Do somebody knows if tiptronic give more mpg than automatic?

 

I would assume about the same if your not punching the gas hard all around town. The z shifts very early when your not stomping the gas. Anyhow i drive in tiptronic mode all the time.

 

The automatic is a Tiptronic.

 

Sounds like he means driving the auto in Tiptronic as opposed to driving in full auto.

 

From what ive seen in mine its about the same miles per gallon

j3ff

 

I save more gas driving in Auto mode then Tiptronic mode.

 

What he meant is driving it on "manual mode" instead of automatic (just leaving it on "D").

 

Yeah the auto mode switches gear as soon as the manual mode will if your not heavy on the throttle. For regular around-town driving its probably more economical to use auto. But personally it annoys the crap out of me when it downshifts when I really dont want it to.

 

hmmm...well I use my tiptronic mode when I'm on the highway at a Traffic light and I want to shift gears but thats because its fun...i really don't use it too much around the city, i just leave it on auto.

 

Although I hate MPG threads I have to give you credit. This is original.

 

Probably.. Use 5th EVERYWHERE

 

no

 

One thing I noticed is if you are in auto mode (D), going say 50mph, and shift over to tiptronic, it auto downshifts to 4th gear. Anyone know why. I guess it is because they assume if if you throw the car in tiptronic while in 5th gear (D), it is probably to speed up, so it shifts down to 4th to give you extra power?

Also I think it depends how you drive the car in tiptronic regarding MPG. Probably better mpg in auto seeing as it shifts as soon as it can.

 

+1

 

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...but that is probably because I'm usually about to mash the gas pedal into the floor when I switch it into manual mode.

 

Sure- if you can calculate shift points versus RPM better than a computer processor can.

 

+1

 

put that biitch in 5th!
for the best MPG!

 

I've gotten better gas mileage by not using tiptronic...

 

Who cares Either way your still driving and auto.