dave Morgan

1 hour ago, Nobbie said:

Something to bear in mind for the test drive is that In full auto mode they adapt to your driving style, so you may find it quite lazy at changes unless you start to drive it aggressively. I must admit I barely got above 3k rpm on my test drive as it was the first time I’d driven one and the owner was sat next to me. Probably best to drive in ‘manual’ mode for at bit to see how it feels when pressing on. 

Sounds like a good tip. I was forgetting that they are an adaptive box and learn your usual driving style.

A lot of owners will not like buyers nearing the redline to test the earbox out ...

1 hour ago, Nobbie said:

I wasn’t looking for an auto when I bought mine, but the car was so well looked after and cheap that I couldn’t resist. Have never regretted it. I tend to use it for weekend fun and have fitted flappy paddles which are great when pressing on. On the way to a meet I’ll just leave it in auto to do it’s thing. I’m sure PDK is hugely better, but what you’ve never had, you never miss.

I had been avoiding them in my search, but as there seems to be a positive response to them here I will be looking at both manual and auto .

Will only know by driving the auto if it feels right for me.

8 minutes ago, Bradders59 said:

Mine happens to be a manual but I would be more than happy to drive a Tiptronic. In fact if I buy another Boxster in the future, I may well make sure its a Tip.

Sounds good, I will have to drive one to decide.

My Jaguar is turbo diesel auto and very pleasant to drive, but in a Boxster I thought I might miss a manual gearchange.

Still looking for my 986 but have been noticing that the price of the Tiptronic S models are lower and they do not seem to be selling very quickly.

As my interest is in purely road use ( no track days sprints etc ) how good or bad are they. I have always refered manual, but might be willing to branch out if the rest of the car was right.

Excellent story and picture. Never too late to enjoy the good things in life.

Only wish we had some of the US sunshine and gas prices here in the UK.