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I changed the transmission fluid on my wife's 997s with tiptronic and what a effing pain.

1. The fill plug and drain plus are tiny. The flll hole is so small the smallest hose attached to the hand pump would not fit. I had to find a small copper tubing to attach to the end of the pump so that I can fill up the transmission

2. What? 45 minutes of warming up the gear box so that I can fill the oil to the appropriate level? Nobody I know would put up with an engine oil measurement duration of 45 minutes. Why would anyone put up with waiting 45 minutes to find out if your gearbox is filled with oil?

I used to have a 1976 Ford Maverick with an automatic transmission. The fill tube is way at the top of the engine, with a long dip stick which has 2 marks, one for cold and one for hot. You can fill it up at any temperature and it takes 3 minutes. Why does this stupid tiptronic NOT have such an easy design? Which engineer thought that having a tiny fill port at the bottom of the car is the right thing to do? You need to be fired.

3. Then after an hour of waiting, refilling to the brim of the fill port, I was only able to add 2 Liters instead of a full gallon that I took out (I measured, I am not stupid). I knew it was low, but according to the book, that is all I could do. This morning, the effing thing shifted funny. So now I have to get it back on the rack tonight to fill it up some more, after waiting 45 mins to warm up.

There has to be a better way. Yes, I know. Don't buy a tipt. Never again. Eff that.