JBomb3000 Legacy Donating Member 875 Member For: 20y 10m 21d Gender: Male Location: Victoria Posted 14/09/06 08:31 PM Posted 14/09/06 08:31 PM I only use it when I'm doing some "track work" the auto's smarter than I am in a straight line drag and it's to jerky shifting back to first when your just cruising around.
ROLMDL role model Member 1,111 Member For: 20y 7m 1d Gender: Male Location: Melbourne,S.E Posted 15/09/06 01:54 AM Posted 15/09/06 01:54 AM Ill only use it to shift down gears for example if iam giving the car abit of stick and need to stop a little earlier then I use it to shift down gears as I think it works alotbetter. but in saying that sometime I use it for spriting.
loopism Tractor Driver Member 709 Member For: 20y 8m 1d Gender: Male Location: Sydney Posted 15/09/06 02:16 AM Posted 15/09/06 02:16 AM I use it now and then (ZF box) and I never shift the car into first while moving, bloody gearing is way too low for that. Even 3rd to 2nd can be quite a jolt.
Iconic Bionic My engine bay is Bionic Legacy Donating Member 3,726 Member For: 20y 6m 22d Gender: Male Location: Freeways Posted 15/09/06 06:49 AM Posted 15/09/06 06:49 AM I will sometimes use it in heavy crawling traffic to keep the car in 1st, or on the track, but I find the ZF does a great job of predicting what gear I need to be in.←Used to use it all the time on the BA, but hardly ever touch it now with the BF.....only for 'very spirited' driving around roundabouts etc.←Im the other way around, now that I have 6 gears to play with I tend to use it more than the old 4speed clunker.God bless the ZF.
boogamanXR6T Member 30 Member For: 20y 2m Location: Brighton SA Posted 15/09/06 07:05 AM Posted 15/09/06 07:05 AM I use it all the time except drags - nothing worse than hitting the limiter and putting your head through the windscreen when you're expecting to be pushed back into the seat - auto does such a lovely job for this all by itself.standard starting procedure is trac off and straigh tover to tiptronic and select 1st - I'm now fully in the habit and it's sort of like driving a lazt manual
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