Me Sprinter manual says my Tiptronic 'learns' your habits. There's no pattern, as you say, just left tip it for downing to the lower gear or right tip it for the opposite. I was letting off the accel each time until I read it's not even necessary. Very nice but, no thanks, I'll take a real stick.

And yes, I've driven far more autos than sticks but methinks those days are over, even if I have to teach my new Scottish lass to drive a stick!

On Fri, Mar 19, 2010 at 7:50 PM, Don Hanson <dhanson928@gmail.com> wrote:

> On Fri, Mar 19, 2010 at 7:21 PM, Roger Whittaker <rogerwhitt1@gmail.com > >wrote: > > > dear legs > > > > why not install hand controls like on a motor cycle > > then you could shift ... > > yours > > > > I would love to have a "sequential gearbox" like a motorcycle. They always > shift in one of two direct movements, selecting the next gear in the > sequence as long as you move the shift lever one way...if you move it back > the other way, the gear selection goes the other 'direction' also. So, one > tap down get you first, then you lift the lever for 2nd, lift again for > 3rd, > etc etc..and when you want to go back down you tap down on the lever..no > shift "Pattern" at all. Many racecars have this system. The really fancy > ones have a computer to 'blip the throttle" and match revs for the > driver....hey...an automatic! Slightly different than a production street > automatic..but that Triptronic is coming very close now.. > > Don Hanson >

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