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| View Poll Results: How do you use your transmission | |||
| Tip full time and actively engine brake. |
   
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3 | 10.34% |
| Tip for gear changes but brakes for stopping. |
  
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1 | 3.45% |
| Stick it in drive and leave it there. |
  
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6 | 20.69% |
| Mixture of Tip and D. Brakes for brakeing |
  
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18 | 62.07% |
| Is there anything except Sport! |
  
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1 | 3.45% |
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3rd March 2012, 08:24 PM
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Driving Styles........
One of the hottest topics on here is the transmission's foibles. I have now had 4 of ZFs finest on 3 8s. None have failed, all have performed flawlessly. Except the one I kicked back onto the TC and broke the oil pump!
We talk about servicing as the only variable in the transmissions life, but I have got to thinking about driving styles. So I thought I would run a little poll to see how we all use our transmissions. I always drive in Tip; and I use engine breaking at all times to reduce brake wear, with the exception of spirited track and private B roads runs. I will change down through the gears long before I would need to brake for junctions or lights and see it as a point of honor to not put my brakes on until I'm in 1st. This means my transmission valve body is getting a good workout all the time and I wonder if that's why I have had no problems. Thoughts?
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Conan (the Librarian) Watch it if you dare Currently, 2000 S8, Merlin Purple, Leather Pack 1, Winter Pack 1, SPAX adjustable suspension, AP Racing 6 pot front caliper, 385mm fully floating disks, EBC Yellow Stuff Pads, Black Diamond grooved rear disks and predetor pads, D2 Doctors Brake Block. 1997 4.2 A8SQ - the Projekt. 12 years and ongoing! 1997 4.2 A8SQ - Ming Blue. Restoration sat waiting; saved from the Scrapyard 2003 C5 Allroad 4.2Q - Cobolt Blue. Towing car. Laid up awaiting manual conversion. 2005 C5 Allroad 2.5TDi FE - Grey - Workhorse. 2015 Q3QS SLine - Daytona Grey. Lots of extras! Long Haired Admirals cutter. Previously 2003 C5 A6 1.9TDI FWD - Loaner from D2 Doctor Lifex 1997 S8 - Ming Blue. Loaned out and written off. I loved that car. My first engine swap after cambelt failure. 1996 4.2 A8SQ - Ming Blue. 178k on a cambelt! Trader's 8. Delivered to A8Parts at Lifex. 2003 2.8 A8SQ - powder blueish. Fill in for a while. Sold on. 1998 1.8T A4 Avant FWD. Ming Blue (there's a theme here), PEX for the 97 S8. And a list of non VAG going back 40 years before I saw the light. 
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