Audi: Multitronic

On 19 Jan 2004 06:01:05 -0800, com (Pablo
Rodriguez) wrote:
 

I test drove the multitronic and this 'lag' or 'thinking second' was
exactly what made me not buying it.
 

Regards

Wolfgang
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"Wolfgang Pawlinetz" <net> wrote in message
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I have only driven with multitronic for a few days (loan cars). I was quite
impressed.

I don't remember any "lag" problem, but I did tend drive it like a manual.
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Doug Ramage

I have a multitronic 2.4 A4 (UK spec) and whilst my car does not roll back
on a hill as you suggest it does need quite a bit of throttle to get moving
on an incline - obviously it depends on the steepness but I would not say
it's behaviour is significantly worse or different to a normal automatic
gearbox.

Regarding the responsiveness I think I know what you mean - it does not move
immediately on set off but the lag in my case is maybe a quarter of a second
or so that's all then it pulls really strong. I think as you suggest the
lag you are experiencing may be partly the transmission and partly turbo
lag - although our cars have similar power and torque figures I don't have
to wait for the turbo to spin up but I bet your car has fantastic midrange
power once it is rolling. If I want to get away really fast I use the
tiptronic mode then there is no noticeable lag at all.

I think it may be a case of you getting used to it I don't think there is
anything wrong with your car..




"Pablo Rodriguez" <com> wrote in message
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Pablo Rodriguez wrote: 

I dunno, I test drove an A6 3.0 w/Multitronic and it didn't hesitate at
all. I was pretty impressed with the responsiveness, actually, given
only 220 hp in such a large car. Admittedly, I did not drive on any
steep hills.

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Mike Smith