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      08-24-2011, 02:37 PM   #8
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Originally Posted by creepy coupe View Post
If I set the DCT shift programs to say 3/4/or 5. whenever I return to the car an restart it, it defaults to number 2. Is this correct?
Useless fact alert, strange as this may seem this is down to emissions regulations. Position 2 is where the car performs best emissions wise and that is the setting used when tested for CO2 classification. To use this classification the car must default to it every time it starts. (Position 1 is more of a winter mode where tha car starts off in 2nd and never uses first.)

I quite like the position 3, it makes everything much more responsive without being too harsh, but yes it’s a pain having to adjust every time you get in.
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