Re: Winner or Loser?
 

"Peter Bell" <peter@invalid.org.uk> wrote in message
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> In message <b86c913a.0409271045.61a972a7@posting.google.com >
> xjr1300@luukku.com (Tomi) wrote:
>
> > I've bought about one month ago Audi A6 2.4 V6 2001. They told me,
> > that the car contain Tiptronic gearbox but they sold me with
> > Multitronic. Am I winner or loser?
>
> I guess that depends on whether you get on okay with it. The Multi
> should provide better performance and fuel economy than the Tip, but
> many people find the Multi's initial delay on a standing start to be
> rather annoying.
>
> --
> Peter Bell (Note Spamtrap - To reply, replace 'invalid' with
'bellfamily')

Wasnt the Multitronic fitted to FWD models, and Tiptronic fitted to quattro,
that was my understanding, its also why the 0-60 speeds are slightly higher
for the tip, as its 4wd and hence heavier.

Ronny

Re: Winner or Loser?
 

In message <cjbqm0$jl2$1$8300dec7@news.demon.co.uk>
"Ronny" <Ron@Ronnny.com> wrote:

> Wasnt the Multitronic fitted to FWD models, and Tiptronic fitted to
> quattro, that was my understanding,

Correct - but only because the Multitronic has never been adapted to the
quattro drive train. However, before the availability of multitronic,
even fwd models were fitted with the tiptronic gearbox.

> its also why the 0-60 speeds are
> slightly higher for the tip, as its 4wd and hence heavier.

Original tests did compare the original tip fwd with the replacement
multi version.

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Peter Bell (Note Spamtrap - To reply, replace 'invalid' with 'bellfamily')

Re: Winner or Loser?
 

In message <cjbqm0$jl2$1$8300dec7@news.demon.co.uk>
"Ronny" <Ron@Ronnny.com> wrote:

> Wasnt the Multitronic fitted to FWD models, and Tiptronic fitted to
> quattro, that was my understanding,

Correct - but only because the Multitronic has never been adapted to the
quattro drive train. However, before the availability of multitronic,
even fwd models were fitted with the tiptronic gearbox.

> its also why the 0-60 speeds are
> slightly higher for the tip, as its 4wd and hence heavier.

Original tests did compare the original tip fwd with the replacement
multi version.

--
Peter Bell (Note Spamtrap - To reply, replace 'invalid' with 'bellfamily')

Re: Winner or Loser?
 

Thanks for all of you good comments. I live in southern part of
Finland and there are also snow about 4 months per year. They use very
much salt on the main roads and therefore roads are usually wet in
winter. Cars in Finland are very much smaller and very very much
expensive than example in USA. Also gas cost much and its about 4.50$
per gallon!.

But the differences between multi- and tiptronic is there. I found it
last night.

http://www.audiworld.com/news/99/mul.../content.shtml

Have a nice autumn all off you!
rgds Tomi

Re: Winner or Loser?
 

Thanks for all of you good comments. I live in southern part of
Finland and there are also snow about 4 months per year. They use very
much salt on the main roads and therefore roads are usually wet in
winter. Cars in Finland are very much smaller and very very much
expensive than example in USA. Also gas cost much and its about 4.50$
per gallon!.

But the differences between multi- and tiptronic is there. I found it
last night.

http://www.audiworld.com/news/99/mul.../content.shtml

Have a nice autumn all off you!
rgds Tomi

Re: Winner or Loser?
 

"Tomi" <xjr1300@luukku.com> wrote in message
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> Thanks for all of you good comments. I live in southern part of
> Finland and there are also snow about 4 months per year. They use very
> much salt on the main roads and therefore roads are usually wet in
> winter. Cars in Finland are very much smaller and very very much
> expensive than example in USA. Also gas cost much and its about 4.50$
> per gallon!.
>
> But the differences between multi- and tiptronic is there. I found it
> last night.
>
> http://www.audiworld.com/news/99/mul.../content.shtml
>
> Have a nice autumn all off you!
> rgds Tomi

If you live in a snowy place, surely you need manual? and especially
quattro, tip or mult is not needed.

I may be wrong but I would imagine driving in heavy snow easy in a manual

Re: Winner or Loser?
 

"Tomi" <xjr1300@luukku.com> wrote in message
news:b86c913a.0409291111.1b906075@posting.google.c om...
> Thanks for all of you good comments. I live in southern part of
> Finland and there are also snow about 4 months per year. They use very
> much salt on the main roads and therefore roads are usually wet in
> winter. Cars in Finland are very much smaller and very very much
> expensive than example in USA. Also gas cost much and its about 4.50$
> per gallon!.
>
> But the differences between multi- and tiptronic is there. I found it
> last night.
>
> http://www.audiworld.com/news/99/mul.../content.shtml
>
> Have a nice autumn all off you!
> rgds Tomi

If you live in a snowy place, surely you need manual? and especially
quattro, tip or mult is not needed.

I may be wrong but I would imagine driving in heavy snow easy in a manual