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If this question has been asked 100 times already I am sorry I could not find it but I am not good at searching through forms in the first place. I am looking to buy a 2008 C6 in the next few months and my question is about track days with the automatic from that year. What I am wondering Is how the paddle shift behaves in that scenario? Am I going to be happy with what it’s doing? Will it try to change gears on me in corners without my input? Or downshift in hard breaking scenarios on it’s own? Thanks for all of your input.
Last edited by Redrider1983; Jun 4, 2020 at 11:14 PM.
I tracked mine and used manual mode on the track. I will tell you this, if you are going to do it, upgrade your brakes, and get a transmission cooler. You will go into limp mode when the tranny heats up. I did the upgrades and had an amazing time on the track with it.
I tracked my previous GS auto and had no heat issues. Regarding your questions, in manual mode it does what you tell it to, except money shift. You wanna hold a gear, it will hold a gear. I will say, it took some getting used to for the push/pull operation of them, and they're not pdk responsive, but they work and are pretty quick and responsive shifts.
All that said, if you intend to track, skip the 08 and widen your budget to get a GS. It comes with a lot of track stuff already.
As stated, not a sequential trans.
So up shifts are quick, but will have delays on the down shifts as your banging down gears instead.
Also to point out, on a long sweeper drive-out from the apex, where you want to hold a higher gear with some clutch slip so you don't have to shift until your back on the straight, here is where the A6 is really lacking as well. So really, will find yourself where you are a gear too high when you don't want to be, or when you want to be a gear higher to start with but are not, will end up holding the lower gear too long before shifting up, to hold the back in on the way out of the corner instead (will add seconds to your lap times).
As stated, not a sequential trans.
So up shifts are quick, but will have delays on the down shifts as your banging down gears instead.
Also to point out, on a long sweeper drive-out from the apex, where you want to hold a higher gear with some clutch slip so you don't have to shift until your back on the straight, here is where the A6 is really lacking as well. So really, will find yourself where you are a gear too high when you don't want to be, or when you want to be a gear higher to start with but are not, will end up holding the lower gear too long before shifting up, to hold the back in on the way out of the corner instead (will add seconds to your lap times).
You can just bounce it off the limiter in that situation. It's a little unnerving, but it's fine for the car.
Having had both, I prefer the auto on track. I prefer the stick around town though.
When autocrossing my 06 Auto, I had to get use to the push pull paddles and how they do the same thing on both right and left side paddles. I wish my C6 base coupe had a simple right side up-shift and left side down-shift.
When autocrossing my 06 Auto, I had to get use to the push pull paddles and how they do the same thing on both right and left side paddles. I wish my C6 base coupe had a simple right side up-shift and left side down-shift.
Tracking an automatic
