In another thread HJ talks about 'wrong way round Tiptronics' being confusing.
Which way round is right and wrong? Mine (A4 multitronic) is forward (which is slightly upwards) for up and back for down, which I find perfectly intuitive.
Who's the maverick? Audi and I, or the other way round?
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I think HJ means pulling lever back for changing up & pressing forward to change down, its to do wiv the law of physics apparently!
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Its not what you drive, its how you drive it! :-)
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Ah, well if it's to do with physics then I'm probably the maverick. A year of physics was too much for me at school - my degree is in classics. "Excelsior" means onwards and upwards.
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So why do so many manufacturers make them the 'wrong way round'?
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Thank you so much HJ for taking the trouble to answer my question in detail.
I can see the logic of the forces on your body: maybe the German logic was to go by what is happening to the car rather than the driver. Acceleration - the car is being pushed forwards so forward for a higher gear; braking the opposite.
Mightily confusing if you drive lots of different cars as you do, and probably worse than swapping from auto to manual, which you know is going to be different. You do get used to it if you only drive one Tiptronic - even if it's illogical!
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