Tiptronic driving tips?

[DenverSteve]

This sounds like a lot of fuss to "blip" your automatics. I just press quickly on the gas pedal and it drops down immediately. As stated above, it's a passing gear or downshift. That's what an automatic does. The other answer, for me, is simply to double-tap the paddle shifters to drop two gears for an immediate "boost". There is no delay or lag-time between stepping on the gas or paddle shifting.

[tonycarreon]

Originally Posted by DenverSteve

This sounds like a lot of fuss to "shift" your automatics. Why can't you just up and down shift the shifter like I did in my Cayenne? Luckily the manuell seems much more user friendly.

sometimes you just want to go (like a quick overtake or avoidance manuever) so it's easier to just mash the gas. plus in non e-gas boxsters the thumb switches do not work when in automatic mode.

[Earn]

This is why I love this forum. Always good information to learn.

[ketsa]

Thanks Tony! Really good tips!

Just tested two quick blips and it really downshift 2

[Lil bastard]

The kickdown switch is what was commonly known as 'passing gear' back in the day. It is a driver actuated downshift to accelerate quickly.

Cheers!

[Andrew McD]

Well blipping seems to work, but managed to get it to jump 2 gears with one blip today??? Odd.

Now i'm getting the hang of this tiptronic thingie, its no to bad. But it is really a different driving experience than a manual and one i'm starting to enjoy.