The acceleration is perfect. I have never seen a car with better acceleration. You have the options: Sport, Drive, Neutral, Reverse, Parking. The gears shift very very smooth. You do not actually notice any shifts hence it goes that fast and smooth.
I never drove automatic before as well but now with my
A6 I am a proud defender of the Audi automatic. If you are annoyed of it, you can just switch to Tip tronic and shift yourself easily. Audi has an inbuilt protection to prevent false use of the tip tronic; so your possibility of damaging something goes equal zero.
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