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Apr 14, 2004 | 09:22 PM

98transamguy

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manual shifting A4

I heard from some people that manual shifting a A4 car can ruin the transmission .Is it true or not ?

Apr 14, 2004 | 11:03 PM

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I heard from some people that manual shifting a A4 car can ruin the transmission .Is it true or not ?

You will get a lot of mixed answer from this. The debate is still going on from person to person. I don't shift my a4. I would think that in upshift is better then downshifting, my not to educated guess on it.

Apr 15, 2004 | 10:14 AM

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i used to shift my a4 like its a manual all the time and now i get a slip midway through second gear. its sucks bad. I havent ran it manualy for a couple months now. Trust me dont do it!!