Tiptronic longevity

[Luv2Box]

Originally Posted by JFP in PA

We have some customers over 200K with Tips that continue to purr along; but they have been religiously serviced every 40-50K since new rather than according to factory recommendations.

This is the key earlier service than every 90K and the service done correctly. My Tip has 118K mi., I use it in "M" mode all the time, it's been DE'd and AX'd and still shifts crisply through every gear. One other plus to the Tip is you can't over rev the car.

[jpl2407]

Originally Posted by Luv2Box

This is the key earlier service than every 90K and the service done correctly. My Tip has 118K mi., I use it in "M" mode all the time, it's been DE'd and AX'd and still shifts crisply through every gear. One other plus to the Tip is you can't over rev the car.

What does "DE'd and AX'd" mean???

[mikefocke]

Driving Experience and Auto Crossing.

Porsche Driving Experience is controlled conditions high speed track driving often with an instructor. Sometimes Porsche Club of America (PCA) sponsored.

Auto-X is a timed short cornering driving "race" using cones to mark the corners/lanes.

[Merlotsj]

Originally Posted by jpl2407

What does "DE'd and AX'd" mean???

DE'd is short for HPDE, High Performance Driving Experience, or driving your car on an actual race track. AX'd refers to AutoCross, driving your car as quickly as possible through a course laid out with traffic cones, typically in a large parking lot or a runway at an airport.

DE typically has higher speeds, but the maneuvers come at you much quicker in AX. Both are a lot of fun in a boxster!

[Luv2Box]

Originally Posted by jpl2407

What does "DE'd and AX'd" mean???

DE stands for Driver Education and AX is Autocross. DE teaches you how your car handles at higher speeds on a track such as Laguna Seca or Sears Point, and AX teaches you how your car handles at lower speeds but in a more confined course that is set up using traffic cones. Both can be timed or done for fun but both teach you something different about your car and how it responds. It is a good way to learn how well Boxsters handle and improve your ability to handle the capabilities of your car. In both cases I've learned that the Boxster is far more capable than my ability to exploit its capabilities but both have made me a more competent driver that has more knowledge to evade potential problems on the highway.