Audi Tiptronic gearboxes
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Re: Audi Tiptronic gearboxes
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Robert <rxobert.bxrown@txripnet.se> wrote:
> Indeed, I owned a 1975 model DAF 66 for a couple of years back in 1985.
> The fun thing about that belt drive system was you could drive just as
> quickly backwards as forwards, if you chose to be both stupid and
> careful at the same time
Absolutely. I remember one time in around 1975, I was driving up
through Alton when a DAF shot off a garage forecourt, in reverse, across
the main road and came to rest against the stone wall opposite. In the
driving seat was a bewildered-looking toddler, running behind the car
was an anxious-looking father! I just managed to stop in time to avoid
the collision.
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Peter Bell (Note Spamtrap - To reply, replace 'invalid' with 'bellfamily')
Robert <rxobert.bxrown@txripnet.se> wrote:
> Indeed, I owned a 1975 model DAF 66 for a couple of years back in 1985.
> The fun thing about that belt drive system was you could drive just as
> quickly backwards as forwards, if you chose to be both stupid and
> careful at the same time
Absolutely. I remember one time in around 1975, I was driving up
through Alton when a DAF shot off a garage forecourt, in reverse, across
the main road and came to rest against the stone wall opposite. In the
driving seat was a bewildered-looking toddler, running behind the car
was an anxious-looking father! I just managed to stop in time to avoid
the collision.
--
Peter Bell (Note Spamtrap - To reply, replace 'invalid' with 'bellfamily')
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Re: Audi Tiptronic gearboxes
"Peter Bell" <peter@invalid.org.uk> wrote in message
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> In message <6xghg.3825$E02.912@newsb.telia.net>
> Robert <rxobert.bxrown@txripnet.se> wrote:
>
>> Indeed, I owned a 1975 model DAF 66 for a couple of years back in 1985.
>> The fun thing about that belt drive system was you could drive just as
>> quickly backwards as forwards, if you chose to be both stupid and
>> careful at the same time
>
> Absolutely. I remember one time in around 1975, I was driving up
> through Alton when a DAF shot off a garage forecourt, in reverse, across
> the main road and came to rest against the stone wall opposite. In the
> driving seat was a bewildered-looking toddler, running behind the car
> was an anxious-looking father! I just managed to stop in time to avoid
> the collision.
I remember a woman who lived down the street where my aunt lives got killed by
one driving off unexpectedly.
news:1049cb324e.peter@iyonix.earley.fourcom.com...
> In message <6xghg.3825$E02.912@newsb.telia.net>
> Robert <rxobert.bxrown@txripnet.se> wrote:
>
>> Indeed, I owned a 1975 model DAF 66 for a couple of years back in 1985.
>> The fun thing about that belt drive system was you could drive just as
>> quickly backwards as forwards, if you chose to be both stupid and
>> careful at the same time
>
> Absolutely. I remember one time in around 1975, I was driving up
> through Alton when a DAF shot off a garage forecourt, in reverse, across
> the main road and came to rest against the stone wall opposite. In the
> driving seat was a bewildered-looking toddler, running behind the car
> was an anxious-looking father! I just managed to stop in time to avoid
> the collision.
I remember a woman who lived down the street where my aunt lives got killed by
one driving off unexpectedly.
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Re: Audi Tiptronic gearboxes
"Peter Bell" <peter@invalid.org.uk> wrote in message
news:1049cb324e.peter@iyonix.earley.fourcom.com...
> In message <6xghg.3825$E02.912@newsb.telia.net>
> Robert <rxobert.bxrown@txripnet.se> wrote:
>
>> Indeed, I owned a 1975 model DAF 66 for a couple of years back in 1985.
>> The fun thing about that belt drive system was you could drive just as
>> quickly backwards as forwards, if you chose to be both stupid and
>> careful at the same time
>
> Absolutely. I remember one time in around 1975, I was driving up
> through Alton when a DAF shot off a garage forecourt, in reverse, across
> the main road and came to rest against the stone wall opposite. In the
> driving seat was a bewildered-looking toddler, running behind the car
> was an anxious-looking father! I just managed to stop in time to avoid
> the collision.
