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Enabling Launch Control on the DSG?

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Old 03-25-2005, 08:18 AM
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Default Enabling Launch Control on the DSG?

Apparently launch control is disabled in the US. This sounds smart given how lawsuit-crazy and foolish we can be in the US. I'd love to turn this back on in my A3 when it arrives. Does anyone have experience or links to resources for enabling this?

btw - for those who don't know, Launch Control is a feature of the DSG in Europe that lets you mash the brake and accelerator at the same time while stopped, then lift the brake and 'launch' forward.
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There are several tuners working on just that now, and I think one has done it successfully.
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Default You also have to turn ESP off to do the Launch control...

this was in the owners manuals on the TT's when they arrived w/ DSG.

I so want to try out this feature!

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Sounds very similar to the S6 mode on SMG on BMW
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Default Did i hear right about the SMG's launch mode...

that you cant do it too often before you need a clutch rebuild?

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Default Yep. You can do it, but BMW strongly advises against doing so.

I am not sure how this translates to warrenty abuse....but I do know they they highly advise against it and also when I went and test drove the M at various diffrent dealers, they would not let you drive the car in S6.
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