Tip tutorial..or dude who stole my 1st gear? - 986 Forum - The Community for Porsche Boxster & Cayman Owners

Lil bastard · 07-19-2011, 08:52 AM

It's an emissions/ range (MPG) thing.

As stated the tip S has adaptive learning and if you drive aggressively, you'll notice a significant change in shift mapping.

That said, it will not allow over-revs, it'll shift just shy of redline.

It does have a sort of primitive launch control though. At a stop, depress the brake and get on the throttle. You'll see it shift down to 1st gear.

Cheers!

Jaxonalden · 07-19-2011, 10:16 AM

Thanks for the heads-up on the launch control thing LB. At a stop light I only thought I had two choices, to shift into 1st manually or stomp on it when the light turns green and have the trans shift down to 1st. I like the thought of the car being in 1st, THEN hammer time.

urban_legend · 07-20-2011, 05:13 PM

I should probably of mentioned that I purchased the car from a young female drive who had the engine replaced (yes IMS) - so Iam confident she probably really babied it after that experience. And I only have been going back and forth to work - so no chance really to get on it.

Guess I have some home work for this weekend! thx