964 Tiptronic

Recently, the price of 964 in the second-hand market has not stopped rising.

Just recently, it was talked about that even the 964 Tiptronic (Tip) exceeded 10 million yen.Even individuals over 17 million yen have appeared.This situation is, of course, also popular with 964,One of the reasons is that Japanese used cars have become cheaper from the world's perspective due to the recent depreciation of the yen.Id.

Such a 964 Tiptronic is sometimes shunned by MT followers, and rarely even ridiculed.

However, when I usually ride a Porsche of MT and have experience with MT of 964 many times, "Tiptronic is interestingI want to say loudly.

However, it takes a little trick to enjoy the fun, so I would like to introduce that area this time.

What is Tiptronic?

Porsche's Tiptronic is a torque converter type AT, and the one installed in the 964 will be jointly developed by ZF, which is in charge of gearboxes, Bosch, which is in charge of electronic circuits, and Porsche.

If you normally run in the D range, it will start in 2nd speed, and there will be almost no shift shock, and it will accelerate smoothly.Therefore, you can drive an air-cooled Porsche so easily that you can beat it, and you do not have to worry about anything like a modern car in the city or in a traffic jam.

If you tilt the shift lever to the right, you will be in manual mode, and although the shift speed will be defeated by modern ATs, you will enjoy the joy of driving the car by fully manipulating the gears.

How to use Tiptronic

However, the true value of the fun of Tiptronic in 964 is not in this manual operation.

In fact, it can be said that the real fun lies in the D range. This AT called Tiptronic is "It has 5 modes and automatically switches and controls the mode according to the accelerator opening etc.Although it is stated in the technical data, it is interesting to make this function work.

Specifically, the knack for drawing out its function is hidden in the accelerator work. A normal AT kicks down when the accelerator is depressed deeply. At the beginning, I was accelerating by stepping on the accelerator deeply to shift down.

However, this AT often does not shift down by itself.

Actually, this AT responds to the amount of depression of the accelerator and the parameters of the engine load to some extent, but more than that,The speed at which you step on the accelerator is importantIt is.

For example, theIf you want to shift down, lightly release the accelerator and then step on quickly.At that time, you don't have to step deeply, it feels like a light fan. What matters is not the amount of depression, but the speed at which the accelerator is operated.

Then, the shift change is completed much faster and with less shift shock than manually dropping the gear at hand.

It takes some getting used to at first, but after practicing, you will be able to freely control the shift with just one accelerator work.

For example, when approaching a curve, step on the brake to slow down and enter the curve.Immediately before standing up, you can lightly fan the accelerator to lower the shift, and then dash violently from there.It is.

On the other hand, in the case of a corner where you can turn without stepping on the brakes, push the accelerator in advance to shift down and enter the corner. If the lateral G is applied to some extent, the computer will suppress the shift up, so put it in the acceleration system as it is.

Also, those who can brake the left foot will have a wider range of operations. It would be possible to shift down by pushing the accelerator while leaving a little brake.

Even on the highway, if you step on the accelerator normally when overtaking, this AT has a slow reaction and often does not kick down. but,If you step on it more quickly while being aware of the stepping speed, it will drop to 2nd speed at once, and you can enjoy the acceleration of angry waves while echoing the air-cooled sound.Id.

In this way, in order to run sports, it is better to be aware of the depression speed of this accelerator.

Master AT

Many ATs, including modern PDKs, are also controlled in this way, so if you are familiar with them, you may be wondering what they are doing now, but understand the characteristics of such ATs. Surprisingly few people are running after doing so.

I have experienced Tiptronic before, butIt wasn't very interesting with a normal AT,Those who had the impression thatThe owner of Tiptronic thought he didn't find it interestingIf you are interested in driving, please be aware of this tip. The image of Tiptronic should change a little.