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      07-25-2008, 01:37 PM   #109
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Originally Posted by enigma View Post
Tried this as a work around. It doesn't always pick the optimum gear, even in D5.

Edit: in the video I have from the car it appears to shift mid turn, without input from the driver (In S6). As I type this I am droping the car off to pull the fault codes (if any) from the gearbox.

Yeah looks like a defect to me.

D mode is for running in a straight line.....downshifting best left for humans.

If we look at the modern F1 cars when semi's were allowed, upshift was controlled by the computer and downshift by humans.
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