tiptronic shift response

[Zereul]

what's the lag like when manually shifting? (on the 5th gen prelude or dc5)

and does it hold the gear? or does it automatically upshift/downshift?

[gReY-oNe]

for the 5th gens it auto shifts down if your coming to a complete stop

[aaronng]

Lag is same like for any auto, about 0.5-1.0s.

[Zilli]

not sure about the honda's, but i find most systems to be flawed in their programming, usually to compensate for dummies, in that it automatically upshifts and wont hold the gear the way you would like, slow to upshift and downshift when you request it...

the best ive tried so far is on my old ladies Mazda 3... although im sure some of the high end luxury cars have a much sharper shift response...

Its a comporrmise, but a good one if you cant have a manual car, but if you are used to manual, i would actually drive the carr and see what the system is like before you commit to it

[aaronng]

Newer tiptronics like on the Euro let you bounce off the limiter all day long til your engine explodes.

[Zilli]

nice... i havent driven a euro...

[andiiso]

the new BMW 3series .. well from i think E46+ has a pretty sharp tiptronic response, driving my brothers car 325ci its got a pretty good fast response to the change

[destrukshn]

vw/audi dsg.
the best yet
lol.

[Zilli]

yeh DSG is supposed to be fantastic!

[Zereul]

lol, thanks guys,

but what about on the honda's? is the lag noticeable?

i'll probably go and try one out soon, but just wanna see everyone's opinions/experiences! :p

[SeverAMV]

its not so much as a lag where you're not in a gear, when it changes gear, it changes gear quickly so you dont free rev in between gears. it just has a delay for the shift, about 0.5s. for most hesitant drivers with fast revving motors, they'll have a tendency to shift early, and in some cases, that delay could delay the shift to being spot on at the redline. just make sure you use it early.

[Borg]

When I had my DC5 I found it would hold at a lower gear all the way through the rev range. If the gear was too high though, it would shift down to a lower gear once the revs went below about 500. It would also shift down a gear or 2 if I hit the gas, especially going uphill.