Tiptronic transmission

[Tom Donohue]

NAC...my favorite "sort of" automatic was in my '59 Renault Dauphine that I 
had back in the '60s.  Three-speed on floor with a large electro-magnetic 
box in the back that took care of disengaging the clutch when you wanted to 
shift...actuated by pressure on the shift lever.  Weird, but then most all 
French vehicles were then (still are?).  Regards, Tom


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "David" <duandcc_forums at cox.net>
To: "David VS" <davidvs at iserv.net>; <quattro at audifans.com>
Sent: Thursday, August 25, 2005 2:41 PM
Subject: Re: Re: Tiptronic transmission


> 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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