Porsche 968 - Tiptronic Driving and Parking; Stopping and Parking Procedures; Towing a Trailer or Caravan; Automatic Gear Selection Gate

Do not pu sh down on the accelerator until
power IS being transmitted .
D11V111 g off is po s sible in both speed selection
gdt es.
l)unng driving the driver has the option of
c hanging from one speed selection gate to the
other via selector position "D".
Tiptronic comprises a slip monitoring circuit. As
s oon as the permissible speed difference be-
tween the front and rear axles is exceeded the
transmission changes up to the next speed. This
increases the stability of the vehicle on slippery
road surfaces.
Selector positions "R " or "P" must not be se-
lected while the vehicle is moving or coasting to
a stoo.
Stopping
During a short stop, e.g. at traffic lights, the se-
lector lever may remain in drive position and the
vehicle held stationary using the service brake .
For longer stops with the engine running the se -
lector lever should be moved to po s ition "N" (id-
ling) . On a hill the vehicle s hould not be held
stationary by depressing the ac celerator pedal
but rather by either depre ss in g the s ervi ce
brake pedal or applying the parkin g br ake.
This prevents an unnece ssa ry in crease in the
operating temperature of torqu e c onverter a nd
transmission.
Parking
When parking or manoeuvring th e vehicle in a
confined space the vehicle speed should be con-
trolled using the service brake . In thi s s ituation
the accelerator pedal should be used with cau-
tion!
Towing a Trailer or Caravan
Move the speed selector lever to the required
speed range .
On gradients a lower speed range should be se-
lected to provide enough power for towing uphill
or to ease the load on the brakes by using en-
gine braking.
Automatic Gear Selection Gate
The driver has the option of influencing the gear-
change characteristics which are dependent on
the accelerator pedal position, vehicle road
speed, engine speed as well as longitudinal and
transverse acceleration values. The transmission
can use five different gear-changing maps rang-
ing from "economy" to "sport". Depending on
the way the vehicle is driven, the speed-chang-
ing points are shifted towards the higher or
lower engine speed ranges .
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