[Super 90]

Ok, if you don't like to hear people whine and complain, stop now! Go to another topic!

When I bought my present '08 Boxster S, it was a HUGE compromise to get get a tiptronic. It was either that or no Porsche at all. The wife has precisely zero mechanical ability and cannot fathom a manual transmission. There is no way. So... I only dream of the 911SC I commuted in daily, as I usually "manually shift" the tiptronic. Or the 356B I had. Or the '66 912. Or... all of them.

You guys with tiptronics out there... I almost always select the "Sport" mode, because the plain "Drive" mode is pretty much unbearable. The transmission continually shifts into too high a gear and if you need to accelerate, you're in an RPM range that just plain sucks. No other word for it. But the problem with the Sport mode is, after selecting Sport mode, you MUST hold something like 3,400 RPM for 2 seconds or more, for the Sport mode to actually come on. This is not an easy thing to do when you're in city traffic.... the tiptronic is in 3rd or 4th in the blink of an eye unless you really stand on the accelerator to prevent an immediate upshift.

I would pay money to Porsche if the Sport mode came on when you actually push the Sport button.

Although I am a happy man and would never wish it, if the wife gets whacked by a bus, this tiptronic is going on the block.

Anybody know of any reasonble solution short of buying a second Boxster S or spending thousands of dollars?