Tiptronic adjustments?

[aum108]

Hi,

In my beast, when I have the tiptronic gearbox in auto mode, it seems overly keen to change up to higher gears.

For example, I was doing 50km/h up a hill. When an overtaking lane appeared, I planted the accelerator hard, the box dropped into 2nd and gave me a nice surge of acceleration. But on reaching 70km/h, it jumped into 3rd, much sooner than I wanted.

Is there any way to set the gearbox so that when the accelerator's pressed, it's a bit less keen to change up the gears, or waits till it reaches higher RPM?

Or should I just train myself to use the 'sports mode'?

And another question - the engine seems to be fairly gentle at low revs, with the power band kicking in above 3500rpm. Is that normal?

Cheers
David

[Marie]

Aren't the tip model's ment to learn your own style of driving?
Don't quote me on that now, but I've heard that mentioned a few times before?

If that's the case? How long have you got the car?

[Muad_dib77]

Yeah the tips "adapt" to your driving style..

Howexactly it works I don't know.. but I'm guessing it collects data from when you control the gears and the apply a similar pattern to when you're in auto-mode..

Tip owners may have a lot more on the subject..

[steelroe]

Diconnect the battery to reset the ECU and then it will st\art to learn you style of driving all over again.

[adrian]

How long do you disconnect for... think I remember it being 30 minutes from my last FTO?? And then how long to re-learn your style? Cheers.

[steelroe]

I have heard 30 mins mentioned before, but i have seen fault codes reset in 10 mins or less.