# School Me v. Audi CVT and DSP transmissions **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Automotive\ **Created:** [April 23, 2012, 12:16pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/school-me-v-audi-cvt-and-dsp-transmissions/222411 "2012-04-23T12:16:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Darksyde](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ed655f/32.png) [@Darksyde](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Darksyde)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2012, 12:16pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/school-me-v-audi-cvt-and-dsp-transmissions/222411/1 "2012-04-23T12:16:46Z")
So the BMW 5 series got swiped from me the day before I went to look at it so I have moved to a A4 Avant. The spec sheet on the dealers website says it has the Auto with DSP. I have read numerous stories about the CVT being awful and costly in the audis. Is there any issues or problems with the DSP Auto? I haven’t found any in search, was just wondering if anybody had first hand problems. For ref. the car is a 02’ Audi A4 Avant _edit_ everything ican find shows all Auto’s in the B6 A4’s were CVT. But the listing shows it as "5-speed automatic transmission w/OD-inc: “Tiptronic” gear selector, dynamic shift programming (DSP)’’ ---
**Author:** ![theblue](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/theblue/32/5074_2.png) [@theblue](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/theblue)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2012, 12:21pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/school-me-v-audi-cvt-and-dsp-transmissions/222411/2 "2012-04-23T12:21:57Z")
sometimes unreliable, always miserable… ---
**Author:** ![Darksyde](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ed655f/32.png) [@Darksyde](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Darksyde)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2012, 12:22pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/school-me-v-audi-cvt-and-dsp-transmissions/222411/3 "2012-04-23T12:22:59Z")
Miserable because its a boring auto? Or are there bigger issues? lol ---
**Author:** ![theblue](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/theblue/32/5074_2.png) [@theblue](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/theblue)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2012, 12:42pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/school-me-v-audi-cvt-and-dsp-transmissions/222411/4 "2012-04-23T12:42:53Z")
better reliability than the CVTs but underpowered to begin with, so much worse with the auto. Personally I wouldn’t touch any 4cyl. turbo audi until the FSI motors in 06 ---
**Author:** ![Darksyde](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ed655f/32.png) [@Darksyde](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Darksyde)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2012, 12:50pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/school-me-v-audi-cvt-and-dsp-transmissions/222411/5 "2012-04-23T12:50:25Z")
Not so much worried about underpowered as 1 of my other cars is a 09’ 300 with a 2.7 in it, you want to talk underpowered that’s it. lol