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Old Jul 31, 2017 | 10:19 PM
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For those of you that take your A8 to the track; do you use stock settings for shifting points, pressure, etc or did you have your transmission re tuned?
Planning on taking the wife's GS to the track and debating on whether to paddle shift with stock settings or get the thing tuned for faster, firmer shifts.
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At Spring Mountain, we used Track Mode, then Performance Traction Management (PTM) "PERF Trac 1 - Wet Active Handling On". Works great! (Details are in the owner's manual under the Performance Traction Management section (under Competitive Driving Mode).

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At Spring Mountain, we used Track Mode, then Performance Traction Management (PTM) "PERF Trac 1 - Wet Active Handling On". Works great! (Details are in the owner's manual under the Performance Traction Management section (under Competitive Driving Mode).
I'm assuming paddle shifting?
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Originally Posted by RicardoFors68
I'm assuming paddle shifting?
Correct.
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