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Old Oct 27, 2007 | 01:27 AM
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in an A4, what gear do you all use for the track (3rd or D)? Do you shift up from 1?
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Old Oct 27, 2007 | 07:50 AM
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Not dumb...at the drag strip put it in 3rd...that would be the D without the circle around it...let the car shift itself from that point on...
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