Gearchanges - Double clicking

[Surrey Sam]

Been playing around with the car and when using the gear paddles, I've found that you can double click and it will change gear twice. So say you're cruising along in 4th and decide to overtake, you can double click the down paddle and it'll change down to 2nd missing out 3rd.

Don't think it's a 'design' feature but seems to work, so thought I'd share.

[Madelvic]

Thanks Sam - look forward to trying it

[Geoff A]

Been doing this a while on downshifts - easy block change from 7 to 5th, and a useful feature when you want to snap it out of a lazy D mode.
A lot of dsg's will do it, but it's in the timing of the paddle flicks, so you need to be swift with the double click.

[Surrey Sam]

Yes, it takes a little practice to get the double click just right.

[Thundercliffe81]

Oooooh. Gonna give this a go today. I've found going from D to S on the gear lever can be a bit uncomfortable for the car if it's not at right speed. Mainly when slowing down.


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[Surrey Sam]

Having the gear selector in Sport will mean that the gear changes both up and down are harsher, as the second clutch is disengaged quicker. Full throttle, also takes far less throttle pedal movement in S.

[Thundercliffe81]

Having the gear selector in Sport will mean that the gear changes both up and down are harsher, as the second clutch is disengaged quicker. Full throttle, also takes far less throttle pedal movement in S.

Yeah to be honest I'm just finding my way with it. Very violent downshifts in S. Prefer manual changed on paddles but the box is very quick indeed. Loving it.

The double tap gearbox changes are pretty cool/handy. Just tried some. Not as much of a blip but presume that's something to do with computer reacting. Very handy to just drop a couple if you're already in manual


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[Surrey Sam]

Yeah I think Sport could have been better developed by Audi as gears are held far too long, then as you say. Down changes at lower speeds too harsh. So it's Manual or D for me.

[Thundercliffe81]

There's some great novelty and sound to be had from manually shifting to first (at low speeds). It's probably a dumb question as I can't see any mechanical positives haha but, I should stay away from doing that, right?

The ZF in my B9 S4 seemed fine with it. Only on things like tight switch-backs etc. Much more robust box though I imagine.


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[Madelvic]

Nice one Sam. Cracking wee feature; works brilliantly for me

[Surrey Sam]

Nice one Sam. Cracking wee feature; works brilliantly for me

Excellent, glad some people are finding it good

There's some great novelty and sound to be had from manually shifting to first (at low speeds). It's probably a dumb question as I can't see any mechanical positives haha but, I should stay away from doing that, right?

The ZF in my B9 S4 seemed fine with it. Only on things like tight switch-backs etc. Much more robust box though I imagine.

That type of useage should be fine, as long as it's not excessive. Afterall the car is rev matching to equal road speed, so the tranmission should be fine with that. I think Porsche encourage people to use 1st in their GT cars, but the PDK system is even better than S-Tronic.

[Thundercliffe81]

Nice one Sam. Cracking wee feature; works brilliantly for me

Excellent, glad some people are finding it good

There's some great novelty and sound to be had from manually shifting to first (at low speeds). It's probably a dumb question as I can't see any mechanical positives haha but, I should stay away from doing that, right?

The ZF in my B9 S4 seemed fine with it. Only on things like tight switch-backs etc. Much more robust box though I imagine.

That type of useage should be fine, as long as it's not excessive. Afterall the car is rev matching to equal road speed, so the tranmission should be fine with that. I think Porsche encourage people to use 1st in their GT cars, but the PDK system is even better than S-Tronic.

Excellent. Thanks for that mate.

Yes, that PDK is something. Hoping the new RS6 gets it. I'll Probably get that in about 15 years.


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