yes 1st gear, should I start with 2nd instead?

 

No! You want to start in 1st gear if you are trying to improve launch/0-60 times....You do NOT want to start in 2nd gear.

DC

 

ah ok, so what I was doing is correct, do I need to use the manual Tiptronic or stay on D?

 

Either is fine. As Emre indicated. You can brake boost and you can shift in manual on the wheel, or let the Tip do it for you...You have more control if you shift yourself....Good luck.

DC

 

thanks for the advise man

 

3.8 sec. guys now thanks for the advises specially that by Emre and for the support from Tareq and letting me use his VBOX

I had old tires which was causing traction issues, once I changed them to new Michelin Pilot Sport N2 latitude I moved from 5.4 sec to 3.8, now working on something close to 3.5

 

I'm no expert on this so no one flame me please, but if you look at the owner's manual of your car, at the back, it will show that the 0-60 of a manual is 3.7 seconds, and 0-60 of a tip is 3.4 seconds (DIN empty weight and half load). This is published by Porsche in your owner's manual. Porsche is fairly conservative with their estimates. I would venture to say that on an AVERAGE day, with brake boosting, you should easily hit 3.7 seconds. Very low 4's without boosting. A cold, dry night on the other hand...watch out

 

3.4 for tip and 3.5 for convertible like mine, I'm still slower but I had weight in the car (a friend) and around half tank of gas in addition to the fact that we are in dubai so I assume hot weather plays a role

 

997.1 turbo auto tip is faster than the 997.1 turbo manual?

 

If the manual is slower than 3.4/3.5 then yes tip is faster

 

Of course a tip is faster than a manual 0-60. You have to shift once and there is no human that can consistantly shift as fast as a tip.

 

This might sound strange but I enjoy tip more than pdk lol

 

Agree that is strange

 

It's very difficult to get advertised 0-60 times. You can come close but many factors figure in to this.

When manufacturers do testing it's always on perfect track and weather conditions and it's not always specified if they have sticky track tires. Altitude makes a BIG difference!

Humidity will affect your 0-60 time as well.

Ferrari is notorious for this sort of thing. For any press/test car the locations must be disclosed to Ferrari so they can tune the car for the altitude, adjust the suspension for type of test (0-60 launch, or track day).

 

Totally Agree, my car is 6 years old so I can't expect it to perform the same forever, I should expect some horses to have died by now

But knowing that Porsche is conservative in their test results I know I can still get very close