Sooo... took it out for a hundred miles or so today. The shudder happens in 1, 2 and 3 in the right circumstances - low rpm, light throttle, mostly up hill but not always and also happens in D, S and Tip. At one point pulling away from a stop up a hill it did it in 1, 2 and 3 in succession until I got annoyed and booted it. Lots of throttle and it doesn't do it at all - Tip or S on the twisty bits and it is perfectly fine (and wow does it move!!!). The shudder really spoils the experience though.
I am a bit surprised how low geared it is though. I knew the S8 had different ratios to the others, but 3K at 80 seems a bit excessive for a V8. That's about the same as the TT 225 whereas my 3.7 was geared the same as a diesel. The gearing is quite an incentive for a manual conversion whether the auto goes bang or not...
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