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Thanks all for any insights, enjoy your driving.

Thank you @K3v that would have left me puzzled apart from a discovery this morning that I think solves this. I had look around the 'car settings' and found an air suspension setting that said something like (sorry not near the car) 'air suspension towing', which was set to 'on'. I changed that to off and went quickly over to the Drive Select screen with the graphic on it and aha, the second bar was busy flashing and going white until it disappeared leaving just the one bar, the setting was Dynamic by the way. I just drove home and the single bar stayed on in Dynamic and the floaty 'Comfort' sensation had gone. I guess that towing setting must stop the car dropping too much during driving. As they say, "who knew?"

Thanks @Entwood pretty reassuring that you are seeing two bars in 'Efficiency'. I had a quick look in the handbook earlier and didn't find the text you are highlighting, but will look again. Happy travels and thanks for the taking the time to post.

Cheers @Entwood that's a thought. I'll have a look next time I'm at motorway speeds to see if the 2nd bar reduces to one when on the move.

Thanks @Steve Q for the advice. I'll see if I can find someone who can run a check. Frustratingly the car (for the previously mentioned fuse) has just come back from the dealer and given a clean bill of health on checks. They did run a recall software update to "change the engine management to improve emissions"... and then I get an odd rumble that like you say, did feel like a misfiring cylinder in the mix. The car sits 'on two bars filled' in Dynamic currently. I'll keep my eye on it.

Hi All, Like buses, after 5 years of trouble free ownership, a few things came along at once. Just wondered if anyone can offer any insights into two of them please? I have a 2013 (I think that's C7) 241hp V6 diesel, I think all Allroads are diesel so you knew that! 1. After watching the car sink to its knees on the drive and prepping to sell an organ to meet the likely bill, I found out I needed a £6.00 fuse to keep the compressor happy. Phew. I paid £150 for that diagnoses mind you. Now the car is back up and running, Comfort and Dynamic modes feel unusually similar, or perhaps I just think so and it's just in my head. The question is, when looking at the Drive Select graphic on the screen, the indicator that has a stack of bars that fill red to indicate 'height', both Comfort and Dynamic have x2 bars filled... should they be different or is that standard? I can't recall. 2. So scary start-up. Yesterday after perhaps 60 miles of motorway driving, on a restart the engine shook violently, making the bonnet tremble and the car's structure vibrate. I hit the engine off at triple speed. 2 mins later I restarted. All normal, settled to an idle and I then covered 100+ miles with a few stops and restarts and everything purred happily. Anyone had anything like that and did it ever repeat? I can see timing belts entering my nightmares. Thanks if anyone can enlighten me please?

Hi, didn't realise that year was a V6 sorry. Generally a fabulous car, docile family transport one minute, effortlessly rapid Q car the next. The combination of Quattro and DSG means rapid ground covering is a synch, or popping into gaps on roundabouts with confidence, wet or dry. I'm sure some will say that it's not the last word in driving involvement, but oversteering rear wheel driving is for the track in my opinion. I'd rather overtake a tractor on a damp country lane know that the car is going to grip and go without any concerns over spinning half the power away at the rear wheels. I fancied an RS4 but I can't say I really yearn for any more grunt, not on UK roads anyway. If you're not in the mood, sit back and enjoy sensible running costs, too, it's a great all round package. Mine has done 20,000 miles from new, two services (first an oil change) 250 quid per service, back tyres lasted 20,000 miles, fronts 14,000. Tax about 230 quid per year.... all surprisingly reasonable IMO. Downsides. Mine's very glitchy. So far, failed headlamp washers, failed daylight running lights, shrieking brakes (for nearly 6 months, dealer says nothing can be done about it), washer reservoir that dumps its contents on the drive, luggage blind fails to lock in properly. Annoying as otherwise it's all the car you need. And it doesn't shout about its performance, suits me. Shame it has weird V6T badges rather than the 'Supercharged' badges that the USA counterparts have...

Hi Jody, Probably best if you post your question on a relevant forum as I think the year you are looking at buying will be a V8 and mine is a later supercharged V6. With such a significant engine difference I don't think my experience will help you much, you'll get better answers from a forum about that year or perhaps start e new thread. For the record mine does 27mpg around town, 32-35 in mixed driving inc motorways etc. I have seen 42.5 mpg on along motorway which is astonishing for a 300+Bhp car with all the weight of the Quattro drivetrain...

Or am i going nuts? I have a 15 plate (uk) S4 Avant, black edition nav. I've been using the efficiency mode for boring motorway traffic, after all not much fun to be had so might as well save petrol for later. Or at least I think I have. I went to choose 'efficiency' and it's gone. It's no longer an option if you toggle through using the drive select button on the center console or if you get the graphic of the car up on the nav screen. I got the car serviced and the dealer assures me it was never there in the first place and the S4 isn't shipped with it. I swear it was, perhaps I'm losing my mind! Would really appreciate it if any B8 S4 owners of the same year could tell me if they have efficiency mode as an option. Better still if you have a minute, a pic of the display on your nav screen showing it (and the gearstick so the dealer can see the S4 logo in the pic) would be great but no worries if not, I know you are all busy out there - in dynamic mode probably! Cheers ALISTAIR... sorry it's all in bold, can't seem to change that.