Dead Throttle
11-19-2018, 07:07 AM
#13
AudiWorld Super User
Audi could do that, but it would have to make the Eco mode the default upon starting the car for it to be applicable to EPA ratings.
11-19-2018, 07:43 AM
#14
Club AutoUnion
And then we’d be right back where we started! People complaining about poor “E” Performance and having to start out in “E” mode before being able to shift to either “D” or “S” mode to get the performance we paid for.
Audi needs to let us Owners Program whatever mode we want to drive in as a Start Up Default mode. That would stood 85% of these types of complaint threads.
11-19-2018, 08:02 AM
#15
AudiWorld Senior Member
And then we’d be right back where we started! People complaining about poor “E” Performance and having to start out in “E” mode before being able to shift to either “D” or “S” mode to get the performance we paid for.
Audi needs to let us Owners Program whatever mode we want to drive in as a Start Up Default mode. That would stood 85% of these types of complaint threads.
Reason being the vast majority of owners use D vs S on a routine basis and all of the D drivers help keep the mpg higher and the emissions lower. Making a conscious decision to shift into S keeps those numbers up.
11-19-2018, 08:11 AM
#16
Club AutoUnion
Agreed.
It’s become almost automatic for me to just pull the shift lever twice to put the car into Sport mode. When I get onto an interstate and the traffic permits, 1 more pull and I’m back into Drive mode.
Personally I don’t get all the complaining that goes on over the 2 modes — it’s not like we have to drive in “D” mode — it’s a conscious move that is easily solved; 1 more pull on the shifter.
11-19-2018, 10:02 AM
#17
AudiWorld Super User
I do not understand some people, these people talk for days about how much fun stick shift is to drive and if auto makers stop making the manual transmission, it will be the end of the world as we know it. These same people are the one who complain about having to pull down the shifter down once as oppose to shifting 20 times in a minute while driving a manual transmission.
11-19-2018, 12:10 PM
#18
AudiWorld Member
Thread Starter
Ok but,
I fully understand the solution is to put the transmission in "S" mode. Not a big deal.
I'm not sure it's un-reasonable to buy a luxury sport coupe for a premium price and expect that the damn engineers can't program it to not have this "lag" in throttle response!
Making excuses for it's design is un-acceptable.
My Wife has driven my car a grand total of 2 times. She even noticed it.
Ridicules.
I fully understand the solution is to put the transmission in "S" mode. Not a big deal.
I'm not sure it's un-reasonable to buy a luxury sport coupe for a premium price and expect that the damn engineers can't program it to not have this "lag" in throttle response!
Making excuses for it's design is un-acceptable.
My Wife has driven my car a grand total of 2 times. She even noticed it.
Ridicules.
11-19-2018, 12:51 PM
#19
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Never had this happen to my A5. But I did have it happen when driving my Golf.
Let off the throttle making a right turn, press the accelerator and nothing engine remained
as if not trying to accelerate for a long second or two. Dealer never heard of such a thing
driver error.
Let off the throttle making a right turn, press the accelerator and nothing engine remained
as if not trying to accelerate for a long second or two. Dealer never heard of such a thing
driver error.
11-19-2018, 01:18 PM
#20
AudiWorld Super User
I'm not sure it's un-reasonable to buy a luxury sport coupe for a premium price and expect that the damn engineers can't program it to not have this "lag" in throttle response!
Making excuses for it's design is un-acceptable.
My Wife has driven my car a grand total of 2 times. She even noticed it.
Ridicules.
Making excuses for it's design is un-acceptable.
My Wife has driven my car a grand total of 2 times. She even noticed it.
Ridicules.
