Tracking with a Tiptronic
11-08-2006, 11:27 AM
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With how amazing the tips are today, the tips can shift faster then people can with a clutch. Enjoy your day!!!!! Your going to get the bug!
11-09-2006, 03:05 AM
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Originally Posted by rdstemler
My dad is in your area and has used a Tip on his TT for years. I heard that he finally is not the fast guy after years of being so. He just turned 83. No joke.
I thought the Tip was a compromise as I thought it was missing a gear on a C2. That probably isn't as much a factor on a TT.
I thought the Tip was a compromise as I thought it was missing a gear on a C2. That probably isn't as much a factor on a TT.
11-09-2006, 03:10 AM
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Originally Posted by mitch236
mdrums: I don't think any instructor will be concerned with LFB (if that's what you meant). It is common in tips to drive that way.
See you all at Sebring!!
See you all at Sebring!!
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11-10-2006, 02:18 AM
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Rick plays the drums from the company I work for...DW (Drum Workshop). Rick is one of our top endorsee's. I got to meet and speak with Rick right after I got out of the hospital in April 2003 and I still was in a wheelchair because I did not have my prosthetic leg yet. I was at an outside concert in Tampa seeing Def Leppard and 3 doors down. I really wanted to meet Rick and speak with him so I passed my DW business card back stage to him and he came down to meet me. Rick was awesome and inspiring to speak with. His girlfrind kept hugging me and telling me and my wife everything will be alright! Anyway, hopefuly one day and can really spend sometime picking his brain on his drumming and set up. What Rick does with his kit and his playing with only one arm is truely awesome. You would never know Rick plays the drums a little differntly than a 4 limb person if you did not know he lost his arm...he's that good!
11-10-2006, 05:58 PM
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Yep,
One less gear is the major reason you lose a little bit of time.
Re the blown engine: It most likely wasn't from a missed shift or over-rev on a downs hift, as the tip doesn't make that mistake. On some tracks, you can spend alot of time near the redline, so I suspect that metal fatigue and parts failure was the more likely cause. AS
One less gear is the major reason you lose a little bit of time.
Re the blown engine: It most likely wasn't from a missed shift or over-rev on a downs hift, as the tip doesn't make that mistake. On some tracks, you can spend alot of time near the redline, so I suspect that metal fatigue and parts failure was the more likely cause. AS
