Can you really have fun driving a Tiptronic Porsche?

[Nine8Six]

In all honesty, I don't think I am going to go back to the manual gearbox cars ever after all the fun that I had using the tiptronic. Mine shift flawlessly without any slipping or RPM increase between gears. It is a straight and crisp shift. As fast as the manual or possibly faster not 100% sure. Also the tiptronic ECU "quickly" adapts to my driving style whether I push the car or drive it onto busy street. It's almost instant. Really good fun indeed and of course, no knee pains in traffic jams or $2000 job to change the clutch

So much fun that I got the 320mm steering wheel with F1 style paddles. They are not on the column but it does the job extremely well!!!

No-more manual gearbox anymore for me ever. Finito!

[TeamOxford]

Originally Posted by Nine8Six

So much fun that I got the 320mm steering wheel with F1 style paddles. They are not on the column but it does the job extremely well!!!

A 986 with paddle shifters? Great looking setup!

TO

[Nine8Six]

Oh hang on mate, those are the "fifi" ricer-girl set-up. Some other guy here got aftermarket Ferrari-style carbon fiber paddles. Those are mounted on the column.

Not only they "look" like the real deal, they are fixed, he doesn't lose them, and they don't hide his RMP gauge on corner entries

Not sure what went wrong with Porsche to mount those on their car's steering wheels in all honesty. Pretty weird if you ask me but there you go, that's what we have!

in this case, a RAID 320mm steering wheel. It weights 20kilos I think (as in SOLID and comfy). Just that alone is worth every penny spent - fifi ricer-girl paddles is only extra!

[TeamOxford]

Originally Posted by Nine8Six

in this case, a RAID 320mm steering wheel. It weights 20kilos I think (as in SOLID and comfy). Just that alone is worth every penny spent - fifi ricer-girl paddles is only extra!

Can you get them with the silver buttons that activate the KERS and DRS?

TO

[jcb986]

My 2000S with Tip shifts beautifully. Did a full service on it at 67k and it only cost me about $125. Much cheaper than a manual. Now I was also wanting a manual, but I found the clutch to stiff and the grabbing point to high up. I drove several different models with low and high miles and they all felt the same. Love my TIP.