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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

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

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

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....

That's normal. Read up on INVECS-II

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.

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.

mine often drops down to 2nd now...... it seems to have learnt (This is if I am braking fairly hard on the flat)

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

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.