I wasnt sure which area to put this in so I picked here sorry if its the wrong place. I have been looking into "how to drive using the paddle shifters" online and have not found a lot but did find something at trackpedia. http://www.trackpedia.com/wiki/Driving_Porsche_Tiptronic_at_track_days What do you think? Anyone know of anything better?
Bob, Could have put it in autox, driving school, E9x section It's a question about a BMW, how can it be off topic on a BMW forum I guess my question is under what conditions are you talking about. If you're talking about how to shift this weekend at the autox, there is only 1 shift. Start in furst, and about 3 sec later, shift to 2nd, and forget about it. The entire course is done in 2nd gear. Unless you're doing a fair amount of high speed driving events where you are doing a lot of gear changes per lap, you shouldn't need an maintenance schedule like in that link. As I don't drive automatics I'll let others give input. But here is a free bump.
As long as the tranny doesn't automatically upshift, having a steptronic tranny with paddle shifters would do OK on the track. In autocross, you'll be lucky if you see 3rd gear, depending on the track. My first and only autocross so far required only 2nd gear, and never got close enough to redline to have to shift. And, keep in mind, my redline is 4500 RPM. lol
