<br>The reason I ask is that since I got my 1.8T 50k miles ago, I've driven it hard and always pushed it. However, 3 tickets in 6 months later, I've toned down, really down. To get to my point, I had a 45K tune-up last week, and I have a gut feeling that they reset your computer or something. Anyway since then, my car seems to have no powe. I have no doubt that the service guys did not do an appropriate job (I know them) but do I have to "re-teach" my car how I want it to drive?(ie fast, not fuel efficeint)<p>1.8t H&R/Bilstein,remus, etc.<br>NO CHIP

This sounds crazy, but I had a problem with my computer settings and asked a rep. at Barrier Audi in Seattle. She said, "Unless you're in the highway, leave it in '4' instead of 'D'..."<p>So I did. And it seemed much better. Try this, and it should help. Remember, the A4 doesn't learn about you, it just matches you up to one of its 255 imaginary shifting people that seems to drive the way you do.

It is true that the computer does tend to learn your driving style and attempt to anticipate your shift patterns. If you want to flush out this memory, the way to do it is to turn your AC off on your car. Then turn the car off and then back on again after waiting about five seconds. It you do NOT turn on the AC or step on the gas but simply leave the car in park for ten seconds or so, it will wipe out any stored profile information. I did this with the dealer once and it made a dramatic change on my cars respnsiveness the next time I drove it and floored it. Try it.<p>Matt<br>

I actually heard of this computer resetting problem as a reason to get one of those 9volt cigarette lighter "battery saver" thingees. I think the ad I saw said if the battery was disconnected it could take upto 200mi for the ECU to reaclimate itself.

<br>I get it now, I guess it would be ridiculous if I turned off and restarted my car everytime I got in and out. <p>

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I think the Tiptronic brain observes the way you drive and automatically adapts itself to your driving style. I think it does this all the time, so you may not need to "reset" it.<p>Engine ECU on the other hand will always try to give you the best performance, depending on a variety of parameters, such as air temp, altitude, engine temp, gas type etc.<p>I don't think you can "teach" it to go faster, otherwise nobody would buy chips... :)<p>Just enjoy your car,<br>Andrei D<br>Red 1.8T QMS<p>PS: Please don't get mad if you think I'm wrong - this is a good way to learn more, just like your car's brain :)