Quicksilver
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- 2014 Explorer Sport
Well, not so much but I did figure out a way to make it *ACT* like the Tippy shifters in the Volkswagon/Audi cars For the last 10+ years my DD cars have had the TipTronic, last car that I gave up for the ExSpt was a V10 twin turbo Touareg. I miss the 553 lbsft of torque but I *REALLY* miss the tippy feature. Most of the time I drive left hand at 12o'clock on the wheel and right hand on the shifter. Doing this when in Manual shift mode, the paddle is not convienient for upshifts. So today at 2814 miles on the ODO, I had an epiphany that has upped the fun factor and keeps the motor in the RPM range so boost is always available. As you all know, left in D mode around town the trans/motor loafs along in 6th way to early
Anyway, here's the Tippy trick to keep it in the sweet spot. Put the trans in M, keep your right hand on the shifter with the button depressed,it's already depressed while in M but if you don't hold it in, it pops out when shifting. Start out in 1 and when you hit AT LEAST 3K RPMS, bump the shifter into D, then keeping the button depressed, pull it right back into M. Do both moves within .5 second and it goes up just one gear. Lather rinse repeat for each gear. Works perfect, I'm happy I have my TipTronic back
Anyway, here's the Tippy trick to keep it in the sweet spot. Put the trans in M, keep your right hand on the shifter with the button depressed,it's already depressed while in M but if you don't hold it in, it pops out when shifting. Start out in 1 and when you hit AT LEAST 3K RPMS, bump the shifter into D, then keeping the button depressed, pull it right back into M. Do both moves within .5 second and it goes up just one gear. Lather rinse repeat for each gear. Works perfect, I'm happy I have my TipTronic back