"safety" mode in Tiptronic shifting

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Dec 31, 2008 | 02:56 AM

GDuran144

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"safety" mode in Tiptronic shifting

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Dec 31, 2008 | 03:34 AM

hcaudikeed

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i think you need a tip chip for that.

Dec 31, 2008 | 08:03 AM

poppy

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Audi will always play it a little safe with the trans software as they don't want us blowing the engine internals all over the road...

Jan 25, 2009 | 06:37 PM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by GDuran144

I bought an Audi A4 premium plus less than a week ago and have noticed that in "manual" mode, the car will not let the RPM's get past 6,500 it just sits there for about a second and then shifts. Is this normal? Is there anyway to get the car to redline? I understand that redlining isn't really good for the car, but its not much fun in manual mode if you don't have control of the shifts entirely.

YOU SHOULD NOT BE RUNNING IT THAT HARD DURING BREAK IN, <1000 MILES. You did say you just go it right?

Jan 25, 2009 | 10:27 PM

naemcivic

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Well, the car is not meant to redline with an Automatic transmission. unless the transmission is upgraded to a level 10.

Jan 25, 2009 | 11:09 PM

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Jan 26, 2009 | 01:22 PM

PJC

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I haven't played with the Tiptronic yet, but want to play with it after I hit 1000K. Has anyone firgured out the approximate shift points as they relate to mph for each gear?

Jan 27, 2009 | 01:48 PM

thxac3

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I was told my the sales associate that there was no break-in period. I just picked it up Saturday, and gave it full throttle a few times merging on the freeways. I hope I didn't ruin anything.

Jan 27, 2009 | 08:58 PM

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I was told my the sales associate that there was no break-in period. I just picked it up Saturday, and gave it full throttle a few times merging on the freeways. I hope I didn't ruin anything.

Maybe you should call your sales associate and ask them to read page 259 of the A4 owners manual.