I remember a woman who lived down the street where my aunt lives got killed by
one driving off unexpectedly.
news:1049cb324e.peter@iyonix.earley.fourcom.com...
> In message <6xghg.3825$E02.912@newsb.telia.net>
> Robert <rxobert.bxrown@txripnet.se> wrote:
>
>> Indeed, I owned a 1975 model DAF 66 for a couple of years back in 1985.
>> The fun thing about that belt drive system was you could drive just as
>> quickly backwards as forwards, if you chose to be both stupid and
>> careful at the same time
>
> Absolutely. I remember one time in around 1975, I was driving up
> through Alton when a DAF shot off a garage forecourt, in reverse, across
> the main road and came to rest against the stone wall opposite. In the
> driving seat was a bewildered-looking toddler, running behind the car
> was an anxious-looking father! I just managed to stop in time to avoid
> the collision.
I remember a woman who lived down the street where my aunt lives got killed by
one driving off unexpectedly.
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Re: Audi Tiptronic gearboxes
"Peter Bell" <peter@invalid.org.uk> wrote in message
news:1049cb324e.peter@iyonix.earley.fourcom.com...
> In message <6xghg.3825$E02.912@newsb.telia.net>
> Robert <rxobert.bxrown@txripnet.se> wrote:
>
>> Indeed, I owned a 1975 model DAF 66 for a couple of years back in 1985.
>> The fun thing about that belt drive system was you could drive just as
>> quickly backwards as forwards, if you chose to be both stupid and
>> careful at the same time
>
> Absolutely. I remember one time in around 1975, I was driving up
> through Alton when a DAF shot off a garage forecourt, in reverse, across
> the main road and came to rest against the stone wall opposite. In the
> driving seat was a bewildered-looking toddler, running behind the car
> was an anxious-looking father! I just managed to stop in time to avoid
> the collision.
I remember a woman who lived down the street where my aunt lives got killed by
one driving off unexpectedly.
news:1049cb324e.peter@iyonix.earley.fourcom.com...
> In message <6xghg.3825$E02.912@newsb.telia.net>
> Robert <rxobert.bxrown@txripnet.se> wrote:
>
>> Indeed, I owned a 1975 model DAF 66 for a couple of years back in 1985.
>> The fun thing about that belt drive system was you could drive just as
>> quickly backwards as forwards, if you chose to be both stupid and
>> careful at the same time
>
> Absolutely. I remember one time in around 1975, I was driving up
> through Alton when a DAF shot off a garage forecourt, in reverse, across
> the main road and came to rest against the stone wall opposite. In the
> driving seat was a bewildered-looking toddler, running behind the car
> was an anxious-looking father! I just managed to stop in time to avoid
> the collision.
I remember a woman who lived down the street where my aunt lives got killed by
one driving off unexpectedly.
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Re: Audi Tiptronic gearboxes
"Peter Bell" <peter@invalid.org.uk> wrote in message
news:1049cb324e.peter@iyonix.earley.fourcom.com...
> In message <6xghg.3825$E02.912@newsb.telia.net>
> Robert <rxobert.bxrown@txripnet.se> wrote:
>
>> Indeed, I owned a 1975 model DAF 66 for a couple of years back in 1985.
>> The fun thing about that belt drive system was you could drive just as
>> quickly backwards as forwards, if you chose to be both stupid and
>> careful at the same time
>
> Absolutely. I remember one time in around 1975, I was driving up
> through Alton when a DAF shot off a garage forecourt, in reverse, across
> the main road and came to rest against the stone wall opposite. In the
> driving seat was a bewildered-looking toddler, running behind the car
> was an anxious-looking father! I just managed to stop in time to avoid
> the collision.
I remember a woman who lived down the street where my aunt lives got killed by
one driving off unexpectedly.
news:1049cb324e.peter@iyonix.earley.fourcom.com...
> In message <6xghg.3825$E02.912@newsb.telia.net>
> Robert <rxobert.bxrown@txripnet.se> wrote:
>
>> Indeed, I owned a 1975 model DAF 66 for a couple of years back in 1985.
