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Oh B***R! I know I've just sold the car, but the buyer is a decent, honest bloke and I feel obliged to help.
The gearbox would sometimes hold on to (particularly) first or second for longer than I would like, especially after a cold start, but I put that down to the way it was set up with the diesel engine and the need to reduce emissions. It occasionally did it when warm if it dropped down to first, but the Tiptronic shift would always sort it (and probably still will, for the moment; the buyer didn't know about the Tiptronic facility. I've told him about it now.).
There was never any problem cruising on the motorway. However... I had a text from him this morning: "Nice car. Powerful car I must say. Very weird gear ratio on this one. 90 mph 3500 rpm!"
As I said, Oh B****r! It never did that to me, but there's obviously a problem, and I have to help. My first thought is that a gearbox oil change should sort it; am I likely to be right? And secondly, he lives in SE15, so can anyone recommend a good indie in the area?
The gearbox would sometimes hold on to (particularly) first or second for longer than I would like, especially after a cold start, but I put that down to the way it was set up with the diesel engine and the need to reduce emissions. It occasionally did it when warm if it dropped down to first, but the Tiptronic shift would always sort it (and probably still will, for the moment; the buyer didn't know about the Tiptronic facility. I've told him about it now.).
There was never any problem cruising on the motorway. However... I had a text from him this morning: "Nice car. Powerful car I must say. Very weird gear ratio on this one. 90 mph 3500 rpm!"
As I said, Oh B****r! It never did that to me, but there's obviously a problem, and I have to help. My first thought is that a gearbox oil change should sort it; am I likely to be right? And secondly, he lives in SE15, so can anyone recommend a good indie in the area?