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Anything's better than starting from 1100 or whatever idle is.
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Your idle sounds a little high. Should be below 1000 for starters.

It would be no surprise if Audi had ****ed the car up by replacing the transmission. I wouldn't put my car anywhere near the stealers! (I take it Audi replaced the transmission.)

Try and get a shot in another car identical to yours to see if both cars drive the same.
 
The car's a 2000 Audi A4. We just had the automatic transmission replaced a few months ago
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Does the new tranny have a warranty? If not then set some money aside for the next new one. I am actually surpised you started this thread asking if it would hurt your tranny to rev it to 3,000rpm while holding the brake, since you just had the tranny replaced. That would have been the perfect time to get a new stall convertor.
 
Your mechanic probably screwed with your car after you punched him in the face.

You need to get it looked at, though. Break boosting isn't bad for your car, but if your car is having other issues which require you to do it at every light it could pose some problems...
 
Okay I got sorta of a related question. I got an auto 93' Maxima. And was wondering is it better to shift it (1st, 2nd, Drive). The only problem is I do get off the line faster in first, but when I shift to Second there's no change in gears. It seems to be still in first because there's really no change in RPM. Alright let me go through the list of what I'm doing:

1- Press the gas (in 1st gear)
2- Once I get to around 4,000rpm I take foot off gas (am I supposed to let off the gas when I'm shifting in an auto?)
3-shift to 2nd and step back on the gas
4-rpm's is still around 4,000, it's only until about 3 sec does it shift but that's only if I keep on increasing the rpm
5-then after all that i keep it in drive

Does my car just have a huge lag time or is my transmission screwed?
 
First off, shifting an auto MANUALLY is retarded. You won't go faster. Also, shifting manually can cause wear on the shift linkage, and on the trans itself. Shifting and hitting the gas is the worst, since it causes the trans to not shift correctly.
Brake torqueing is virtually harmless in the fact that the transmission's stall RPM is used normally while driving, brake torqueing merely takes the engine to the stall RPM and when you release the brakes you have the power there rather than if you just step on the gas. It's marginally faster.

Ohh yeah, and don't go flat out in first up to the redline, let off, and slam on the gas again. While you could get a 2nd gear skid, you're completely stressing your transmission. I've done it, by accident(getting onto the highway, I went flat out in first then had to swerve to avoid road debris so I let off for a split second and hit the gas again and "BANG". Not good!

Some transmissions have delayed shifts from 1 to 2, since you're driving it like a moron. Again, if you want manual shifting you're gonna have to go to a junkyard and find a 5 speed Maxima and swap it over. It can be done.
 
Thanks I don't think I'll be doing that again. But I just wanted to clarify brake torqueing so I don't f-up. Hold the brakes, rev the engine to around 3000 and let go right? This won't harm my brakes?
 
Ofcourse it puts stress on your brakes, but it's not like slamming on them doing 70. I wouldn't be on the brakes and hit the gas and hold it flat out for any length of time, just put your left foot on the brakes and the right on the gas, floor it, and let off the brakes. Should only take a second or less.
 

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