Can you really have fun driving a Tiptronic Porsche?

[JayG]

Yes you can. One of my buddies tracks his base 986 with a TIP and is very competitive against all 986's

[yachtlife]

and i'm thinking the early boxsters with zf tiptronics are fairly scarce by now, especially first year non-wrecked 97s

my local indie guy said he was surprised to see it was an automatic,

steering wheel shifting can be very fast and stable

[yachtlife]

fun car to drive, definitely interesting having the zf, and at least repairable compared to the later tiptronics

[mikefocke]

Both my Boxsters were Tips ('00,'01s). Fun sure.

As roads got more crowded I realized the days of my Alfas and 914s and other n-speed cars where I was tired and cranky when I got home from work were gone where I lived.

Did I take my TIPs on hundreds of mile trips, carve corners, use the shift buttons, seek out fun roads ... sure did.

Did I use cruise control sometimes on the Interstates. Yep. Did I override it? Yep.

On the way home from work, did I use the buttons? Yes, every day. But not constantly. And I still sought out the fun way home and not the most direct.

But the answer is unique to your location, your plans for the car and your desires. I can't answer it for you.

[CenCal Mike]

I have a bad left knee, so the Tip on my 2003 base is awesome for me. I find it backs off really well when needed and accelerates well also. Just drove from CA to St. Louis and back in mine, out on I-80 and back on I-40. No problems.