R T Ronic - Audi R8 Spyder 2012 Owner's Manual

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Tips
- When accelerating using the Launch
Control program, all vehicle parts are
subject to heavy loads. This can result in
increased wear.
- The Launch Control Program only func-
tions when the parking brake is released
and the vehicle speed is less than 3 mph
(5 km/h).
R tronic
Description
Applies to vehicles: with R tro nic
Fig. 87 Shift pattern
Fig. 88
Display: Gears engaged
R tronic is an automated manual transmission
in which the function of the clutch and shift-
ing is controlled by an electron ic system .
The gears are engaged manually, sim ilarly to
a manual transmission . The gears can also be
shifted automatically . The engine can be
started and switched off in all gears.
The selected mode of operation, the gear en-
gaged and the sport function are shown in the
Driver Information System display
Q
fig.
88 .
M - Manual operation
In this operat ing mode, you shift the forward
gears using the selector lever
Q
fig.
87 or the
shift paddles on the mu ltifunction steering
whee l
Q
page 81.
A - Automatic operation
In this opera ti ng mode, the fo rward gears are
shifted up or down depending on engine load
and vehicle speed
Q
page 80.
R - Reverse gear
Reverse gear must only be engaged when the
vehicle is
stationary
and the eng ine is running
at idle speed
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To engage reverse gear, you have to press the
brake pedal, move the selector lever to the
right and tip it to wards R. In reverse gear, the
backup lights illuminate when the ignit ion is
on .
N - Neutral
To engage neutral, you have to
move
these-
lector lever to the left or to the right . If re-
verse gear is engaged,
move
the selector lever
to the left. If a forward gear is engaged ,
move
the selector lever to the right.
Sport function
The sport function is sw itched on by pressing
the
I
SPOR T
I
button . The engine's power re-
serves can be used fully by upshifts later. Shift
time is decreased and acce lerator pedal re-
sponse is improved. In addition, in manual op-
eration the engine does not shift automatica l-
ly into the next gear before it has reached the
maximum permissible engine speed. In auto-
matic operation, upsh ifting cont inues auto-
matically.
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WARNING
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- If a gear is engaged when the vehicle is
stationary, the accelerato r must not be
pressed inadvertently under any circum -
stances. Othe rwise the veh icle will im-
mediately star t to move - sometimes