>> The fun thing about that belt drive system was you could drive just as
>> quickly backwards as forwards, if you chose to be both stupid and
>> careful at the same time
>
> Absolutely. I remember one time in around 1975, I was driving up
> through Alton when a DAF shot off a garage forecourt, in reverse, across
> the main road and came to rest against the stone wall opposite. In the
> driving seat was a bewildered-looking toddler, running behind the car
> was an anxious-looking father! I just managed to stop in time to avoid
> the collision.
I remember a woman who lived down the street where my aunt lives got killed by
one driving off unexpectedly.
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Re: Audi Tiptronic gearboxes
Gareth Jayne wrote:
> Thanks everyone for the replies. I now understand the difference between
> the two types. The multitronic sounds similar to the variomatic system
> invented by DAF in the 1970s!
>
> I still haven't decided decide what to get though, I'm going to have to
> spend some more time test driving the various models. My local Audi
> dealer has an A3 3.2 Quattro with DSG that I am going to take for a spin
> even though it's slightly out of my budget.
>
> Gareth
Can you get the DSG with the 2.0T engine? That would be a VERY nice
combination, in my view, if you had to have an automatic gearbox. It
would make a great-size car for a new baby. No quattro on the 2.0T here
in the US, but still....
Dan D
'04 A4 1.8Tq MT-6
Central NJ USA
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Re: Audi Tiptronic gearboxes
Gareth Jayne wrote:
> Thanks everyone for the replies. I now understand the difference between
> the two types. The multitronic sounds similar to the variomatic system
> invented by DAF in the 1970s!
>
> I still haven't decided decide what to get though, I'm going to have to
> spend some more time test driving the various models. My local Audi
> dealer has an A3 3.2 Quattro with DSG that I am going to take for a spin
> even though it's slightly out of my budget.
>
> Gareth
Can you get the DSG with the 2.0T engine? That would be a VERY nice
combination, in my view, if you had to have an automatic gearbox. It
would make a great-size car for a new baby. No quattro on the 2.0T here
in the US, but still....
Dan D
'04 A4 1.8Tq MT-6
Central NJ USA
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Re: Audi Tiptronic gearboxes
Gareth Jayne wrote:
> Thanks everyone for the replies. I now understand the difference between
> the two types. The multitronic sounds similar to the variomatic system
> invented by DAF in the 1970s!
>
> I still haven't decided decide what to get though, I'm going to have to
> spend some more time test driving the various models. My local Audi
> dealer has an A3 3.2 Quattro with DSG that I am going to take for a spin
> even though it's slightly out of my budget.
>
> Gareth
Can you get the DSG with the 2.0T engine? That would be a VERY nice
combination, in my view, if you had to have an automatic gearbox. It
would make a great-size car for a new baby. No quattro on the 2.0T here
in the US, but still....
Dan D
'04 A4 1.8Tq MT-6
Central NJ USA
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Re: Audi Tiptronic gearboxes
Gareth Jayne wrote:
> Thanks everyone for the replies. I now understand the difference between
> the two types. The multitronic sounds similar to the variomatic system
> invented by DAF in the 1970s!
>
> I still haven't decided decide what to get though, I'm going to have to
> spend some more time test driving the various models. My local Audi
> dealer has an A3 3.2 Quattro with DSG that I am going to take for a spin
> even though it's slightly out of my budget.
>
> Gareth
Can you get the DSG with the 2.0T engine? That would be a VERY nice
combination, in my view, if you had to have an automatic gearbox. It
would make a great-size car for a new baby. No quattro on the 2.0T here
in the US, but still....
Dan D
'04 A4 1.8Tq MT-6
Central NJ USA
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Re: Audi Tiptronic gearboxes
Jon B wrote:
> Gareth Jayne <gaz@heeheehee.co.uk> wrote:
>
> > Hi all,
> >
> > I'm considering buying a used A4 3.0 Quattro Sport Tiptronic but notice
> > on the Parkers website (www.parkers.co.uk) that the 0-60 time of the
> > tiptronic model is considerably slower (1.4 seconds) than that of the
> > manual. Is this correct? Is the tiptronic gearbox really that slow?
> >
> On paper yes, I bet on the road you can beat the manual 9 times out of
> ten.
How did you come to *that* conclusion?
E.P.