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Originally Posted by LSxWittles
This. Although I haven't driven the A8, everything I have seen shows clearly noticeable lag and responsiveness through the paddles unfortunately. Only driven one vehicle with a ZF 8 speed (buddies scat pack) and it seemed to respond from the paddles pretty well. I should go test drive an A8 6th gen lol.
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Seems to be a difference in shift speed between modes as well. TR vs all others, in particular. Could be in my head though.
The 1-2 upshift is the only one I'd say has 'lag', although thus far I see no reason to launch in anything but D, and 2-3/2-3 shift seem to fire off immediately. I don't have any direct euro brand experience to compare it with though.
Coming from a manual 5th Gen (and manuals in general for the last 15+ years), I was pretty shocked and how well it drove itself in both Manual Mode and Performance Shifting Mode (I think that's the name). Honestly, when it goes into the Perf Shifting mode, I love it, just sits the powerband and shifts up/down as needed but I keep reaching for the shifter out of habit.
Disclaimer: Have not been to the track yet, car is barely past break in, we'll see how I feel about the 'auto' after a day on the course.