Mattsaudi

Crisper shifts, better response off the line, but until west Texas cools off I may not get pump whine on startup. Maybe I'll head out the the East coast...there's supposed to be a little storm headed that way.

Took it to the dealer at 70k miles last October, asked for a tranny flush. They drained out what was in the pan, that was it (Bentley CD actually has that as one of the fluid change procedures). But, visiting folks for Christmas (Iowa, -10F)the tranny squealed a few times on startup.
So, had 5k miles on partial fluid change. Fluid was pretty dark (close to the sample on Audipages), but smelled normal to my NASA calibrated nose. Tranny took in 6 1/2 qts. Parts pricing:
from dealer
filter O-ring; 8.12
fill plug O-ring; 1.95
from importedcarparts.com
filter; 12.17
pan gasket; 16.05
ATF; 12.17ea (Pentosin ATF1, same part#, others have used before)
free shipping over $100
lift rental 27.00<ul><li><a href="http://www.audipages.com/Tech_Articles/auto_transmission/autotranservicing.html">http://www.audipages.com/Tech_Articles/auto_transmission/autotranservicing.html</a</li></ul>