Audi R8 Spyder 2012 Owner's Manual page 83

Steering wheel with shift paddles
Applies to vehicles: with R t ronic
The shift paddles allow you to select gears
manually at the steering wheel.
Fig. 8 9 Sport steering whee l: Shift paddles
.,. To shift down, press the padd le on t he left
0 .
.,. To shift up, press the paddle on the right
0 .
Of course, you ca n conti nue to use the manual
shift prog ram w it h the selector lever in the
center console .
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