That's the one! I haven't had the balls to do it to mine! I've heard some where that it affects the warrenty if done more than three times?
Yeah seemed pretty quick.
ESP off, put into S and hold the brake with your left foot, the car will then only rev to 3k revs, let the footbrake off slight pause............ then off she goes!
Watch your revs if it goes forward very slightly then shoots off that is not launch control that's the DSG box trying to set off fast as you had put your foot down but just released the break. From what you are saying that is not launch control.
So you've read the manual then?
Manual? for launch control or the warranty?
For launch control no I have not but you can watch the videos and see the guides online, the whole point of it is to set off quicker than usual. Surely you can tell that if it hits forward stops then blasts off you have not done it right.
The manual says 6 cylinder engine only.
Manual? for launch control or the warranty?
For launch control no I have not but you can watch the videos and see the guides online, the whole point of it is to set off quicker than usual. Surely you can tell that if it hits forward stops then blasts off you have not done it right.
Mines an 05 plate, so maybe they introduced it across the range later onh5djr said:It my manual it just says "Applies to vehicles with S-tronic gearbox"
I never said it goes forward stops then goes!! What I mean is that when you release the brake there's a slight pause before the car accelerates
Where can you see the videos?
1st gear, revs at 4000, kind of drop the clutch and off you go!!! lolol
What's a clutch!!!!
Sorry, but you can't say that he doesn't know what he's talking about when the closest you've got to trying it is a video on YouTube. He has the car, has read the instructions and tried it out. And going by those videos, you can't tell whether there's a delay or not. You can't see when they release the brake pedal. Oh, and there is a slight pause at 3,000rpm, the limit imposed by the launch control.
OK, I've read what I typed and sorry, I didn't mean it to come across quite as harsh as it did!
I've looked at the vids though, and unless you can actually see the person stepping off the brake, I don't see how you can say that there's no delay.
You sure you know what launch control is? Check this as an example: http://video.aol.com/video-detail/audit-tt-32-v6-abt-launch-control/2396467336
There should be no delay, that pause is because you are not doing a launch control.
You sure you know what launch control is? Check this as an example: http://video.aol.com/video-detail/audit-tt-32-v6-abt-launch-control/2396467336
There should be no delay, that pause is because you are not doing a launch control.
Watch this also:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Skhw349U6Bs notice there is no pause not even the slightest.
Last I watched was a while back, as above are some links. Google and YouTube search for it.
But it IS Audi Launch control, maybe not what you would consider usefull, but how it is documented in the manual.
Of all the videos of the dsg equipped cars that you've posted, not one of them show the foot pedal, if you did you would be able to tell the pause is there. Mine launches exactly the same as all of them. You might say that it's not what you would call launch control, fair enough, but it's what Audi built into their dsg system.
If you want to disagree then that's fine, but to say that I'm doing it wrong when you haven't tried it and haven't read the manual then how can you comment. Read it, try it and then pass judgment.
sibby
why do you keep mentioning an bmw? and cars rolling forward that was your addition.
an audi with a dsg box is not a bmw m5.
some cars have launch some dont. it depends on the year and model. its not as clear cut as what one manual states. manuals vary in the wording about launch control and some cars have a manual that contradicts.
how do we know we are doing it right, because there is only one way to do it and it aint rocket science. the slight pause is just that slight, but noticeable as gti jazz blue states its the dsg box. the revs dont drop off during this pause.
if you dont have it i dont know how you can comment. watching youtube clips is not the same as sitting behind the wheel.
Something key that you have mentioned though is the revs do not drop during the pause, if it does you have not done it.
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Don't always believe the manual, it may be that you have to go higher than 3.2k revs.