DSG Launches
I've been wondering about the best launch technique so I can be ready when my A3 arrives. I have read of people revving the engine and dropping it into "S", but that sounds horribly rough on the car.
If you do a brake hold, you have to be quick because the drive-by-wire throttle will cut the gas after a second or so. This is true in manuals, too--try left-foot braking sometime and you'll feel the car cut the throttle after 1-2 seconds. Thank 60 Minutes' report on the Audi 5000 for that nifty feature.
The one recommendation I saw on one of the TT discussion boards was to put the car in "S", pull the parking brake, apply gas just until the car is about to start moving against the brake (or, if you have FWD, the front wheels are starting to slip). Then drop the brake and mash the throttle at the same time.
Apparently on the drag strip some people trick the brake signal back to the ECM so they can left foot brake for good starts. But from what I hear that also defeats the brake lights since everything goes through the ECM, so it's something you have to put back to stock for the street.
Anyone out there tried the parking brake hold and launch method?