968 Tiptronic's
Discussion
Anybody out there have any experience of the early tiptronic boxes on 968's ?
I understand the loss of performance over the manual, but a recuring knee injury may force the change on me in the near future. I have not heard of any known weakness in the system ? I understand they sell cheaper than the manuals, but this would be to my advantage. 911 virgin has a nice white model at the moment, I wonder what i could sell the old 944 S2 for ? ............
Thanks
I understand the loss of performance over the manual, but a recuring knee injury may force the change on me in the near future. I have not heard of any known weakness in the system ? I understand they sell cheaper than the manuals, but this would be to my advantage. 911 virgin has a nice white model at the moment, I wonder what i could sell the old 944 S2 for ? ............
Thanks
didnt like it myself. found the box very agricultural and it saps well over a second off the 0-60 sprint, which was far more noticeable to me than i thought it would be. however! at the moment ive got a 1.2l renault clio automatic as a loan car whilst the 968 is being serviced and, cant believe i'm saying this, i quite like it.... what with a sore foot and the hot weather, its a relief not to have to change gear And remember that the 968 manual box is closer ratio'd than the 944 so gearchanges are more frequent. also the clutch is a tad on the heavy side. so all other things being equal then maybe the tip wasnt so bad after all.
christ, i'm getting old
edited to say that despite some drawbacks the tip box does have a reputation for being very reliable. on the other hand the 968 manual clutch is fairly easy to replace, much easier/cheaper than the 944....
christ, i'm getting old
edited to say that despite some drawbacks the tip box does have a reputation for being very reliable. on the other hand the 968 manual clutch is fairly easy to replace, much easier/cheaper than the 944....
Edited by softinthehead on Wednesday 19th July 11:26
968csreading said:
the clutch is lighter than my MG but they do get juddery in traffic, esp in this weather.
cant help wondering about my clutch. sometimes it makes the ball of my foot sore! but it had a new cluch when i bought it and a replacement one last year with no improvement so i guess i'm stuck with it
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