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I find the manual stick mode tricky to use as I keep thinking it should be nudge the lever forward to change down.

First time I tried a launch control start I still had the handbrake fully engaged

Heh, tell it like it is slimbloke. Life's too short to worry about mpg - especially when you drive a Mauritius Blue Hydrocarbon Destruction Device

I also had a loaner 1.6 Sportback when my 3.2 DSG was in for some attention and it took a bit of getting used to after stepping out of the V6. 1. No neck-snapping brakes. 2. No power. 3. No power. 4. No power. 5. Tinny sounding engine. 6. No power. 7. Uncomfortable seats. 8. Likes to rev but...

Might as well get one now and get it cheaper..

Announced today and arriving later this year are official Apple approved factory options for iPod integration in Audi and VW cars "Apple today announced it has teamed up with Acura, Audi, Honda and Volkswagen to deliver iPod integration with their car stereos for 2006 model lines. Seamless...

That's very strange as I have two 1GB SD cards formatted as FAT32 which work fine in the Nav+

Best I have seen is 28mpg on a long motorway cruise, 22 in mixed conditions and 17 around town

Glasgow to Leicester and back on the M6/A50 took three tanks or £150 in Optimax. Just gotta love thrashing that 3.2 V6

Yes

With or without launch control?

I wanted both Quattro and DSG which was unavailable on the 2.0T so went for the 3.2 V6 which came with both. I had been a manual only driver for 20 years until taking the DSG for an extended test drive then using the full-on foot to the floor paddle upshifts with the 3.2 was incredible. Try not...

Can it get any worse...

Interesting stuff, keep us posted

Bowfer, were they on the A90 by any chance?