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Jun 25, 2008 | 09:01 AM

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I'm here dude, signing in from sunny South France, the tippy can haul *** on track, but you really need to put track time in to achieve the best from the tippy. What I tend to do is run in auto and when I know certain sections on (most tracks) needs to deliver smooth drive out I need to overide it. The secret is track time and you can make it work, did you guys not recently see the SPA video that was posted. Sure Jim will agree.

why no engine sound??

Jun 25, 2008 | 01:50 PM

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why no engine sound??

Tom I had to edit it as my passenger had a way with words, mine was not to good either, what I can do is edit the foul mouth and post engine note when I return from vacation.

Jun 25, 2008 | 01:56 PM

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That is a very nice track!

A couple of questions for you STEVO... Do you shift to M when you override it or leave it in D? How high of RPM do you keep your car at?
Thanks

overide with fingers, then it will eventually pop back into auto itself, really depends what track you are at.

Jun 25, 2008 | 02:02 PM

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overide with fingers, then it will eventually pop back into auto itself, really depends what track you are at.

So that is not much different than my day to day driving style... quite easy to adopt. I guess the only way I can find out to go to a track.
Thanks

Jun 25, 2008 | 02:14 PM

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So that is not much different than my day to day driving style... quite easy to adopt. I guess the only way I can find out to go to a track.
Thanks

Yip, but its all about learning how to get the best from it on track and that will take time
sorry if my typing is a bit poor, trying to use a French computer/keyboard and it sucks bigtime.

Jun 25, 2008 | 02:33 PM

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Yip, but its all about learning how to get the best from it on track and that will take time
sorry if my typing is a bit poor, trying to use a French computer/keyboard and it sucks bigtime.

Merci Bookoo

Jun 25, 2008 | 02:48 PM

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Merci Bookoo

LOL, no probs

Jun 25, 2008 | 03:57 PM

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Missed you down there dude, I was there last Mon-Sat! SO nice!

I can attest, his car shifts GREAT - I was so surprised! It's a little bit of a PITA, and I could tell the sections where he had to override what the computer wanted to shift to, but overall I think it just comes down to seat time. Not losing boost between gears I think makes it a net-net proposition...

Jun 25, 2008 | 04:34 PM

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Tom I had to edit it as my passenger had a way with words, mine was not to good either, what I can do is edit the foul mouth and post engine note when I return from vacation.

Awesome track and smooth driving from you. I'd understand the foul language as I was yelling "GTFO the way" to the Kubelwagon myself.

JH

Jun 25, 2008 | 05:15 PM

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I haven't had experience on the track yet, but on the street the Tip would hold for a long sweeper. It is smart enough not to change gears; unless, of course, when you hit redline.

As you exit a sweeper and get on the gas the tip sometimes does the nice thing of changing down a gear.... a total pain. Only way around it is to plug it into manual prior to the sweeper.

True though that the typical way to drive is to keep it in auto and do temp override when needed in general.