Powerenhancer
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OK, the traction control is suffering from ADHD and exhaust sounds like a bag of spanners but these are minor issues and I can live with them. However, what on earth have Audi done with the programming of the DQ500 trans in these cars?
It is, by far, the worst performing DQ500 I have ever driven and that includes countless S4’s, S5’s, S6’s stretching all the way back to 2009, when the first iteration was released to 2016 before they switched to the ZF 8sp.
Auto mode is fine but there is a significant delay when upshifting manually. To be clear there are 2 measurements here – the first is the time it takes the trans to execute the request and second, the actual time to complete the gear change. I have no issue with the latter, which incidentally governs the smoothness or harshness of change but the former; every other DQ500 equipped car I have driven upshifts instantly and on demand. The only variable is that at lower revs and throttle the shifts are softer and become more aggressive as revs/acceleration increases, which is how it should be.
Under normal driving conditions my car refuses to upshift on command. I may gently accelerate away from a roundabout, pull the paddle and it will rev out 2K past before changing. In fact I have already pulled the paddle again to change to the next gear before it has completed the previous request!
This is not how the DQ250 or DQ500 should work. On other cars the gear change is executed almost as quickly as it takes to release the paddle. The only variable is the speed of the change itself.
Auto mode is good but manual mode useless except for full dynamic mode. I have no idea why Audi would introduce a significant delay in upshifts and I assume it is the same for everyone?
It is, by far, the worst performing DQ500 I have ever driven and that includes countless S4’s, S5’s, S6’s stretching all the way back to 2009, when the first iteration was released to 2016 before they switched to the ZF 8sp.
Auto mode is fine but there is a significant delay when upshifting manually. To be clear there are 2 measurements here – the first is the time it takes the trans to execute the request and second, the actual time to complete the gear change. I have no issue with the latter, which incidentally governs the smoothness or harshness of change but the former; every other DQ500 equipped car I have driven upshifts instantly and on demand. The only variable is that at lower revs and throttle the shifts are softer and become more aggressive as revs/acceleration increases, which is how it should be.
Under normal driving conditions my car refuses to upshift on command. I may gently accelerate away from a roundabout, pull the paddle and it will rev out 2K past before changing. In fact I have already pulled the paddle again to change to the next gear before it has completed the previous request!
This is not how the DQ250 or DQ500 should work. On other cars the gear change is executed almost as quickly as it takes to release the paddle. The only variable is the speed of the change itself.
Auto mode is good but manual mode useless except for full dynamic mode. I have no idea why Audi would introduce a significant delay in upshifts and I assume it is the same for everyone?