Re: 911 Turbo: Starts from 2nd Gear, Radio

"Eisboch" <rce@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> "Jules Winfield" <Jules.Winfield@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>> Hi all,
>>
>> Just got a 2008 911 Turbo/Tiptronic last week and am absolutely loving 
>> it. As Borat would say, "verrry niiiiice...." I always drive it with 
>> S****t Mode turned ON. Given this:
>>
>> #1 When coming to a complete stop, the transmission resets itself back
to 
>> 2nd gear. So left it its own devices, it'll always start from 2nd. I'd 
>> prefer for it to start in 1st. While stopped, I can force it into 1st 
>> using the down****ft button and I can deal with that, but is there a way

>> to make it reset to 1st automatically ?
>>
>
>
> Congrats on the new ride.
>
> Just a wild thought, but is it possible the new models have a
performance 
> limiting software  that prevents ****fting back to first until after you 
> achieve "X" amount of break-in miles?
>
> I owned a new '06 M5  (before I traded it for a 996TT)  that had limits
on 
> performance until 1200 miles, if I recall correctly.
> At about 1200 miles the limits magically went away.
>
> Eisboch

Interesting solution.  I've never heard of it before on ****sches, but 
then...I've never owned one with Tiptronic.  If this is the case, the 
salesperson delivering the car should have notified Jules.