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Selector lever positions<br />
P – Parking lock<br />
f Engage parking lock only when vehicle is<br />
stationary.<br />
If selector-lever position P is flashing in the<br />
instrument cluster, the parking brake is not<br />
engaged. The vehicle can roll away.<br />
Engage selector-lever position P again by<br />
moving the selector lever out of R.<br />
f Engage parking lock after applying the<br />
handbrake and release it before releasing the<br />
handbrake.<br />
The ignition key can be withdrawn only in<br />
selector lever position P.<br />
R – Reverse gear<br />
f Select only if car is stationary and the brake is<br />
applied.<br />
N – Neutral<br />
Selector lever position N must be selected for<br />
towing or in car washes, for example.<br />
f Only select the desired position for driving off<br />
(D, M or R) when the engine is idling and the<br />
brake pedal is depressed.<br />
180 Shifting Gears<br />
D - Automatic selection mode<br />
Select position D for “normal” driving. The gears<br />
are shifted automatically according to the accelerator<br />
position and speed.<br />
Depending on the way the vehicle is driven<br />
(economical, comfortable or sporty driving style)<br />
and on the resistance (e.g. uphill), the gearchanging<br />
points are shifted towards higher or<br />
lower engine-speed ranges.<br />
The accelerator position, driving speed, engine<br />
speed, longitudinal and lateral acceleration and<br />
the road profile all have an influence on the gearchanging<br />
characteristic.<br />
Unwanted upward shifts, e.g. before bends, are<br />
prevented by swiftly releasing the accelerator<br />
pedal.<br />
Depending on lateral acceleration, upward<br />
changes on bends are not made until the enginespeed<br />
limit is reached.<br />
Under braking, and depending on the amount of<br />
deceleration, the PDK transmission changes down<br />
earlier.<br />
For subsequent cornering, the right gear is<br />
engaged when pressure is applied to the brakes<br />
before the bend. The bend is taken in the right<br />
gear, and when you accelerate out of the bend you<br />
do not have to change down.<br />
With a sporty driving style, downshifts are already<br />
initiated when the brake pedal is touched lightly.<br />
This further enhances a dynamic driving style.<br />
The PDK transmission temporarily changes to the<br />
sportiest gear-changing map, i.e. to the highest<br />
possible gear-changing points, if the accelerator<br />
pedal is pressed quickly. The transmission accordingly<br />
shifts down immediately by one or two gears<br />
(temporary change-down).<br />
The transmission no longer selects 7th gear at<br />
high driving speeds.<br />
Sport mode<br />
(“Sport” and “Sport Plus” modes)<br />
“Sport” mode activated:<br />
The PDK transmission switches to a sporty gearchanging<br />
map and shortens the gear shifting<br />
times.<br />
A sporty driving style is recognised more quickly<br />
and the gear-changing speeds are adapted to<br />
driving performance.<br />
Deceleration downshifts are commenced earlier.<br />
Downshifts are already carried out in the case of<br />
slight decelerations, even at higher engine<br />
speeds.
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