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      07-10-2008, 11:29 AM   #1
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...I discovered something with my Steptronic

Hello all. So last night I was cruisng on the highway doing 75. Since I just finished my 1200 mile break in, I'm starting to see what this thing can do.

So I put the car in manual mode.. 6th gear and wanted to floor it to see how it pulled from 75 and up. I found something I never felt before. When you push the pedal far down... there is a strong resistance point which I always thought was floored. Well...this time for my 6th gear experiment I did what I've been waiting 1200 miles for.... smashed my foot on the pedal. WELL, the pedal went past that point of resistance and hit the floor board and the car automatically and instantaneously shifted to 3rd gear. It jumped 3 gears.. and the engine was ROARing.

So.... I learned 2 things.... that this thing can jump gears like that....and there is a strong resistance point on the gas pedal that I always thought was the bottom.


More experimenting to follow.
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