All,
I've got a lovely A4 B7 3.0tdi Quattro (233ps, manual) with approx 75k on the clock. I've owned it for a couple of months now and decided something must be amiss.

When changing gear, particularly when pressing on, the engine noticeably increases it's rev's before dropping - it feels like the throttle is sticking and it's making the driving experience pretty awful. I originally thought it may be the clutch switch, but the cruise control works fine. My local indy doesn't seem too worried but I come from a 2.5tdi B5 which changed gear much more sweetly. I don't have a diag tool so can't report fault codes (yet!) but thought I'd ask you guys whether you might have any suggestions.

Thanks in advance!