Tiptronic problem?

GPXBOY · Post by **GPXBOY** » Tue Jun 27, 2006 7:05 pm

hey guys

i have a tiptronic gpx and ive noticed that when i go down a hill the transmission goes down to second and holds 3k revs all the way down till i press the accelerator or manually put it to third. any one notice this or know y this happens?

I would have thought it would work like a normal auto and just glide down a hill like say an automatic commodore would.

please help

noccers · Post by **noccers** » Tue Jun 27, 2006 7:30 pm

mine does the same thing. I figured it was just a feature that maintained your speed as you go down the hill *shrugs* I really didn't pay that much attention to it

GPXBOY · Post by **GPXBOY** » Tue Jun 27, 2006 7:31 pm

noccers wrote:mine does the same thing. I figured it was just a feature that maintained your speed as you go down the hill *shrugs* I really didn't pay that much attention to it

does urs jolt a bit or goes funny when getting bak to normal gearing

khunjeng · Post by **khunjeng** » Tue Jun 27, 2006 8:51 pm

only on a steep hill when breaking it should do this..generally it wont change into 2nd...just stay in 3rd which is really *~dreamy~*. might sometimes do it on a hill and go back to 3rd...depending on how fast u go...this is annoying also....

kid_dynamite · Post by **kid_dynamite** » Tue Jun 27, 2006 8:57 pm

That's normal. Read up on INVECS-II

AERODYNAMIST · Post by **AERODYNAMIST** » Wed Jun 28, 2006 8:04 am

how bout gear wouldn't go down from 3 to 2 on normal level road when u slow down? is that normal? instead it will go down straight to 1 if u completely stop.

noccers · Post by **noccers** » Wed Jun 28, 2006 10:45 am

AERODYNAMIST wrote:how bout gear wouldn't go down from 3 to 2 on normal level road when u slow down? is that normal? instead it will go down straight to 1 if u completely stop.

Yeah, that's normal too, and it really bothers me! That's why I only drive in sports mode. What else bothers me is when you're in sports mode and you go to change down a gear but the computer beat you to it so you jump from 4th to 2nd and eat steering wheel, lol.

Teania · Post by **Teania** » Wed Jun 28, 2006 2:44 pm

mine often drops down to 2nd now...... it seems to have learnt

(This is if I am braking fairly hard on the flat)

Storm · Post by **Storm** » Wed Jun 28, 2006 10:32 pm

noccers wrote:
AERODYNAMIST wrote:how bout gear wouldn't go down from 3 to 2 on normal level road when u slow down? is that normal? instead it will go down straight to 1 if u completely stop.
Yeah, that's normal too, and it really bothers me! That's why I only drive in sports mode. What else bothers me is when you're in sports mode and you go to change down a gear but the computer beat you to it so you jump from 4th to 2nd and eat steering wheel, lol.

I discovered yesterday that if your doing over 110 MPH on a British motorway and accidently hit the steering wheel controls for the tip, the wheel comes up very quickly then when the gears re-engage well into the MIVEC zone you hit the back of your head on the seat.

Probably looked and sounded good from the outside but I dont think I'll make a habit off it

fto_gurl · Post by **fto_gurl** » Fri Jun 30, 2006 1:06 pm

My GR does exaclty the same thing, I thought it was just normal as well and shrugged it off. It is weird and stupid though I must admit.