Porsche 0 to 60 times with triptronic? - 986 Forum - The Community for Porsche Boxster & Cayman Owners

07-15-2007, 12:06 PM

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Originally Posted by Adam

That is true for the older tips. I think I read somewhere that the new tips 06 07 models? give you true manual control and the car holds the gear no matter what..even if it bounces off the rev limiter. Can any new tip owners confirm this?

yeah my cayenne allows me to do that,

AZ UFO · 07-15-2007, 12:24 PM

Are you pushing the gas down far enough and fast enough to engage the kickdown botton on the floor?
If you are in 2nd at a light and you smash the gas to the floor the kickdown button will engage and drop to first and you are gone, also if you engage the kickdown in almost any gear at a normal speed it will downshift 2 gears for passing speed.

pteam · 07-15-2007, 02:53 PM

I wouldnt want the car to not shift and bounce off the revlimit and cut the gas off. I like where it makes perfect shifts at redline and shifts to the next gear. Its one less thing I have to worry about and it shifts perfectly at redline every time. What more could you ask for? Why on earth would you want it to bounce off the red limiter so the computer can log it and Porsche can deny your warranty claim for abuse (which has been known to happen) and have the gas shutoff on you.

07-15-2007, 02:56 PM

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Originally Posted by pteam

I wouldnt want the car to not shift and bounce off the revlimit and cut the gas off. I like where it makes perfect shifts at redline and shifts to the next gear. Its one less thing I have to worry about and it shifts perfectly at redline every time. What more could you ask for? Why on earth would you want it to bounce off the red limiter so the computer can log it and Porsche can deny your warranty claim for abuse (which has been known to happen) and have the gas shutoff on you.

its more fun

motoadve · 07-16-2007, 05:45 AM

sometimes you redline all the way to the next corner, and lift to brake with compression and brakes as well before the turn, just when you lift, it up****************s, you end up entering the turn, in a taller gear, faster than you want it and without compression braking.
not good!!!

This has happened to me too many times and I hate it.