Keith R

Thanks for the feedback guys.  I'm also wondering now if it's because I'm used to a manual and I'm sensing a combination of the following effects

• Turbo lag
• the S Tronic wrongly predicting what gear I'll be needing next (some suggest letting the car start to creep forward before accelerating)
• economic mapping choosing the highest gear (althoughSport mode didn't seem to affect it, as I recall)

I'll let you know if I resolve this worry.

Hi All,

I'm in the process of becoming a Audi owner for the first time. (For the last 13 years I've been driving a Honda Civic Type-R.)  I've been looking at the A3 Sportsback with S Tronic.  I had a test drive of the 1.5 l engine a few weeks back, and today I had a test drive of the 2.0 l engine.  One thing worried me:  I had the feeling that the engine was labouring, just initially, on pulling away.  I don't remember feeling this on my earlier 1.5 l test drive.  Can anyone else corroborate this?  I've asked for another test drive of the 1.5 l engine as a check.

(I live in Milton Keynes, so pulling onto roundabouts as fast as possible is a way of life.)

I've scanning other forums and seem to have come across some people say that they switch to manual 1st gear for a fast get away; and others refering to this being a "characteristic"?

Cheers