I saw so many manual shifts when I was buying, I think there must be more manual drivers or all the tips sell quicker? What say you?

 

I gotta be truthful, for me it's a hell of a lot more exciting driving a 6 sp maual than triptronic. Nothing wrong with trip, but its just not the same.

 

I have a Tip and love it. It is a great transmission, very smart if you learn how to use its features, and fun when you want to shift yourself. But then I've changed as I age: when I was in my 20s I drove an Alfa Montreal with a racing non-syncro gearbox and loved it, then went through years and years where I wanted only a manual trans.but appreciated having a synchro gearbox. ButI bought the Tip in '04 and love it -- the Porsche is often a daily driver and it's great to have an option to make it shift itself in traffic, etc. Continuing the trend towards total non-involvement with the car I'm in, I recently bought the Lincoln and one thing I liked was it has no paddle shifters or auto shift: I put it in "D" and the car decides when and where to shift. No doubt, pretty soon I'll probably own a car that drives itself, too: "Home, Jeeves."

 

Good points Lee. If you live in a high traffic area the tip is the way to go. I personally like the 6 speed since mine isn't a daily driver.

 

I have had several manual cars and I love 'em, but for everyday, Tip is ticket!

 

and that's the key. It's nice to have a mix of both automatic and manual. I have a couple of both, but the 911 is a manual.

 

If you check the dealer listing, there is way more stick than tip. It is true that a lot more people like the stick but there are also people looking for tip too. I have tip on the Boxster S. traffic is the main reason, daily drive is another reason, my wife does not drive stick and the third reason. I like it the fact that I can change the gear anytime even I am in automatic, Porsche's tip is way better than some other car's design. That is my 2 cents.