Acceleration "Lag"?
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Trident, are you saying this lags occurs when moving from a standing start or something else?
I've got the 8spd auto in my A4 and the lag is bad 90% of the time. You'd almost think you were riding around with a student driver...it can be that "un-smooth".
There has been much written on this topic. A few dumped their cars and didn't elect to live with it. It's too bad, it kinda spoils an otherwise great car
I've got the 8spd auto in my A4 and the lag is bad 90% of the time. You'd almost think you were riding around with a student driver...it can be that "un-smooth".
There has been much written on this topic. A few dumped their cars and didn't elect to live with it. It's too bad, it kinda spoils an otherwise great car
Strange how some here have the issue and others don't.
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Yeah, it sux. I've driven other A4 cars with the 8spd and none had the lag like mine does.
It's not turbo lag, it's part of the economy profile of this auto trans. I think the Stassis tune pretty much eliminates it.
90% of my driving is in-town, never exceeding 35 - 40 mph. That's part of the problem and the car is doing its adaptation routine The shop foreman at my dealership says it's linked to the rate at which you depress the go-pedal. If you go easy, the car displays more lag. If you press the pedal down a bit faster, the lag is gone or reduced. It's just hard to spike the pedal when sitting in long lines of traffic, crawling along, etc.
It's not turbo lag, it's part of the economy profile of this auto trans. I think the Stassis tune pretty much eliminates it.
90% of my driving is in-town, never exceeding 35 - 40 mph. That's part of the problem and the car is doing its adaptation routine
The shop foreman at my dealership says it's linked to the rate at which you depress the go-pedal. If you go easy, the car displays more lag. If you press the pedal down a bit faster, the lag is gone or reduced. It's just hard to spike the pedal when sitting in long lines of traffic, crawling along, etc.
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I had a 2009 A6 Avant before my A7 and I experienced the same "hesitation" in the A6 that you're describing. It happened pretty consistently when starting out from a dead stop, whether I punched it or just accelerated normally. My A6 did that for the entire 2 years I owned it. I have never experienced that with my A7.
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Maybe it's not the car, maybe it's you Trident 
Two cars with the same complaint !!!!
maybe you need this: http://www.sprintboostersales.com/?g...FUZjTAodUSzLlg
j/k of course, just jealous I don't have a supercharger
but the revo tune sure helped our lil 4 banger !
Two cars with the same complaint !!!!
maybe you need this: http://www.sprintboostersales.com/?g...FUZjTAodUSzLlg
j/k of course, just jealous I don't have a supercharger
but the revo tune sure helped our lil 4 banger !
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Yeah, it sux. I've driven other A4 cars with the 8spd and none had the lag like mine does.
It's not turbo lag, it's part of the economy profile of this auto trans. I think the Stassis tune pretty much eliminates it.
90% of my driving is in-town, never exceeding 35 - 40 mph. That's part of the problem and the car is doing its adaptation routine The shop foreman at my dealership says it's linked to the rate at which you depress the go-pedal. If you go easy, the car displays more lag. If you press the pedal down a bit faster, the lag is gone or reduced. It's just hard to spike the pedal when sitting in long lines of traffic, crawling along, etc.
It's not turbo lag, it's part of the economy profile of this auto trans. I think the Stassis tune pretty much eliminates it.
90% of my driving is in-town, never exceeding 35 - 40 mph. That's part of the problem and the car is doing its adaptation routine
The shop foreman at my dealership says it's linked to the rate at which you depress the go-pedal. If you go easy, the car displays more lag. If you press the pedal down a bit faster, the lag is gone or reduced. It's just hard to spike the pedal when sitting in long lines of traffic, crawling along, etc.
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Maybe it's not the car, maybe it's you Trident
Two cars with the same complaint !!!!
maybe you need this: http://www.sprintboostersales.com/?g...FUZjTAodUSzLlg
j/k of course, just jealous I don't have a supercharger
but the revo tune sure helped our lil 4 banger !
Two cars with the same complaint !!!!
maybe you need this: http://www.sprintboostersales.com/?g...FUZjTAodUSzLlg
j/k of course, just jealous I don't have a supercharger
but the revo tune sure helped our lil 4 banger !
I think it's just a break in thing, I'm not gonna sweat it too much. Love this car though, love it!
Thanks for the input Johnny Boy.
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