Stick Or Tiptronic What Do You Preffer?
#31
Rennlist Member
#32
Three Wheelin'
![Default](https://rennlist.com/forums/images/icons/icon1.gif)
The BMW is an auto, really wanted to get it in 6MT but jumped the gun and didn't look around more. Have never really had bad commutes to work since going in early and leaving earlier than 9-5ers, so manual has always been preference. Actually, BMW is the first automatic car I've ever owned.
The 996 is 6MT and wouldn't have it any other way, don't think could have purchased it if it was Tip. Maybe once I'm older, but thankfully even if I'm stuck in traffic for whatever reason, manual isn't a bother.
The 996 is 6MT and wouldn't have it any other way, don't think could have purchased it if it was Tip. Maybe once I'm older, but thankfully even if I'm stuck in traffic for whatever reason, manual isn't a bother.
#33
Racer
Thread Starter
![Default](https://rennlist.com/forums/images/icons/icon1.gif)
The BMW is an auto, really wanted to get it in 6MT but jumped the gun and didn't look around more. Have never really had bad commutes to work since going in early and leaving earlier than 9-5ers, so manual has always been preference. Actually, BMW is the first automatic car I've ever owned.
The 996 is 6MT and wouldn't have it any other way, don't think could have purchased it if it was Tip. Maybe once I'm older, but thankfully even if I'm stuck in traffic for whatever reason, manual isn't a bother.
The 996 is 6MT and wouldn't have it any other way, don't think could have purchased it if it was Tip. Maybe once I'm older, but thankfully even if I'm stuck in traffic for whatever reason, manual isn't a bother.
#34
Rennlist Member
![Default](https://rennlist.com/forums/images/icons/icon1.gif)
I have not driven a tip but i am going to assume it works close to what it did on my B5 Audi S4, not bad but certainly not great. I drove a GT3 with the PDK and that is amazing, even the DSG in my Audi S3 is but in a perfect world you could have both manual / PDK
The PDK makes tracking the car so much easier than the manual for me. But I still love the manual.
![Smilie](https://rennlist.com/forums/images/smilies/smile.gif)
#36
Rennlist Member
![Default](https://rennlist.com/forums/images/icons/icon1.gif)
if I was in your shoes with knee surgeries I would be using a tip as well, it makes far more sense. Being stuck in bad highway traffic with a manual can be annoying and hard on my knees so I can imagine yours
#37
![Default](https://rennlist.com/forums/images/icons/icon1.gif)
Might as well ask Democrat or Republican, Yankees or Red Sox, religious or atheist, or any other "what's your favorite team?" question. People pick one religion and stick to it, and rarely change. Everybody on their team is right no matter what and everybody else is an idiot no matter what.
#38
Racer
Thread Starter
![Default](https://rennlist.com/forums/images/icons/icon1.gif)
Might as well ask Democrat or Republican, Yankees or Red Sox, religious or atheist, or any other "what's your favorite team?" question. People pick one religion and stick to it, and rarely change. Everybody on their team is right no matter what and everybody else is an idiot no matter what.
Last edited by Hotrodaxel1976; 06-16-2017 at 04:07 PM.
#39
Racer
Join Date: Dec 2016
Location: Eindhoven, the Netherlands
Posts: 305
Likes: 0
Received 3 Likes
on
3 Posts
![Default](https://rennlist.com/forums/images/icons/icon1.gif)
P-car is summer Daily and it is a manual. Comparing tiptronics I found the 996 gen.1 really slow, gen.2 somewhat better and a 997.1 a nice driver. Then I got in a manual and never looked back. So much more fun to drive. There is no comparison. The 3.4 is such a cool car to rev, you don't want to spoil that with a lazy tiptronic.
Now if I would need to battle my way through traffic jams everyday it would be a different story I guess but a shame that would be!
Now if I would need to battle my way through traffic jams everyday it would be a different story I guess but a shame that would be!
