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

"Jules Winfield" <Jules.Winfield@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message 
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>>> Congrats on the new ride.
>>>
>>> Just a wild thought, but is it possible the new models have a 
>>> performance limiting software  that prevents shifting 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 Porsches, but 
>> then...I've never owned one with Tiptronic.  If this is the case, the 
>> salesperson delivering the car should have notified Jules.
>
> No one in sales mentioned anything like this to me. Just from searching 
> around the Internet I'm starting to get the feeling that the Tiptronic 
> just likes to start from 2nd and there's not much that can be done about

> it other than downshifting using the (-) button and entering manual
mode.
>


Probably the case.  I mentioned my experience with the M5 purely 
speculatively.   I recall that one of the M5's performance "features" was 
the ability to floor the accelerator, while holding the SMG gearshift in a

certain manner, then releasing.
In US cars, it raised the engine RPM to about 1700 rpm before engaging the

transmission.  In European models, it raised the rpm to about 3000 rpm.  
In 
either case,  the car was programmed to disable this feature until the 
computer registered 1200 miles, minimum.

Eisboch