Had a drive the other day in a manual and i'm seriously thinking of changing my tip to a maual, I'm i wise or not??? how long do cluthes last etc?? opions please!!!

 

I'm sure it can be done, but it sounds extremely expensive. I don't know whether it will be worth it.

 

Do you mean selling the Tip or changing the engine?

 

i think he means selling his tip, and buying a 6speed.

With moderate driving i have seen people on stock clutches up to 80k miles.

 

I would never recommend swapping trannies unless you're a real gearhead
and can get it done cheap and you're going to keep the car forever.
For 99.9% of us, if you reeeeeally want a manual tranny now, trade your
current car for what you want.

 

Sorry i mean seling my car and buying a manual car!

 

Stevo you from scotland?? bought my car there!!

 

never driven a tip, but am very happy with my manual

 

Yip! Edinburgh.

Really depends what you want from the car, I bought mine years ago for daily use in Edinburgh (Tippy), traffic is brutal. I then decided to do some track days and got completely hooked again (done some track stuff a long time ago) If I had my choice now it would be a manual, just for the track side of things, the Tippy is a great car, I'm using it for the track and I was just as quick as some of the GT3RS's around The Ring, but that was more down to suspension/brake set up anyway. The only issue I have is when you floor it from standing, there is an initial 0.5 second until it registers your gunnin' it! apart from that, it's all good!

 

Edinburgh, good spot i went there for my stag 6 months ago, also worked in mussleburgh (think thats how it is spelt) for a 1 year and worked in Glasgow up until 8months ago!! i notice that about my car as well not really a problem its just i drove a manual yesteraday and it went like **** of a shovel and it was completely standard so just put me in the mood for one!!

 

no difference in performance for sure, once they are both up and running nothing in it all! sure it wasn't modded? your car running smooth? maybe doing a bit of powershifting?

 

Yes my car running well, it would be quicker than the manual car i drove only because i have mine moddified but when my car was standard it would def not have been as quick as the manual i drove!!!!

 

Tip is a good thing imo - sometimes i wish i had a tip - most of the time the car is just sitting in the garage lately... snow - and when i do drive it, im glad its a manual, but when i used to have my C2 which was also manual and was my daily driver... i pretty much hated it on a daily basis, right now my dd is automatic - and the turbo is the weekend car, and i never drive it in stop and go rush hour traffic like i did with my C2... i guess its a good balance

 

Bizarre, honestly both stock cars run the same!

 

i think it depends on how/where you drive it. i have a 2007 audi A3 sportline with the dsg as one of my daily driver cars and while I find the semi-auto transmission interesting and occassionally fun (and OK on a quick light, FWD turbo car), I like having a better connection to the road that a manual provides. however if my 996tt was my dd and i was dealing with sf bay area traffic everyday, i might tire of the beasts short shifter after awhile. i've never driven a porsche with tip before but i find the control in terms of inertia and steering a 'must have' for being 'one' with the car.