I literally am getting 50-75% better gas mileage with my tiptronic by treating it like a stick. Neutral when slowing down at a light, and at the light. Then leaving it in tip mode and literally driving it like you have a clutch. So like firstttt,foot off gas and onto invisible clutch, bump tip stick, off of invisible clutch and back onto gas.

Yes I was this bored that I actually started doing this one week. It just shows I want a freaking manual :/

 

haha you have too much time on your hands. i only use tip mode when autoxing or when the engine is still cold and i wanna keep the revs under 2k. otherwise i'm in S mode or paddles : D

 

I forgot you got the b8 and I was like "you have paddles for an 01? damn..." lol

 

I want paddles. Buttons are ghey to the max. People freak out when im in 4th and click down to 2nd

 

I agree with the better mpg using the tip...i dont do it like i have a clutch but i still does make a noticable difference..

 

Paddles are gay unless you own an F1 car...

 

lol at don. i don't use them much at all, mostly on the highway because the car doesn't like to downshift into 5th when i want to pass. plus they're mounted on the steering wheel, not the steering column so when you turn, the paddles move to a different location and you're like wtf where did they go lol. surprisingly though, the auto tranny on the B8 isn't as much of a slushbox as on the B5. upshifting is very close to a manual. downshifting is where it's slower but that's less of a problem.

i gotta say, i'm loving the sound of the turbo. this is my first turbo car and i don't think i'll ever buy anything without a turbo for myself anymore. with the exception of the B5 S4 of course

 

Ahhh....the s4. I will get one soon....

 

50-75% better milage?

 

Can you still use the paddles while in S mode or D mode to change up or down the gears or do the paddles just work in tip mode?