switching to tip-tronic

[r-r-redEuro]

=( its my mums fault, she wont let me buy auto because she said what if she needs the car.
and since i bought it til now she hasnt even touched it ><"

[whoops21]

=( its my mums fault, she wont let me buy auto because she said what if she needs the car.
and since i bought it til now she hasnt even touched it ><"

mate.. i feel your pain!.. i got the auto cuz my mum drives it as much as i do.

but hey! automatics have their advantages too.. autos hold their value in resale..

depends on personal preference.. but i have no regrets having an auto.

[aaronng]

You can always laugh at us manual Euro drivers when we are stuck in traffic.

[Euro76]

You can always laugh at us manual Euro drivers when we are stuck in traffic.

But we're laughing at them for our manual Euro version for outperforming the auto Euro

No offence intended...just joking

[r-r-redEuro]

oh wells i can jsut VIP it out, cruise along not worrying about the clutch and shifting gears. lol
lazy mans driving = auto.

[SPQR]

But we're laughing at them for our manual Euro version for outperforming the auto Euro

No offence intended...just joking

I have owned manuals and autos. I like both but I think that in real world driving and driving in built-up areas, an auto version of the same car will outpace a manual. I'm and not saying they'll out-drag a manual because they won't but they will outpace a manual. It's probably why Police cars are autos.

I have test driven the new Legend twice in the last three weeks. I wish the auto Euro came with the same behind-the-steering-wheel paddle-shifters. They work a lot better than the transmission lever tiptronic function as you don't have to take your hand off the wheel. The Legend's SH-AWD is, to borrow an Americanism, "awesome". I hope the new Euro comes with that as well.

[aaronng]

Police cars are auto so that they can use the two-way while driving during an emergency. Also, it takes out one possible error factor during a chase.

[80057]

i was switching triptonic since new, few few hundred k's were easy then i would take a long drive let the engine warm up (about 15-20 mins) then use triptonic and let the car use the rev range, my old man (retired mechanic) said high revs is better for engine sealing and other bits and pieces, the most important thing is let the engine have ample tim to warm up first. the electronic switch thingy aaron said must be true, i have been switching to and throw everyday with no issues, when the m4 is a parking lane its in auto, when it starts moving its in manual. i went through 2 clutches in my old corolla on the m4 in just over a year, so auto for me.

[Entity]

just be careful with it, the tiptronic is still electronically overriden by the car's own ecu.

sometimes you will be going up a hill, in auto mode in 3rd and you wanna go down to 2nd, but just as u tap it over to tiptronic the car chucks it into 2nd automatically, and when you tap WAM you're in first and redlining it.. LOL not fun.

just make sure u read the number on the dashboard before u tap it too many times.

[badthing]

sometimes you will be going up a hill, in auto mode in 3rd and you wanna go down to 2nd, but just as u tap it over to tiptronic the car chucks it into 2nd automatically, and when you tap WAM you're in first and redlining it.. LOL not fun.

The ECU won't let the driver shift down into redline. If the driver is going slow enough uphill for the ECU to auto-shift into 2nd the revs won't be high enough to redline even if you shift into 1st.

[aaronng]

just be careful with it, the tiptronic is still electronically overriden by the car's own ecu.

sometimes you will be going up a hill, in auto mode in 3rd and you wanna go down to 2nd, but just as u tap it over to tiptronic the car chucks it into 2nd automatically, and when you tap WAM you're in first and redlining it.. LOL not fun.

just make sure u read the number on the dashboard before u tap it too many times.

That's because at the very moment you put it into tiptronic mode, the gearbox was already starting to downshift into 2nd. Next time you go up that hill, shift into tiptronic slightly earlier and you'll find it in 3rd gear instead.

[yfin]

I have owned manuals and autos. I like both but I think that in real world driving and driving in built-up areas, an auto version of the same car will outpace a manual. I'm and not saying they'll out-drag a manual because they won't but they will outpace a manual. It's probably why Police cars are autos.

Some autos are better than others - but if we are talking about the auto Euro vs the 6mt manual there is no contest. If the 6mt driver knows how to drive it will rape the auto around town. Auto has only 1 opportunity for high cam to 100kph and that makes a big difference to the power band. It is afterall a 4 cyl na with not a lot of torque so gearing hurts the auto.