Sport mode on Tiptronic question

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guitarleft2001@yahoo.com - 16 Apr 2007 20:29 GMT

I test drove a 2002 A6 3.0 quattro 5A with 71,000 miles on Saturday,
and liked it quite a bit. Inside and out, you wouldn't know its age or
mileage. I am replacing a 2004 A4 1.8T Q 5M who's lease is ending in 2
weeks.

So I tried the Sport mode on the Tiptronic on the A6, and it seemed to
hold the RPMs much higher (than "Drive" mode), even when cruising (not
accelerating). I thought that the Sport mode is just supposed to shift
quicker with higher RPMs while shifting, but then maintain a more
efficient engine speed when not accelerating.
This is how the "Power" mode on my wife's Camry works, and I thought
the Audi would work similarly.

Is this the way it is supposed to be? Or could there be something
wrong with the tranny, or does it take more time for it to upshift, or
maybe I'm just not operating it correctly. Admittedly, I didn't try it
for long, because it seemed it was just burning gas away at that RPM.

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Dave LaCourse - 16 Apr 2007 21:01 GMT

>I test drove a 2002 A6 3.0 quattro 5A with 71,000 miles on Saturday,
>and liked it quite a bit. Inside and out, you wouldn't know its age or
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>maybe I'm just not operating it correctly. Admittedly, I didn't try it
>for long, because it seemed it was just burning gas away at that RPM.

The Sport mode on my RS6 delays up-shifts to higher rpms for better
performance. However, if you've ever driven an RS6 (especially a
chipped one) you don't need a steeeenkin' Sport mode. d;o). I
wouldn't use your sport mode for anything except getting to a higher
speed quickly, then shift it into normal drive.

Dave

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Roscoe P Pendoscoe - 10 May 2007 22:21 GMT

>>I test drove a 2002 A6 3.0 quattro 5A with 71,000 miles on Saturday,
>>and liked it quite a bit. Inside and out, you wouldn't know its age or
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>
>Dave

I would be willing to trade my 2007 A4 2.0T with 5K miles and any 2 of
my children and my wife 1 week a month for your RS6.

Whatdaya think? Deal?

Roscoe aka MrShade

Knowledge is like money, the less you talk about it
the more people assume you have.

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Peter Bell - 15 May 2007 11:20 GMT

> >The Sport mode on my RS6 delays up-shifts to higher rpms for better
> >performance. However, if you've ever driven an RS6 (especially a
> >chipped one) you don't need a steeeenkin' Sport mode. d;o). I
> >wouldn't use your sport mode for anything except getting to a higher
> >speed quickly, then shift it into normal drive.

I've never used Sport mode on my RS6 - it didn't cause me any
difficulties when tailing a Merc at 150+MPH on the German autobahn on
Sunday.

> I would be willing to trade my 2007 A4 2.0T with 5K miles and any 2 of
> my children and my wife 1 week a month for your RS6.
>
> Whatdaya think? Deal?

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Kevin McMurtrie - 17 Apr 2007 06:01 GMT

> I test drove a 2002 A6 3.0 quattro 5A with 71,000 miles on Saturday,
> and liked it quite a bit. Inside and out, you wouldn't know its age or
[quoted text clipped - 13 lines]
> maybe I'm just not operating it correctly. Admittedly, I didn't try it
> for long, because it seemed it was just burning gas away at that RPM.

On my 2007 A3, sport mode always keeps the RPMs high. It's awesome for
winding roads. The only thing I don't like is that the engine revs a
bit too high when matching speed for downshifts. It has moments of
lurching forwards during engine braking.

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Themos - 15 Nov 2008 22:03 GMT

I am having the same problem with my 2008 2.0T A3. Did you ever figur
out whether that was the "normal" configuration, or whether it is
problem? I find that the RPMs go to the red zone before the tramsmissio
upshifts. In effect, the Smode becomes much slower than the Dmode

--
Themo

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