[urq] Audi A3

[dave flagg]

That might be due to the fact that a car needs to get the power to the road. 
Too much juice in a front driver would only cause torque steer and smoke.

That said, we've had several of these DSG cars. It is, on the one hand a 
VERY efficient transmission. nothing shifts faster but a F 1 car or GT 2. I 
certainly can't keep up with it driving a stick, partiularly downshifiting. 
Great set up,but there are those who just want to feel they are a factor in 
the driving equation and they don't seem to feel the experience. There is, 
however, nothing that shifts faster.
yeah baby
.02
DF
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Todd Phenneger" <tquattroguy at yahoo.com>
To: "ANTHONY ATTARD" <acattard at yahoo.com>; "urq list" <urq at audifans.com>
Sent: Tuesday, September 04, 2007 2:29 PM
Subject: Re: [urq] Audi A3


>I have not driven the A3 but I have a comment on DSG.
> I have driven two cars with DSG.
> TT 3.2 VR6, DSG.
> Jetta GLI 2.0t DSG
>
> Both were great cars and the DSG worked flawlessly in Both with ONE
> Exception.
> LAUNCH.
>
> I'm not sure if its the VR6 vs 2.0, or a tuning difference, or likely a
> combination of both but in the TT the DSG seemed tuned more aggressively.
> It also seemed to have some sort of Launch Control as if you leftFoot 
> braked
> a little and Floored it it would rev up the engine and drop the clutch 
> which
> would Catapult the TT forward with all 4 wheels fighting for grip.  It has
> probably the Fastest 60ft Across the Intersection time of any stock car I
> have driven.
>
> The GLI on the other hand was more relaxed.  On a backroad it performed as
> expected but around town it was REALLY Slow to get going from a complete
> stop.  I think its probably a mixture of the fact that
> A) it didn't seem to have that launch control feature that would rev the
> engine a little before dropping the clutch.
> B) The turbo lag didn't help any.
>
> My preference.   On a GLI with 2.0t I'd rather have a 6-speed Manual.  But
> on the TT with the 3.2VR6, I LOVED that DSG.  It was a LOT of fun.
>
> Hope that helps a little.  Don't know what the A3 is like but if its 2.0t
> with DSG, expect delayed responses across an intersection.  Like driving 
> an
> Automatic.  But on the backroads its still fun.
>
> Todd
>
>
>> From: ANTHONY ATTARD <acattard at yahoo.com>
>> Date: Tue, 4 Sep 2007 09:19:49 -0700 (PDT)
>> To: <urq at audifans.com>
>> Subject: [urq] Audi A3
>>
>> Hi everyone.
>>
>> I am considering buying a Audi A3 to add to my driving
>> experience.  Does anyone at this site have any info.
>> good or bad regarding this model?
>>
>> Do both models (2.0T and 3.2) come with quattro drive?
>> Does anyone has any experience driving one with the
>> DSG transmission??   Would appreciate any inf., sites,
>> etc.  Thanks in advance.
>>
>> Tony   83 URQ, 86 4K CSQ, 88 90 model Q.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
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