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

ZF Tiptronic Porsche Boxsters can be wicked fun.
 

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

ZF Tiptronic Porsche Boxsters can be wicked fun.
 

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

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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.

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.