Recent content by Dmol

Thanks, the S mode is great but when in traffic I prefer not to have the instant acceleration and D gives a more relaxed drive. It's a well maintained S4 but you hear stories about s tronic failures so just thought I'd ask if slow down shifts were normal. Glad it seems to be normal behaviour...

More driving today and actually downshifts well under braking, just doesn't find it easy to shift down when off the break and rolling to a stop, so overall think it's fine.

Hi, I'm a new owner of a 2012 UK b8.5 S4 and have a question about auto downshifts. In S mode the up and down shifts are great, rapid and smooth and well timed. When in D mode the up shifts are smooth and the car quickly moves to 5th or 6th gear by 30/40 mph, so I guess D / normal is focussed...