Re: Tiptronic A6Q question

[nscbarry@mail.msy.bellsouth.net]

No stopping required to change to the manual mode, just slide the shifter
over, down shift and get on the gas. Besides even if you "forget" to upshift
in the manual mode the computer will do so for you, allows for holding  gears
awhile just for fun.

Debra Snell wrote:

> >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.
>
> Interesting - would one have to place the shifter into the + - mode to
> compensate? Can you go from automatic to tiptronic (I'm stumbling over the
> words, here) without stopping?
> Debra
>
> >By which time ...
> >
> >Someone came up with a mod that consisted of a push-to-break switch
> >mounted on the transmission tunnel - just tap it to cycle power on the
> >transmission computer and make it forget all it ever thought it knew
> >about you.
> >