This sounds like the lag I've always had on my B8 1.8T multitronic. It was weird at first but now it's second nature, just part of the drive. Is there anyone here who has used that box and now has an A4 2.0 S Tronic who can comment on the comparison?
Yes I have 2.0TFSI S Tronic, not a b9 but b8 7 speed .
And have been reading loads about the lag and adapting my driving technique as I have experienced it and was bit concerned about it .
Especially if you've come from driving a minaul all your life - it's just different and you have re-learn to drive diffently to get the best out out if, and when you do it's great.
Occasionally it can hiccup and not quite do as you though it should but you have to understand how it works and think like that.
Remember it's not a manual , and there would be a delay in manual also if you counted the time you went from neutral , shifting down or just declutching , letting clutch out releasing brake and giving enough refs to pull off . But as you were engaged in doing this you don't notice that delay till the car actually starts moving . But yes I think you can get off the line quicker from standstill with a manual, or could be perception.
How to drive it best , quickest , smoothest? Aways try to keep moving even a bare crawl instead of stopping - learn to give yourself crawling space and read the traffic . then feather in the accelerator . Or if you do stop , let it craw away with no gas then once it's moving feather in the gas , then can plant it harder .
Try driving spring in manual using the paddles, it's much more responsive , I often do when pulling out at junctions and roundabouts, then Put in D.
And tbh it's more fun pulling away (quickly) that way
You can boot it from a standstill and with the handbrake on , it releases in 0.3 sec and pulls away a bit jerkily , so I prefer the crawl method .
Also using manual paddles or sport when pulling away will allow you keep in lower gear for longer , as It can feel sluggish if it's changing up 2 secs later , then another two. So you'll not be spooling up the turbo.
I also had a 2.0T b7 manual and found it laggy pulling away but that was definitely the turbo lag.
With the s tronic , it's definitely the box , and then maybe a touch of turbo lag.
One thing I believe that when you are stationary with brake or handbrake on, whether in N or D it actually declutches , and even after you release brake it has to check brakes are fully disengaged and re-engage clutch to save potential wear and damage and his takes a second or two.
Like I said before imagine driving manual you are in nuetral and have to put in first , clutch revs etc - how long does that take to actually pull away ?
If you are already in gear and just need to release clutch and gas it's much quicker , so by using the crawl method you always have it in gear .
Apologies for writing a short essay or rehashing the obvious .. But I've done a lot of driving , testing and reading to get to as smooth and responsive as possible with my S Tronic. As I was a really smooth flowing driver in manuals often decluching , coasting and rev matching , bliping whilst changing gear.
One thing that is impressive is how the changes once off the line are imperceptible compared to other autos.
Also try driving without braking , it makes you anticipate traffic and really helps, once you get in the habit and flow of that it's really enjoyable.
- then floor It using the paddles once out of that roundabout
