7 speed automatic tiptronic downshift

Originally Posted by Chan Chee Hoe The best German car that have the gas pedal kick down switch are the BMW's,the last 15% of the travel is the switch,making it

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Originally Posted by Chan Chee Hoe

The best German car that have the gas pedal kick down switch are the BMW's,the last 15% of the travel is the switch,making it very nice to drive.

Mechanical kick down is a thing of the past. Modern cars are all drive by wire, the ECU will look at throttle pedal position and throttle pedal movement (how quickly you stab the pedal) to determine whether to kick down a gear and how many gears to kick down.

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