On Getting used to Tiptronic

[Perfectlap]

just for the record I want to say that paddle shifters and tip tronics are the work of Satan. They have killed motorsports (and compromise some of your Boxster's performance).
Although sometimes sitting in NYC traffic on the way home I wish I had it.
and I imagine tiptronics help eliminate shuffling the steering wheel.

[Brucelee]

The paddles work fine for Michael Schumaker!

[Perfectlap]

not this year.

[kskimtahoe]

I've been using tip for all of 2 weeks now. One thing I noticed was that it doesn't automatically go to the highest gear on the down hill in auto mode. It is the first automatic that I've driven that does that & I thought it was a nice touch. Once my engine is broken in, I'll try to have it remember agressive shifting patterns.

[nautiquelfe]

Hey guys, i thought i would give my initial impression of the tip. I just bought my boxster last wednesday (99 artic silver). I have been really impressed w/ the tiptronic. It gives me just enough control of rpm range to make me happy. I too have been itching to press clutch and manually shift lever. But honestly after 15yrs of driving i have tired of the manual trans, and can live w/out it. At least for awhile. Theres no doubt if i had been buying boxster as 2nd car i would have gotten the manual. I love the control. I would recomend the tip to anyone in a similar situation to me. But if you want to take full advantage of the power and control of a boxster you may feel a little cheated by the tiptronic. I'm willing to sacrifice the power so for me it worked well. Theres room for both on the road so i look forward to seeing any and all boxsters. I hope everyone can find the happiness in there choice as i have. No regrets here.

[Birdy1062]

I'm allways amused when I see some comments on tiptronic.
In my case it's true that I bought the tip because this was the condition for my lady to drive the Boxter ( and men when she does heads are turning, I can assure you ).

Now, it's true that on the paper the tip is slower than the manual gear, but the numbers are coming from Porsche and I suppose that they have some professionnal pilots in order to make the best time possible.
So, as they are professionnals, they're used to get the upmost of a manual gear, on the other hand with the tip they just smash down the gas pedal and that's it !
Now for us, the "average" drivers ( my case anyway), I'm not convinced that we can get the max of a manual gear ( clutch, change gear, release clutch), on the other hand with the trip, as the professionnal pilots, we just smash down the pedal....

I believe there is a lot of macho attitude in the people saying tip is not for sportsfan...

One thing I really appreciate with the tip is flexibility, my wife is not afraid to start on hill when there is another car 20 cm behind her and I can play with the tip in M or D depending upon my mood; for instance one thing I appreciate more and more is what they call "dynamic deceleration".

Regarding the question about going from 2 to 1: there is absolutely no danger as if the RPMs would be too much the tip will refuse to go from 2 to 1; it's the same for any gear change, the same as when you reach let's say 7.000 RPM in 3 it will go automatically to 4.
Basically you can do nothing wrong with the tip in D or M.
Another advantage in favor of the tip ?

[Perfectlap]

the peformance difference isn't due to the driver. There is a slight loss of power in between shifts with a tip.