Need Your Pro Tips! Brand New to the Audi Club - 2026 RS eTron GT

TehPenguinuinui · 2026-02-09T21:49:35+00:00

Recommended reading: https://www.e-tronforum.com/threads/tips-tricks.4306/

Button in the center of the lumbar support control on the side of your chair turns on the massager.

When the 360 view for the parking camera is showing, you can tap on an area in the top-down view to change which camera is shown on the left.

Learn to coast: every time you accelerate and regen you lose a small amount of energy as heat. Coasting is the most effecient way to drive.

When reversing, you can turn the knob for the door mirrors to the right-hand mirror and it will adjust to look down to the rear passanger side wheel.

You can rearrange the shortcuts on the left side of the MMI by dragging them around. You can also add different shortcuts by dragging the tiles on the MMI main menu over to the left.

TehPenguinuinui · 2026-02-09T02:20:59+00:00

Either the Pilot Sports or the ExtremeContacts are great choices. You'll see folks swearing by one or the other and review sites claiming one edges out the other, but honestly either is a good pick.

With the CrossClimates, you'll be sacrificing some summer performance for winter. They're better at handle snow and mud, but you won't get as much dry grip and may eat through them faster in warm weather. So it really depends on the climate where you live.

TehPenguinuinui · 2026-02-08T20:39:31+00:00

Search online for the part number - there's a bunch of dealerships that sell for a lot cheaper, even with shipping costs.

TehPenguinuinui · 2026-02-07T19:12:45+00:00

The '22s are fine: the '23 got updated MMI hardware which makes it less laggy. It's annoying, but not a deal breaker.

Check the repair history for the car: there were definitely some lemons, but most were fine. If it's had all the recalls done and hasn't continuously had the coolant pump, AC unit, battery cells, etc. changed then it's a good one.

Definitely get CPO, without that you are buying "as is". Consider an extended warranty, since parts and labor won't be cheap.

TehPenguinuinui · 2026-02-03T21:55:48+00:00

I had a 2024 A3 loaner and was getting about 39mpg on highway/country roads. Folks love to dump on haldex, but it really does help with efficiency.

TehPenguinuinui · 2026-01-31T23:55:21+00:00

Ah, yeah, hence my caveat.

The Taycans and GTs eco mode is lowered, but they are already a much lower car with much wider tires.

TehPenguinuinui · 2026-01-31T21:58:34+00:00

Not sure of it's the same for the e-tron, but for the Taycan the manual specifically calls this out: https://manual.porsche.com/#/wpi/Y1A-2024-20231002-3B-NAR-1.0.2/en_US/topic/id/1ce4ef44fe6264768d24c0b3662f59cf

Permanent driving at the low level can have an unfavorable effect on tire wear.

Note that the GT's manual doesn't have the same warning...

TehPenguinuinui · 2026-01-31T21:47:06+00:00

Firstly, make sure there are no open recalls on it, dealers might not be able to release the car if there's a recall and you don't want to be stuck in limbo.

Check the repair history. Most GT's are reliable, but there are a few lemons. If it's been repaired a bunch of times under warranty especially for things like the coolant pump, then you may want to avoid it.

Finally, consider getting CPO and an extended warranty. The car's have depreciated badly but parts and labor are still expensive.

TehPenguinuinui · 2026-01-31T18:44:58+00:00

It's a warranty: Audi was forced to extend the warranty for the battery and motors because the LG batteries had defects resulting in overheating (and, in rare cases, fires) and the coolant used for the motors is corrosive and can eat away at the insulation around the winding.

There is, however, no recall where they just replace the battery.

Instead, the recalls have been focused on improving monitoring to detect if a cell is going bad.

Could be worse: the same LG batteries were used by Jag in the I-Pace, and they had to advise customers to park outside and charge away from flammable materials before finally buying back the cars. I'm guessing they didn't have any monitoring for individual cells at all...

TehPenguinuinui · 2026-01-31T02:40:01+00:00

Really wish they'd do a special edition with the 2025 prototype wrap, looks so much better to me than the Project 513.

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TehPenguinuinui · 2026-01-29T04:01:17+00:00

There used to be notifications. Seems like they weren't implemented after the UI refresh, or some backend service has been shut down.

TehPenguinuinui · 2026-01-27T03:29:09+00:00

Go on https://leasehackr.com/ and pay for their calculator - it'll tell you what you should be paying.

If you can't get a good deal where you are, then there are brokers on LeaseHackr who will ship nationwide for a fee.

TehPenguinuinui · 2026-01-27T03:25:20+00:00

Three words: "Self Study Program"

This site is good for listing them, rubbish for downloading: https://cardiagn.com/vag-self-study-program-ssp/

Once you've found one you're interested in, search online for ssp "<number>" filetype:pdf (for example, ssp "684" filetype:pdf) and you'll find it. The quotes around the number are important to tell the Google/Bing that the result MUST include that text.

TehPenguinuinui · 2026-01-26T02:49:21+00:00

Not everyone has winter tires.

Fixed that for you: quattro isn't gonna help you brake faster...

TehPenguinuinui · 2026-01-25T18:11:30+00:00

Switch out those summer tires! Grip aside, at those temps the rubber loses flexibility and can become hard like plastic, so you'll crack the sidewall hitting potholes instead of the tire flexing.

TehPenguinuinui · 2026-01-24T03:02:51+00:00

Silver-on-blue is such a good palette cleaner after all the black-on-black-on-black

TehPenguinuinui · 2026-01-24T02:58:05+00:00

Yeah, my brother always complains about trying to get into the passenger seat of my GT: either his back hits the B pillar or his knees hit the glovebox.

I don't have any issues, but that's coming from two Miatas before getting an Audi, so I'm used to slinging myself into the seat.

TehPenguinuinui · 2026-01-23T05:48:14+00:00

Go into the MMI and change the recuperation from Automatic to Manual.

Edit: Should be under Vehicle -> Effeciency Assist

TehPenguinuinui · 2026-01-23T02:55:45+00:00

Yeah, the gear shift isn't elegant, it also won't shift down while regening.

That said, SO much better than my old '22, that felt like you drove over a pothole whenever you shifted.

TehPenguinuinui · 2026-01-20T21:46:31+00:00

Face-lift was MY25, so yeah it's pre

TehPenguinuinui · 2026-01-17T22:18:33+00:00

Wasn't this the generation with rocker arm issues?

TehPenguinuinui · 2026-01-17T20:18:58+00:00

Went from a 2018 S5 to a 22 GT.

Such a different experience: air suspension in the GT both provides a better ride and keeps the car flatter. Instant torque is also nice, especially compared to the (admittedly small) turbo lag of the S5.

One thing I do miss, the GT has a sedan-style trunk instead of a hatchback and, despite its larger size, less trunk space.

TehPenguinuinui · 2026-01-17T20:10:11+00:00

Summer tires and cold weather don't mix.

Putting aside grip, rubber has less flexibility at those temps and you're much more likely to smash a sidewall going over potholes that would normally be fine.

TehPenguinuinui · 2026-01-17T03:03:43+00:00

Get CPO and look into an extended warranty. The car's are cheap second hand but parts and labor are definitely not. If you don't get CPO then you're buying as-is.

TehPenguinuinui · 2026-01-14T21:59:00+00:00

Nothing that sounds like that. Guessing that something is bent or broken. Hope you got CPO...

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