Discussion
Tiptronic-S seems to command quite a premium on the used market. Is it worth it "for the driving experience", or just for the convenience of an auto box? I'm sure those with it will say it's excellent, and those without it will say it's not, and everyone will say "go and try it"... but I'll ask anyway!
Having changed my mind over a thousand times on "what car to get next", I'm now considering a Boxster S (2002/3 c. £32k) ideally in silver with black full leather... drove one at the weekend and was very impressed. Slow compared with the Noble (what isn't) but practical and bloody good fun.
Having changed my mind over a thousand times on "what car to get next", I'm now considering a Boxster S (2002/3 c. £32k) ideally in silver with black full leather... drove one at the weekend and was very impressed. Slow compared with the Noble (what isn't) but practical and bloody good fun.
Had a manual boxster s 252 bhp and then a Tiptronic S 260bhp.
The reason for the change was the wife found the heavy clutch in the manual difficult in heels
The Tip is about .04 sec slower 0-60 and about a second slower 0-100. Due to the ratios it is also slowerthan the manual above 120.
The tiptronic is good round town, but in auto mode it is a fairly lazy auto box and needs a good poke to get the car going with it, the car misses the extra gear ratio as well, even using red line changes the gear ratios drop the revs below 4000 rpm out of the best of the power band. It is best to use the manual override on twisting roads although when setting up the car for corners you have to make sure you change at least 0.5secs before you would in the manual due to the delay from the auto box.
Driving at 100% the manual driver would start to get away A to B on the twisties, however if you are driving at 80% the auto comes into it's own a bit more.
A manual boxster is better for driving pleasure, an auto boxster still has the wonderful steering and chassis, still best in class (even for old model)
But for day to day with some sportiness , a new SLK 350 auto, is a strong package better auto and better round town, not bad chassis and maybe 80-90% of the boxster on the open road but 110-120% as a day to day car.
A new boxster with the DSG box will be just fantastic
The reason for the change was the wife found the heavy clutch in the manual difficult in heels
The Tip is about .04 sec slower 0-60 and about a second slower 0-100. Due to the ratios it is also slowerthan the manual above 120.
The tiptronic is good round town, but in auto mode it is a fairly lazy auto box and needs a good poke to get the car going with it, the car misses the extra gear ratio as well, even using red line changes the gear ratios drop the revs below 4000 rpm out of the best of the power band. It is best to use the manual override on twisting roads although when setting up the car for corners you have to make sure you change at least 0.5secs before you would in the manual due to the delay from the auto box.
Driving at 100% the manual driver would start to get away A to B on the twisties, however if you are driving at 80% the auto comes into it's own a bit more.
A manual boxster is better for driving pleasure, an auto boxster still has the wonderful steering and chassis, still best in class (even for old model)
But for day to day with some sportiness , a new SLK 350 auto, is a strong package better auto and better round town, not bad chassis and maybe 80-90% of the boxster on the open road but 110-120% as a day to day car.
A new boxster with the DSG box will be just fantastic
croyde said:
I've driven both and although the Tip is a clever system I still prefer the hands on and in control feeling of a manual. The Tiptronic felt too Playstation for me.
Been driving a 3.2s with tip for the last week, and really rate it, it gives more control on the steering allowing you to keep hands firmly on wheel when needed and still be able to change gear......worth the money definately.....
Depends on how and where you want to drive it. When Ann and I bought our Boxster, we tested both manual and tiptronic separately - she drove both without me and I drove both without her. It was unanimous on the manual. The shifting on the tip just seemed slow to both of us. We don't have any heavy traffic in our normal commute and have plenty of space to open 'er up so dealing with the clutch in stop and go traffic wasn't an issue.
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