First L99 A6 in the 12s bone stock

[Don O]

With 800 miles on the car, I'm going to take it to the Fontana CA track on 12/5. I understand the 3 auto modes, but the question I have is when its shifted from D to M (Sport mode) at a dead stop, is the car going to launch from 1st gear or 2nd?

Don O

[klatterblast]

what about t/c button do you tap twice or hold it down and turn everything off ??

[Pave1]

Put the shift in M and just turn the traction control off

[JohnInSoCal]

Originally Posted by Don O

but the question I have is when its shifted from D to M (Sport mode) at a dead stop, is the car going to launch from 1st gear or 2nd?

Don O

1st gear from what I can tell in both M(sport) and D. Try it and watch the speed/rpm when taking off in M, then do it with tap shift. 1st gear is really short and if you are not on the throttle hard it shifts to second really quickly, like at 12 MPH. But if you are at WOT or on it hard then it holds it longer. Also if it did start in second I think doing burnouts would be much tougher. But it would be nice if in M (sports mode) it did tell you what gear it was in.

[SGOS252382]

Originally Posted by JohnInSoCal

1st gear from what I can tell in both M(sport) and D. Try it and watch the speed/rpm when taking off in M, then do it with tap shift. 1st gear is really short and if you are not on the throttle hard it shifts to second really quickly, like at 12 MPH. But if you are at WOT or on it hard then it holds it longer. Also if it did start in second I think doing burnouts would be much tougher. But it would be nice if in M (sports mode) it did tell you what gear it was in.

The L99 A6 starts you out in 1st gear from a dead stop in all modes except
manual/tap shift.

Regular D (drive) - always starts you out in 1st gear after stopping.
M (Sport mode) - always starts you out in 1st gear after stopping.
M (manual/tap shift mode) - starts you out in 2nd gear after stopping. You must manually tap down into 1st, if you want to start out in 1st gear.