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#61 of 6896 multitronic tranny by bollinger Aug 01, 2000 (4:52 am)
Don't believe anything you hear about the multitronic coming here on any specific timetable. There is no schedule for it coming here yet. I'm not saying it won't come here, but attaching a date to it and then making decisions upon that is folly. As to is the multitronic good? Answer seems to be yes. It gives better gas mileage and acceleration than the standard. Better acceleration than the stick! Still, in day-to-day conditions, it will have the same "problem" as a normal automatic, which is it always tries to reduce the engine revs, thus causing your car to seem slow while the tranny shifts to get them back up. Personally, I'm down on the multitronic for two reasons. 1. I am fairly certain it will be a mechanical nightmare. 2. It's only available on the 2.8. Who wants a 2.8?
#62 of 6896 Using Tiptronic for Better Gas Mileage by spoon2000 Aug 01, 2000 (12:49 pm)
Is it possible to save gas when driving on the highway by shifting from automatic mode to Tip mode and forcing the transmission to stay in 5th? Certainly if you put the Tip in 4th and left it there you would hurt your mileage...
#63 of 6896 tip is miserly by bollinger Aug 01, 2000 (4:02 pm)
It is possible you could save gas by using the tip, but the tranny is usually in 5th before you know it anyway, at least on the 2.7T. The tranny is already in 5th gear at 45 mph, and if you slow back down, it will hold it down past 35 mph. The acceleration in 5th at 35mph is not exactly stunning. It's better than I expected, but nothing like you expect from a 250HP car. Oh, I forgot to mention, where to shift is one of the things the tranny learns automatically. I go pretty gentle on my car, so it shifts early it's possible that other 2.7T drivers who leadfoot it more often have higher shift points.
#64 of 6896 New arrival by piper6 Aug 01, 2000 (10:09 pm)
It finally arrived.I picked up my A6 last week and have run my first tank of gas thru it. Now I can appreciate all of the rave notices. For the record, my car built on June 17, has the passenger side seat memory and the immobilizer- no apparent windshield distortion. The only problem I have is a noise that comes on at about 50 mph that sounds like a window is slightly open. I plan on doing a little detective work before I sic the dealer on it. I found the telephone connector in the wheel well including the antena lead wire . I temporarily wired in my analog phone but I get no signal when I hook the pre wired antena lead up to the cell phone. Does any one know where the antena is or why no signal? The phone works fine if I attach a window mount.
#65 of 6896 Daytime Running Lamps by spoon2000 Aug 01, 2000 (10:27 pm)
Does anyone know how the Audi daytime running lamps are configured (as in for Canadian models)? Is there a module that plugs in somewhere in the wiring harness? TIA
#66 of 6896 Synthetic Oil at Audi-Paid Maintenance Stops by spoon2000 Aug 01, 2000 (10:29 pm)
Has anyone asked their dealer to refill their engine with synthetic oil at Audi-paid oil changes (within the 3 year maintenance program)? If so, how have you and the dealer agreed on pricing, insofar as synthetic oil is more expensive? Have you provided the oil and gotten some sort of service credit? Or has the dealer provided the oil and asked you to pay the cost difference?
#67 of 6896 To piper6 by mpuzach Aug 02, 2000 (12:42 am)
Welcome to the club, Ben. As you'll see, the car keeps getting better and better the longer you have it. If you haven't yet been there, I recommend that you join the A6 forum at AudiWorld.com, too. There are a lot of A6 owners there with a lot of great info. When you get a chance, please come back and post the details about your car, e.g. engine, tranny, colors, options, etc. - Mike
#68 of 6896 Audi A6 2.7T performance upgrade by turborules Aug 02, 2000 (6:32 pm)
I'm days away from purchasing a 2000 A6 2.7T & have been told with a performance chip & air intake modification I can increase the HP from 250 to 310. Has anyone else heard of this upgrade or is my chain being pulled. Any feedback would be greatly appreciated.
#69 of 6896 Post #67 from turborules by timcar Aug 02, 2000 (7:17 pm)
Livio, how about 310 WITHOUT air intake mods? There are several chips available both for the 2.7T engine, and the tiptronic trans. One of the favorites seems to be PES/GIAC. You can find them at this link: http://www.pes-tuning.com/index2.htm Don't have a 2.7T yet, so haven't had personal experience, but those who have used PES, seem to be very pleased. Of course, there are other issues, like your warranty. But those who have chipped their 2.7T's have thought through these and decided on a way to deal with them, or that the tradeoffs are worth the extra power. Good luck, and let us know what you find out.
#70 of 6896 . by hello26 Aug 03, 2000 (9:32 am)
In regard to above post--Volkswagen and Porsche coming into existence after WWII is not the beginning of Volkswagen's history. War production was turned into automobiles as would have been done. Volkswagen, the people's car, came into existence as part of a program Hitler had whereby stamps like the famous American green stamps were to be traded for cars.

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