Noob with a semi-auto question

swin9412 · Post by **swin9412** » Mon Dec 10, 2007 4:32 pm

Hi guys, i don't own an FTO yet, but i'm looking at getting one in the very near future. its the first car from memory that i decided i wanted in high school, apart from your porsche's and lambo's, so i figure now is as good a time as any.

Just wanted to get an idea bout the semi-auto/tiptronic gearbox. as much as i'd love a manual, my gf will need to drive the car too, so the tiptronic is the way to go.

do you see many people have issues with these transmissions? do they have any notorious problems that i should look out for when test driving, or looking at servicing history?

and just generally, what are they like in terms of power delivery? do they do the job?

thanks guys, and i look forward to joining the ranks of mivec

Post by **I8A4RE** » Mon Dec 10, 2007 5:01 pm

Dude on power delivery it all depends on what you are used too.

As with the Auto's (which i have) i F&*ken love it and wouyld go manual others would say they love the manual and wouldnt drive the auto. The tip boxes arent notorious for anything at all, but thats not to say ppl dont have problems it all depends on how well the box has been looked after eg regular servicing.

Post by **Supplanter** » Mon Dec 10, 2007 6:35 pm

I have been driving mine for over 4 years now and never had a problem. I predominately drive in manual mode, I engine brake all the time

and never had a problem. As long as you service the transmission every so often (transmission fluid flush, etc) then it shouldn't give you any grief.

PS

WTTC

eThix · Post by **eThix** » Mon Dec 10, 2007 6:45 pm

mine broke in 8 months... had to get a fully replace... along with clutch and other stuff.... *sigh*

if you want to be sure your getting a good gear box buy my car lol its got a 2 year warranty on it now

Post by **I8A4RE** » Mon Dec 10, 2007 6:52 pm

Supplanter wrote:I have been driving mine for over 4 years now and never had a problem. I predominately drive in manual mode, I engine brake all the time and never had a problem. As long as you service the transmission every so often (transmission fluid flush, etc) then it shouldn't give you any grief.

PS

WTTC

+1

mr_f700 · Post by **mr_f700** » Mon Dec 10, 2007 6:59 pm

yeah mine just blew up the other day

hoping to get it back tomoz, still not sure what caused it

Post by **I8A4RE** » Mon Dec 10, 2007 7:01 pm

mr_f700 wrote:yeah mine just blew up the other day

hoping to get it back tomoz, still not sure what caused it

Lack of oil??

JOeJOe · Post by **JOeJOe** » Mon Dec 10, 2007 7:10 pm

eThix wrote:mine broke in 8 months... had to get a fully replace... along with clutch and other stuff.... *sigh*

if you want to be sure your getting a good gear box buy my car lol its got a 2 year warranty on it now

Didn't know tip car has a clutch.

mr_f700 · Post by **mr_f700** » Mon Dec 10, 2007 8:30 pm

na man oil and the filter was they believe it is the tiptronic computer theyre changing it for a new 1 tomorrow so will hopefull know then

eThix · Post by **eThix** » Mon Dec 10, 2007 11:28 pm

JOeJOe wrote:
eThix wrote:mine broke in 8 months... had to get a fully replace... along with clutch and other stuff.... *sigh*

if you want to be sure your getting a good gear box buy my car lol its got a 2 year warranty on it now
Didn't know tip car has a clutch.

same here, i guess its the automatic clutch? i dunno this is what rick said to me....
anyway...

WTTC BUDDY!!!

Post by **I8A4RE** » Mon Dec 10, 2007 11:40 pm

eThix wrote:
JOeJOe wrote:
eThix wrote:mine broke in 8 months... had to get a fully replace... along with clutch and other stuff.... *sigh*

if you want to be sure your getting a good gear box buy my car lol its got a 2 year warranty on it now
Didn't know tip car has a clutch.
same here, i guess its the automatic clutch? i dunno this is what rick said to me....
anyway...

WTTC BUDDY!!!

Maybe torque converter.

But lets not bombard noobie with sh*t thats not important.

If you buy a tip it just like buying any other box you may have probs you may not just depends on history of car

swin9412 · Post by **swin9412** » Tue Dec 11, 2007 10:50 am

thanks for all your input guys.

from what i can tell, i shouldn't be any more or less worried about the tip box than i should any other transmission. but its good to know there's no outstanding issues which will need addressing.

as for power delivery, i'm currently driving an auto 88 honda integra, so really, anything is better than that, but after driving some other cars n stuff, i'm looking for something thats pretty responsive..

eThix, how much are you selling yours for? do you have a link?

swin9412 · Post by **swin9412** » Mon Dec 17, 2007 1:55 pm

I'm looking at this atm...

CarSales Link

any thoughts? i'm getting my uncle (panel beater) and his mechanic mate to do an inspection for me... what things should they be checking for? my uncle mentioned a trend of dodgy importers winding back odo's before importing them, so their papers say k's much less than what they are... is there anyway of seeing whether this has happened? just seems the k's are unusually low for a 95 model car.

eThix · Post by **eThix** » Mon Dec 17, 2007 3:45 pm

wow that car is really cheap

maybe to cheap...
check for things that are warn, steering wheel, timing belt, seat material etc. because 45k is almost a brand new car! my s15 is almost mint and its got 53k's on it

swin9412 · Post by **swin9412** » Mon Dec 17, 2007 5:25 pm

yah, thats what i was thinkin too.. worth going to check it out though, mite be my buried treasure..