cesar

Thinking of getting a DD 987S and wondering how the TIP is.

Thanks!

Cesar

ELUSIVE

Oh no...here we go again....

vladie22

cesar

Did I open a can of worms?

I tried a search on tiptronic but didn't find too much about how well it works day to day.

ELUSIVE

It's a very sensitive subject.
Love or hate kind of thing. Lots of heated debates.
About equivalent to the Corvette vs. Porsche debate.

cesar

I was hoping the title of the post would get replies from people who own or owned tiptronics and not start a debate of whether or not it's better then a manual.

I guess we'll see what boils up to the surface.

MUSSBERGER

Worked great in my Cayenne. No experience other that that

fezz

regretful low-end response and shift-points in auto-drive.
you have to drive one and make your own mind up.

rkeyser

Drive it in manual mode! Otherwise, like the person said, "regretful low-end response". The damn thing is in too high a gear most of the time. To the idiot who programmed this transmission - just how much torque does this engine have at 1500 rpm? Enough to actually accelerate in 5th gear? Oh, you just used the program from the 997 turbo. Nice work.

Murat

I agree with the previous posts. It will quickly get up to 5th gear at about 40mph on a straight road. Manual mode is better, however i think that's in order to minimize gas consumption. Overall I'm very happy. I commute the bay bridge everyday, so i can NOT handle clutching and shifting every 10 seconds during a 1 hour commute. That was the primary reason for me to choose automatic, and i never regret.
On the other hand, if it's your weekend car, that's another story.
Hope it helps.

Onami

I'm with the others in a Cayenne Tip. I would get another tip for a daily driver, but not for a purely weekend car. Drive in manual mode or in Sport mode and it's a lot more fun