RPM's and MPH?

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Nov 17, 2011 | 06:34 PM

Locomotor

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RPM's and MPH?

Hi all,
I just received my 2005 2.7 Allroad automatic
I am a little surprised at how high the RPM's are at highway speeds.

At 70mph, the car is running close to 3000rpms is this right?
Can anyone tell me if this is correct or should the transmission be kicking into another gear?

Thanks

Nov 17, 2011 | 07:58 PM

DevonM

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From: Missoula, MT

Our 2003 AR runs exactly the same. I thought it was rather high also. I hoped the RPMs would drop as I just had our torque converter rebuilt (because it wasn't locking up).

Nov 18, 2011 | 02:22 AM

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Originally Posted by Locomotor

Normal. They are geared very low.

Nov 18, 2011 | 05:56 AM

Teutonix

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Just to pile on... same experience here, and yes it is high.

Nov 18, 2011 | 07:01 AM

Locomotor

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Well the car is pretty smooth at 70mph, but it just didn't make sense for touring vehicle to run so high.
Would be great to get a definitive from Audi.
Thanks for the responses.

Nov 18, 2011 | 07:31 AM

thejulex

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Gearing on allroad is very high, 3300 at 80mph or so.... there is nothing you can do about, especially auto boxes.

For 6 speed, you can always get S4 tranny with rear differential swap and you'd be really chilling at much lower RPMs at the same speed.