[squish72]

Do yourself a favor and keep it out of manual mode. If youre uneducated enough to know why your car has "lag" and is "sluggish" when you try and floor it in any tall gears, then you should buy a cheap mountain bike and learn why proper gear changes are important.





i know im feeding a troll but maybe just maybe.........

[oslouie]

I knew it was driver mod...

[s346k]

op: is this your first car?

[DaveC113]

Keep it in auto, don't mess with traction or stability controls at all, drive it carefully and see if you can find a high performance driving school to give you some tips on how to drive the car in a safe environment. If you want to practice driving technique you might consider autocross after getting some instruction and watching some youtube vids.

Good luck and have fun!

[Ventmaster]

Originally Posted by B19 Coupe

Troll alert.

My first thought when I saw the title...

There is a reason this country is moving quickly to self-driving cars.

Also OP, there is a reason I learned a long time ago you never buy a nearly new, low mileage car with a great price...

They're probably "jacked" up.

[arpad_m]

OP: there's no shame in not knowing, we all began from scratch, too. In addition to the great resources others already mentioned, you should watch every Engineering Explained video on youtube about gearing and transmissions, torque and horsepower, it'll help you understand what's happening.

On the other hand, I'd edit the title of this thread and get rid of "pathetic" in there and the comment in brackets. You are doing a disservice to the designers and engineers behind this masterpiece (as well as other forum members) with such a hasty and ill-advised title.

[Ventmaster]

Thought this video might be helpful: https://video.search.yahoo.com/searc...4&action=click

[Deputy Dog]

Originally Posted by 2SS6th

Major update everyone!
So had a “professional” drive the car, and he actually was a hell of a driver.
Took me around for ridiculous pulls, he was demonstrating everything, when he drove it, hd drove it perfectly with no problems, he didn’t even experience any of the lag issues. He did however show me what I WAS DOING WRONG!

I cruise in M mode in 6th gear at 50 mph, he floored it, NO PULL or POWER at all, he then dropped all the way to 2nd gear at the same 50mph, and it pulled like a mad dog. I never knew about this, he also told me that I shift a lot earlier before redline too many times to the point where I’m at 5-7th gear at 40 or less, which was another thing. I was inexperienced over it, he then explained to me about the lag in flooring it in Automatic mode, when flooring in automatic, the brief moment before it pulls, the ECU is downshifting to the lowest gear then pulling, he said it’s normal for automatic mode to have a brief delay before pulling when flooring. He also stated that when in automatic mode, you can press the downshift once, then hold it again and the car will AUTOMATICALLY drop to the lowest gear, he then floored it and it pulled! I didn’t know about the gear and speed thing. After all this, there’s still one last thing... there’s a “dead zone” when slightly hitting the accelerator in automatic mode.


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You should have just got a manual Trans. Automatics are just so difficult to learn to drive.

[2SS6th]

Originally Posted by s346k

op: is this your first car?

2nd at 21 years old


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[2SS6th]

Originally Posted by arpad_m

OP: there's no shame in not knowing, we all began from scratch, too. In addition to the great resources others already mentioned, you should watch every Engineering Explained video on youtube about gearing and transmissions, torque and horsepower, it'll help you understand what's happening.

On the other hand, I'd edit the title of this thread and get rid of "pathetic" in there and the comment in brackets. You are doing a disservice to the designers and engineers behind this masterpiece (as well as other forum members) with such a hasty and ill-advised title.

I will change it, I apologize to all other SS owners...


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[2SS6th]

I can’t figure out how to delete/remove this post, I went to thread tools and still can’t find it.


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[enzia35]

ID-ten-T error.

[AlphaCamaro7]

bro Buy an Electric Car. Gears just aren't for you.

[KingLT1]

Originally Posted by 2SS6th

I didn’t know... I’m an uneducated 21 year old with a crazy car


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The whole point of manual mode in the A8 is to give the driver total control of the transmission shifts. So that means you have to down shift it into the correct gear so the engine moves up into the power band(peak torque) which is around 4200 rpm and then you have to upshift it manually around 6400rpm. You can't just floor it in 6th gear from 40 mph and expect the car to do anything with the engine RPM around 2k. You would need to hold the left paddle and then it will down shift into the optimal gear for Wide Open Throttle acceleration which would be 2nd gear from 40 mph.

That being said you should just leave it in Auto mode and let the computer do the work.