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Sitting at the lights with your foot on the brake when the light is low is really annoying for the driver behind, so I'd use the handbrake.
DSG / S Tronic owner query
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Unfortunately not what the manufacturer suggests.
Do you know when this was resolved? Mine has the 6 speed auto and I've always wondered if I should leave it in D or go into N.
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I still put mine into N if I sit for a while, it makes me feel better
I wish Auto Hold did that - it would be so easy for it do it as well
I pull up, put the electronic parking break on and about half the time put it into neutral, other half I leave it in drive. It disengages automatically when I go to pull away. But I have no idea what is best practice and what will give the box/clutch the easiest time.
See, this is why you shouldn't have bought a previous decade Audi, your F10 would have auto applied the handbrake for you as soon as your car stopped
I'm not sure it's Auto H that does that, it just seems to be an F10 'thing'. Rear pads last about half as long as front pads which is completely bizarre.
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I thought autos use a torque converter, or does it vary? I can't image a fluid coupling undergoes the same stresses as a clutch plate.
[TW]Fox;26759497 said:See, this is why you shouldn't have bought a previous decade Audi, your F10 would have auto applied the handbrake for you as soon as your car stopped
Funny that - I almost bough the BM purely for that fact alone, but the quattro was too much of a must have for me (despite the debate over best practice for DSG autos at the lights)!
No but I wouldn't worry about it unless you're a taxi driver in centre of a city. The friction materials are under almost no stress at tickover. Either way, you should be able to tell just from the way the forces affect the car if drive is being applied when you hold the brakes or not.
Has been the case on the 5 for a long time, no? I put it down to rear brake bias under normal braking conditions, which reduces dive.[TW]Fox;26759539 said:
'Traditional' automatics use a torque converter. The converter is under virtually no stress by being in D while on the brakes. You could sit like that for 100 years and it wouldn't cause a problem.
DSG is an automated manual, not a traditional torque converter auto, as such it uses clutches.
Had a golf mk5 dsg from new and was told to leave in d with foot on brake if waiting a short period and switch into neutral and handbrake if longer period.
Holding foot on the brake doesn't cause any damage as the clutches disengage if stationary with foot on the brake, however, same rules apply that if you get nudged from behind you run the risk of your foot coming off the brake and the car lunging forward.
Holding foot on the brake doesn't cause any damage as the clutches disengage if stationary with foot on the brake, however, same rules apply that if you get nudged from behind you run the risk of your foot coming off the brake and the car lunging forward.
We bought exactly the same car (well it's an A4 Quattro 177bhp S-tronic) in April brand new.
We paid £200 for the auto hill hold assist and I just leave it in D when on the brakes. Press a little harder on the brake pedal and a green handbrake light automatically pops up. I.e. The handbrake (electronic) is engaged. As soon as you press on the accelerator it disengages and your on your way.
I also have a DCT M3, similar dual clutch system, without the auto handbrake and I never put it in N at lights etc unless I know I'm stopping for a long time. The BMW is modelled to emulate a manual so off the brakes it will creep and even on the accelerator it feels like a manual letting the clutch out slowly.
Leave it in D when driving at all times unless you have stopped for a period of time then I would leave it in N with the handbrake on.
Just checked the Audi manual...'in D, apply the foot brake to hold the vehicle when stationary (for instance at traffic lights.'
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Surely it is more akin to an automatic than a manual in that sense, unless it stalls? Both an automatic and manual creep if you are already moving, but only an auto creeps from a stop.
You had to pay extra for that?!