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Reliability of Triptronic vs Reliability of Manual

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Old 06-03-2009, 03:35 PM
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In all seriousness, I have a drive shaft that is going. At this point I think I'm going to drive it until it goes. Then lease some car so I wont have to pay a dime for maintanance, possible happiest thought of my life. And do a full RS6 6mt converison. Or I'll buy a house this year to get back my ****ing 8 grand in fed taxes.
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You guys are too ****1ng funny
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I wish I could do that, but I have enough trouble with sticky radio buttons as it is. Besides, my girlfriend washes her hair once a day anyway, might as well knock out two birds with one stone, ya know?
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Are you telling me your into girls whos faces have that glazed over look?
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Bukkake party! Actually, I'm a gentleman, so I try to keep away from the face. Also, to help keep the place neat and tidy I always wipe it off on the drapes.

/the window drapes, you perverts.
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Bukkake party? This is not a civic tuning fourm...
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^^^ lol
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Originally Posted by complacentsee
Bukkake party? This is not a civic tuning fourm...
Oh right, I'm sorry. Schploozen en das face party!
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Na Klar! Das Mädchen ist fantastisch für eine Partei! Aber, wie viel kostet es? Ein Tausend Rosen? Das ist ein Viertel der K04 installiert. Zu viel für mich.
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Originally Posted by karthick
If replacing a busted auto trans. Is upgrading it at the same time an option? I was thinking of the six-speed auto trans in the newer A4s or S4s. Obviously the TCM will have to be swapped as well. Wondering if that mod has been done by anyone on here...
It would be very cost pohibative to go down the road you noted above.

Decide what you want from a car first - this will enable you to make the right choice of which car to buy for your needs (mabye not an S4).

Tiptronics are a lot of fun (over the years I have suprised many cars and one sport bike that should have been a lot faster and walked me, but they didn't - Corvette, AMG Benz, several M3's, Firebird, etc). Oh, and they can certainly be sporty.

Also remember, this is a street car. If you are buying a car for track duty, or street & track then you are honestly better off chosing another platform completely.

I have a Stg 3- with 3" DP's, Ohlins Suspension, AWE SMIC's and fully built Transmission (tiptronic) and on a continually twisty road I can more than hold my own agasint an idnentically setup S4 6spd.

However many maintenance shops and tuners won't mess with Tips because they get a greater return for their effort w/the 6spds and hey, everyone likes easy money; and, becaue very few people today are willing to work hard. JMO


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