they do.

-Ti
96 A4 2.8 quattro
84 5000S 2.1 turbo
80 4000 2.0
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