TTQ2k2

Have been having tiptronic issues since I got it in march of this year (05 TTC180tip) with now 25K miles. abrupt, sometimes violent 1st-2nd upshift and diffuculty moving shifter out of park. no codes and couldn't reproduce last march. this time, no codes either but at least they could reproduce. so they replaced the 'valve body.' Said it was the first one they've ever replaced. Had it not been under warranty, said it would have been in the $1500-$2000 range: ouch!

Re the A4, I was pleasantly surprised by the 2008 A4's 2.0 with CVT but otherwise it was an adquate $25K sedan. Problem was the S-line sticker said $32K.

DumpTTruck

Hence the reluctance to buy a DSG. Expensive toy!

alms_lefko

some parts i LOVED, others...not so much

it was just a BIG car

i liked the size of my B5 more than the B8

but like you said... I like the TT more than all of the above!

Hope the VB was the problem!

TTempted

But replacement of something that a service department has never replaced before isn't enough evidence to say no to DSG. I've always thought automatics were cheaper to maintain than manuals...

DumpTTruck

I thought Tiptronic was the new name for DSG?

DumpTTruck

Sorry. S Tronic. My worry still stands though. New tech can be hard to fix.

TTschwing

One is a conventional automatic, the other an automatically shifted manual..