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biased99
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Re: eeeeeeets alliiiiive !!!! Wed, 03 December 2003 23:15 Go to previous messageGo to previous message
As I understand it, Russell's tiptronic controller does exactly that...

You place the car in "D" and use the buttons to control the gear shifts; ie. 1-2-3 and 3-2-1. It's a great idea on a couple of fronts:
Firstly, you are always in exactly the gear you need for the situation (eg. "pressing on"), and would be very handy for track-work etc and,
Secondly, the "firmed up" shifts are actually better for the transmission long-term, as there is less clutch slippage on hard changes.

In fact, the only reason we didn't go with this setup was that my wife needed to drive the car and she didn't want to know about tiptronics or paddle-shifting gears manually... Confused Sad

Of course, it doesn't stop me "rowing" the gears... Laughing
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Read Message   eeeeeeets alliiiiive !!!! onejayzedWed, 03 December 2003 06:59
Read Message   Re: eeeeeeets alliiiiive !!!! Mr DOHCWed, 03 December 2003 07:09
Read Message   Re: eeeeeeets alliiiiive !!!! Cool1Wed, 03 December 2003 07:15
Read Message   Re: eeeeeeets alliiiiive !!!! Celia-SueWed, 03 December 2003 08:09
Read Message   Re: eeeeeeets alliiiiive !!!! thechucksterWed, 03 December 2003 08:34
Read Message   Re: eeeeeeets alliiiiive !!!! onejayzedWed, 03 December 2003 09:06
Read Message   Re: eeeeeeets alliiiiive !!!! thechucksterWed, 03 December 2003 09:20
Read Message   Re: eeeeeeets alliiiiive !!!!  biased99Wed, 03 December 2003 23:15
Read Message   Re: eeeeeeets alliiiiive !!!! onejayzedThu, 04 December 2003 00:57
Read Message   Re: eeeeeeets alliiiiive !!!! CrUZsidaThu, 04 December 2003 02:01
Read Message   Re: eeeeeeets alliiiiive !!!! biased99Thu, 04 December 2003 03:25
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