Tiptronic transmission

[David]

If that one in the beatle was the same as the one that was in a friend's Ghia...it wasn't half bad, sorta fun. Not sure how it worked, I always thought it was a manual where the clutch was somehow conencted to the stick shifter. Anyone know for sure?

Dave
1987 CGT 2.3
SE VA

> 
> From: David VS <davidvs at iserv.net>
> Date: 2005/08/25 Thu PM 02:27:54 EDT
> To: quattro at audifans.com
> Subject: Re: Tiptronic transmission
> 
> Okay, as we seem to be slipping off the tiptronic topic and exploring 
> the history of clutch-less auto/manual gear boxes, I throw in the old VW 
> auto sticks of the late 60's.  My dad had one in his 69 beetle.  If I 
> remember right it was basically a 3 or 4 speed standard trans with a 
> torque converter.  Kind of fun to drive, but made an already slow car 
> even slower.
> 
> And... Porsche had a similar (I think) setup in their early 70's 911 
> call the "sport-o-matic"...
> 
> Dave VS
> 4+ cars and only one slush box (the wife's).
> 
> 
> cobram at juno.com wrote:
> 
> >snip >This is hardly "cutting edge"
> >technology as some seem to think,< 
> >
> >  
> >
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