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View Poll Results: How you use your tiptronic auto?
I use it all the time! 72 62.07%
I never use it. 8 6.90%
I've tried it once, but haven't used it since. 16 13.79%
I haven't tried it yet, but I will. 2 1.72%
Other (Please Specify) 18 15.52%
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Old 21-08-2007, 01:14 PM   #61
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I found that in my fathers ute, SSS actually is slower than perf auto mode.

If you use SSS it revs past its useful power range till it hits the limiter, then you change and there is that 'lag' where it thinks about it for a second. Where as if its in perf auto it shifts at max power rather than redline. Does this sound right?
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Old 21-08-2007, 01:19 PM   #62
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I found that in my fathers ute, SSS actually is slower than perf auto mode.

If you use SSS it revs past its useful power range till it hits the limiter, then you change and there is that 'lag' where it thinks about it for a second. Where as if its in perf auto it shifts at max power rather than redline. Does this sound right?
It would depend on what you were doing, if you were nearing a corner it may be better to hold the gear and revs rather than have it shift up then back again, the manual option is just that, you don't have to wait for it to redline before shifting up, practice will refine these manual changes.
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Old 21-08-2007, 08:10 PM   #63
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I use it all the time, really livens the car up and makes the exhaust sound a bit better getting a few more RPM on board until shifting.
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