snagitseven

He means use the console shift lever to change to S mode after a restart. Although he's incorrect about the default start up modes - both the engine and transmission begin in D mode. When you change the shifter to S mode, they both revert to S/Dynamic mode.

superswiss

Audi probably should have called it Normal and not Auto. That's really what it is. Auto uses a set of parameters that are most geared towards daily driving. Comfort is intended for long highway journeys and Dynamic for sport driving. As pointed out above, engine and transmission don't even differentiate between comfort and auto.

CHCCubs

A somewhat opposite question, is there a quick way to back to auto (D) mode from S, other than going back into to the menu to select auto?

Civuck

Not that I am aware of but you can assign Drive Select to that asterisk button on the steering wheel for a bit more convenience.

superswiss

Yes, you just pull back on the shift lever again, but again that just affects engine/transmission. Everything else stays in the current Drive Select mode and you have to change the Drive Select mode to put everything back to auto.

CHCCubs

Perfect that's what I was looking for. It's only the the engine/trans I was wondering about as I've been using the default auto mode when in traffic on my daily commute but like to pop it into S mode when traffic opens up and be able to put it back into auto once traffic backs up again.