Comments on: Sequential shift | Tiptronic-style

By: olman zuniga

olman zuniga — Sun, 28 Aug 2011 01:52:01 +0000

If you are a good stick shift driver,you should never skip gears,that is a no no,now if you are losing your feeling on your gear box.might as well go autolazy,atte ozr.

By: Al Juraj

Al Juraj — Sun, 27 Mar 2011 16:43:47 +0000

It needs to be taken into account that tiptronics are just conventional automatics or CVTs with virtual ratios. Tugging the lever + or – does not improve performance. You’re just able to control the shift times somehow, but won’t change the 0-100 time as compared to sticking it in ‘D’ and flooring the pedal.

Manuals still tend to be quicker than all but a handful of autos. There’s not as much fun as giving your left foot some work and shifting up and down the H-pattern.

By: Duke

Duke — Sun, 27 Mar 2011 15:08:23 +0000

Hey Amanda, tiptronic isn’t that hard, i use it when i want to have a little fun, and let my car go, i own an 09 corolla XRS. i’m still getting the hang of the tiptronic, but i think it’s easy enough. Basically keep your eye on the RPMs, when it reaches i’d say about 2500 or 3000 then shift up gears(for basic driving), you can ‘redline’ it (get the rpms to go almost to the red portion near 6-7000 rpms) but that kills gas(but more fun), you’ll get the hang of it, but if you don’t know when to shift in triptronic, or want to up-shift later you’ll end up wasting gas. To downshift just do it while braking gradually, slow down while downshifting till u reach a stop, then get it back to 1, same with slowing down for turns, but never get down to 1 unless you’re stopping. Normal driving use automatic, when you really want to rev the engine and let your car accelerate quick, use tiptronic. This may be the blind leading the blind, but i thought it may help more than some of the other idiotic narcissistic comments on here…cough RAY cough. Good luck and all the best!

By: Grandma

Grandma — Fri, 11 Jun 2010 14:19:38 +0000

Gee Whiz Ray, kinda harsh “It’s just a Camry.” I’ve driven manual transmission since I learned to drive and love the control and pep it lends to a little 4 cyl. I want a slightly bigger car than the subcompacts I’ve had so I’m considering buying a Camry SE with this feature ’cause I thought it may give some of the control a manual gives. I hate automatics. I can’t find a manual trans. in a Camry or Accord which is what I really want. The website says they make ‘em but dealers say no such thing exists. True or not?

By: Ray Stone

Ray Stone — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 21:13:29 +0000

It’s a Camry not a Porsche, just put it in drive push the right pedal to go and the other one to stop. Don’t forget to stay in the right lane at all times and put a box of tissues on the back shelf.

By: amanda

amanda — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 14:34:34 +0000

i just bought a 2010 toyota se camry and i just need some help on how to use the tiptronic? i use it once in a while and i practice downshifting and everything but i am scared i will mess up my transmission. HELP!

By: Ellen

Ellen — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 23:29:03 +0000

I’m going to buy a Subaru AWD. With the triptonic can you rock the vehicle like a manual transmission does when you are stuck in snow or ice?

By: jon

jon — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 04:41:06 +0000

hey i have a question can you convert a manual car to a tiptronic gearbox and if so how much does it involve doing

By: Matt

Matt — Sat, 28 Feb 2009 08:17:35 +0000

A few things. First of all, Tiptronic is a registered trademark of Porsche and its licensees (such as VW, Audi, Seat and Skoda). It’s unlikely that anyone posting here actually has a real Tiptronic gearbox, but it’s a common mistake, like calling all vacuum cleaners, hoovers.

Lazybones… who on earth skips gears under hard acceleration??? If you do, you certainly won’t be accelerating very hard.

Coupes… not much to it. If you feel you’re accelerating too slow, bump it back to a lower gear. If you’re braking hard from a high speed, you can change down gears once the revs have dropped, but don’t change too early or the car will lurch… see below.

Spud… any car (auto or manual) will lurch when you engage a lower gear as the engine is spinning too slow. The real proper auto systems blip the throttle when doing so to avoid that. In a manual you can blip it yourself with a bit of heel and toe.

Hope that’s helpful.

By: Spud

Spud — Sun, 17 Feb 2008 06:28:01 +0000

I recently bought a Euro Tourer with tiptronic, shifting up is fine however shifting down leads to a huge lurch even when travling at a low speed. anyone got any tips on how to drive in tiptronic, as for now i just accelerate to the required speed and put it back into auto gear.