Quote Originally Posted by G-rig View Post
Changing gears in the red isn't really the fastest point to shift anyway is it?

Sports mode seems to hold it a bit too long up top IMO.
Often it is. Otherwise the revs drop out of the power curve when you change up.

Not saying this is how it is on a GTI, but that whole "don't shift at the redline" is a bit of a myth perpetrated by a select few who's car's tail off massively at the redline.