i just bought a NEW 06' 997S convert. Oh she is awsome black on black Gemballa GT body kit, evoms intake. oand many other add on's. anyway, you would have thought i learned my lesson with tips having owned my 996 tip for the past 5 years. but NO, i was convinced by the sales person at my local dealer that porsche had made leap and bound improvments over my 996. boy what a sucker i was. i have am trying to love this car but cant get over the lazy shifting. i talked to german auto and evoms about flashing my ECU, they say it will help some, but not in the shifting program. does anyone feel the same way? and what can i do to help the situation. believe me ,im at the point of disgust with this shifteing prob....sorry to vent but i am frusterated...any feed back would be helpful..by the way i am going to the dealer on monday to see if i can put a turbo conv. on order.....to tip there

 

I agree. We got a Tiptronic to appease the other half, and now that she's tired of the 997's stiff ride it's become my daily driver. Compared to other modern automatics, the shifts are slow, the gearing is poor, 2nd gear starts are annoying, and the interface is cumbersome. Not to mention the two times the car has been to the dealer for unscheduled work were Tiptronic related (one complete failure, and a park/key interlock switch replacement).

Some people on this board love their Tiptronics, and they're tired of hearing me complain about it. Unfortunately I will continue to do so for another year or two, when it will be replaced by a GT3.

 

How did this post replicate itself?

 

It's a virus?

 

Earlier I noticed that Robert1 had posted it twice (I assume by mistake) and people were responding to the second one and then this one got responded to as well.