[Graham]

It's the same old problem. Please see this ( and many other ) posts.

http://www.a5oc.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1511

 

[Graham]

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This is causing people to get rid of their cars??[/QUOTE]

Yes, it's only really a nuisance if you drive in slow moving traffic, or need to reverse up a ramp frequently etc.

I really like the S5, but I drive through busy cities quite frequently and could not put up with this "feature" (or the fuel consumption that results from it )so I switched to a Tip S5.
Ian, on the other hand, lives away from the cities ( lucky devil ) and dosen't drive many miles in his S5 ( poor devil! ) so it's less of an issue for him.

Test drive a tip properly ( not in covienience slush mode ) and I bet you prefer it for these reasons:

1) It does not have the irritating anti stall feature
2) It locks the TC at revs above about 1,800 and changes gear faster than you can in a manual.
3) The gearing is much higher ( tip 5th = Man 6th )
4) The MPG is very much better.

 

[Graham]

Looks like I have something to look forward to, as my first service is in about 900 km!

While sitting in traffic today I tried a few new things:

1. Held the throttle very lightly at 900rpm while in neutral and then engaged the clutch (ie. the car is motionless and is going to remain motionless). Was amazed to see the rpm jump to around 1800rpm without my giving any more throttle.

2. Exactly the same as above but held the throttle at around 1100rpm. Rpm jumped but not nearly as much - to about 1300 rpm.

I'm not sure who programmed this thing, but....

All manual S5's have this issue, some show it a little more than others but all these repoprts are the same problem just displayed in an alternative way.

So Annoying and and not what you expect on a car of this price!