What is this kickdown people speak of?

minh · Post by **minh** » Mon Oct 04, 2004 7:10 pm

And apparently is had destroyed a few tip boxes?

I know its good to downshift using Tip if you want to accelerate but if you are in "auto" mode and put your foot down totally i heard the auto can choose the wrong gear and destroy the box?

Is this true? Scary if it is!!!

G_A_V · Post by **G_A_V** » Mon Oct 04, 2004 8:10 pm

cant say i have heard of that before, besides the fto tip has one ofthe smartest gearboxes around, I highly doubt it would choose the wrong gear

Dr_Jones · Post by **Dr_Jones** » Mon Oct 04, 2004 8:56 pm

I wouldn't lose any sleep over that.

SilentBob · Post by **SilentBob** » Mon Oct 04, 2004 10:08 pm

i also heard that one time, at band camp........

i would completly forget that, and any thing else that the source of that information came from

SilentBob

ruchi · Post by **ruchi** » Mon Oct 04, 2004 11:37 pm

Any gearbox damage like that is not the cause of the tip ECU, it's the fault of the driver not looking after the car.

I have only heard of one tip gearbox blowing when downshifting at high-speed and at the drivers own admission the gearbox had been making clunking sounds for some time and they had ignored it

hmmmmm......

fto617 · Post by **fto617** » Tue Oct 05, 2004 12:45 am

hey ruchi ! are u refering to ME !!!

apparently it blew up coz not because of me but the parts inside the gearbox has become loose as that tranny dude said
prolly parts were getting worn...

minh · Post by **minh** » Tue Oct 05, 2004 8:06 am

fto617 wrote:hey ruchi ! are u refering to ME !!!

apparently it blew up coz not because of me but the parts inside the gearbox has become loose as that tranny dude said
prolly parts were getting worn...

lol