The owner's manual may have recommended shift points, but I've always found it's best to drive by feel, listening to what the car's telling you. Smoothness is key as BLK EOS has already mentioned.
The 2.0 TSI motor, which I assume you have in your Eos, has a lot of torque, and it comes on early - typical for a turbo motor. This graph on APR's website is helpful, stock torque is the white dashed line (scroll down):
http://www.goapr.com/products/ecu_upgrade_20tsi_trans.html
With all that torque on tap you'd have to be in an extreme low speed/high gear situation to lug the engine. If you feel the car lugging, just shift to a lower gear. You won't harm the engine during a brief period like that, and next time you'll instinctively know to shift to a lower gear before it happens.
Conversely, it's not advisable to rev the crap out of the motor, nor is there any need from a performance standpoint. Same graph above, you can see the stock HP (red dashed line) peaks just past 5K RPM. Past that point power declines, so you may as well shift to a higher gear. Unless you're bound and determined to beat the good ol' boy in the '83 Camaro to the next stoplight (j/k, I would never condone street racing).
Enjoy the 6-speed - my wife and I certainly love ours. Although it's a cable-operated shifter, I've been impressed with its precision since we bought the car.
The 2.0 TSI motor, which I assume you have in your Eos, has a lot of torque, and it comes on early - typical for a turbo motor. This graph on APR's website is helpful, stock torque is the white dashed line (scroll down):
http://www.goapr.com/products/ecu_upgrade_20tsi_trans.html
With all that torque on tap you'd have to be in an extreme low speed/high gear situation to lug the engine. If you feel the car lugging, just shift to a lower gear. You won't harm the engine during a brief period like that, and next time you'll instinctively know to shift to a lower gear before it happens.
Conversely, it's not advisable to rev the crap out of the motor, nor is there any need from a performance standpoint. Same graph above, you can see the stock HP (red dashed line) peaks just past 5K RPM. Past that point power declines, so you may as well shift to a higher gear. Unless you're bound and determined to beat the good ol' boy in the '83 Camaro to the next stoplight (j/k, I would never condone street racing).
Enjoy the 6-speed - my wife and I certainly love ours. Although it's a cable-operated shifter, I've been impressed with its precision since we bought the car.
