New to Porsche realm, just bought 2k Cab
01-03-2002 | 05:58 PM
#16
Instructor
Joined: Jul 2001
Posts: 115
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From: Vancouver, WA
Originally posted by MKW:
<STRONG>One more question - does gas mileage suffer significantly ? I.e., will I now have to use the manual tip buttons to UPSHIFT more and hold a higher gear ( i.e. swing the pendulum too far the other way ?)</STRONG>
<STRONG>One more question - does gas mileage suffer significantly ? I.e., will I now have to use the manual tip buttons to UPSHIFT more and hold a higher gear ( i.e. swing the pendulum too far the other way ?)</STRONG>
This seems OK to me.Actually, I was quite surprised by that as I thought I'd get nasty mileage. Apparently not.
Graham
01-03-2002 | 10:25 PM
#17
Rennlist Member
Joined: May 2001
Posts: 1,584
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From: Palo Alto and Carnelian Bay/Lk Tahoe
Sounds good ! I'm getting 20 mpg with our crappy 91 oct Calif fuel , lugging "Tiptronically" into 4th gear at 25 mph and 5th gear at 35 mph. . I'll definitely look into it.