#40
![Default](https://rennlist.com/forums/images/icons/icon1.gif)
In the best of all worlds I'd chose a manual, in LA I won't complain about my tiptronic. I think there are actually three 996 variations. The very early ones (98/99) you had to shift from D to M to get the buttons to work. In later versions (mine is an early 2000) you could go out of D and into manual just by hitting the buttons. It would go back to D mode in about 8 seconds if you didn't continue using the buttons. I believe these were both the Mercedes versions of the tip, and they had 5 maps. In the third version, (made by Chrysler) the maps expanded to 250. That plus the extra 25 hp made the tip much more responsive. The 3.8 S with Sport Chrono was the best (and last) of the tips in the 911. All of these are easier and less expensive to service vs the PDK...but more expensive than a simple manual. The tip shifts faster than a manual but often lacks the instantaneous crispness associated with the manual.
#41
Rennlist Member
![Default](https://rennlist.com/forums/images/icons/icon1.gif)
My 2004 is a 6 speed x50 turbo.
With two knee ops and one hip repair three days of light-medium traffic, and some nice rural roads, the clutch action pretty much forces me to take a break and drive my DD Scion XB until the pain subsides.
I wish I had found a tip first.
With the vague engagement point of the turbo power clutch setup, which is still quite firm, you are guaranteed to stall it a couple times or slip it excessively after a couple hours driving time.
Most of the folks that drive turbos feel the same, that is that turbo lacks the feel of a NA unit. That is except for one of our high mileage members who sees no difference between Boxster and turbo clutch engagement action.
With two knee ops and one hip repair three days of light-medium traffic, and some nice rural roads, the clutch action pretty much forces me to take a break and drive my DD Scion XB until the pain subsides.
I wish I had found a tip first.
With the vague engagement point of the turbo power clutch setup, which is still quite firm, you are guaranteed to stall it a couple times or slip it excessively after a couple hours driving time.
Most of the folks that drive turbos feel the same, that is that turbo lacks the feel of a NA unit. That is except for one of our high mileage members who sees no difference between Boxster and turbo clutch engagement action.
#42
Racer
Thread Starter
![Default](https://rennlist.com/forums/images/icons/icon1.gif)
My 2004 is a 6 speed x50 turbo.
With two knee ops and one hip repair three days of light-medium traffic, and some nice rural roads, the clutch action pretty much forces me to take a break and drive my DD Scion XB until the pain subsides.
I wish I had found a tip first.
With the vague engagement point of the turbo power clutch setup, which is still quite firm, you are guaranteed to stall it a couple times or slip it excessively after a couple hours driving time.
Most of the folks that drive turbos feel the same, that is that turbo lacks the feel of a NA unit. That is except for one of our high mileage members who sees no difference between Boxster and turbo clutch engagement action.
With two knee ops and one hip repair three days of light-medium traffic, and some nice rural roads, the clutch action pretty much forces me to take a break and drive my DD Scion XB until the pain subsides.
I wish I had found a tip first.
With the vague engagement point of the turbo power clutch setup, which is still quite firm, you are guaranteed to stall it a couple times or slip it excessively after a couple hours driving time.
Most of the folks that drive turbos feel the same, that is that turbo lacks the feel of a NA unit. That is except for one of our high mileage members who sees no difference between Boxster and turbo clutch engagement action.
![Wink](https://rennlist.com/forums/images/smilies/wink.gif)
#43
Rennlist Member
![Default](https://rennlist.com/forums/images/icons/icon1.gif)
My 2002 Cab is a 6-speed. For me there were two absolute necessities when I bought a Porsche:
* It had to have a stick tranny
* It had to be a convertible
I live in one of the most traffic congested areas in the country (Silicon Valley). I would never pick a stick tranny if I had to deal with stop & go every day getting to and from work.
However, I am retired and can pick and chose when I go places. As a result, the stick works great and I LOVE shifting the gears. I drive the car every day and it has been a winner in every way!
* It had to have a stick tranny
* It had to be a convertible
I live in one of the most traffic congested areas in the country (Silicon Valley). I would never pick a stick tranny if I had to deal with stop & go every day getting to and from work.
However, I am retired and can pick and chose when I go places. As a result, the stick works great and I LOVE shifting the gears. I drive the car every day and it has been a winner in every way!
#44
![Default](https://rennlist.com/forums/images/icons/icon1.gif)
Own 4 Porsches', 3 are stick (4/5 & 6) the 2000 is a six manual which I love but we bought an 04 turbo with tip as a compromise with my wife and I really do enjoy the car in D or S. I think the sticks are more visceral but the tip really is better.