2005 TW magna with Tippy Box..

When driving around all day.. just doing the normal runs

The other day, I was driving and dropped the box into 'Tippy' mode, when my wife asked.. "doesnt that put more strain on the car?".. I didnt know.. so here I ask the question..

Does the gearbox prefer normal Auto mode.. or 'Tippy' mode?
Which will give better reliability & milage?


and if 'Tippy' mode is it only shift up, or up/down?

using tippy mode is not bad, similar to dropping gears in a regular auto

just dont have the car in too low a gear and have it revving high and stressing the gearbox out for too long.

just like anything else, if u treat it right, it will last.

dropping it into a lower gear around corners, or to slow down, or take over is what it is there for.

enjoy it

2005 TW magna with Tippy Box..

When driving around all day.. just doing the normal runs

The other day, I was driving and dropped the box into 'Tippy' mode, when my wife asked.. "doesnt that put more strain on the car?".. I didnt know.. so here I ask the question..

Does the gearbox prefer normal Auto mode.. or 'Tippy' mode?
Which will give better reliability & milage?


and if 'Tippy' mode is it only shift up, or up/down?

In all honesty - I would have to say the car probably "prefers" to be in full auto mode, because it utilizes the pre programmed shift points (based loosely on your driving style). I found with my old auto, if I used Tippy for long periods of time while driving "sprititedly" I would notice a smell of over heated transmission fluid when I stopped driving. I put this down to the fact that constantly holding onto gears until redline, and down shifting alot earlier than the car would itself heats the trans fluid alot more than the factory setup is capable of dissipating (an aftermarket transmission cooler is always a good option for autos!!!).

Having said that - there really isn't too much damage you can do if you only do it every once in a while. Hold onto a low gear too long - you'll just end up bouncing off the rev limiter, it doesn't sound or feel very "nice" but it won't hurt anything because thats what rev limiters are for. Try to downshift when revs are too high to go into a lower gear - it simply wont let you until the revs drop.

And in answer to your last point (incase you didn't gather it from the above), yes you can use tippy to shift both up and down gears, but like I said - if your revs are too high to go down a gear, it won't shift.

Shifting gears with the Tippy doesn't get me any better fuel economy, but it won't shift down if it thinks you are over revving anyway, so it shouldn't really hurt the car either way. If you come to a stop in Tippy, it will downshift when you stop, but straight down to first not through the gears mostly.
# what BB said!#

tippy wont get ya better econ really - because i know when i do, you tend to hold the gears longer and push the car harder, and the car will happily swing round and past the redline...

in some cases, using tippy to change down can be better for the gearbox and engine - i know that they like to hold 5th when cruising around at ~50km/hr, which means its reving at around 1200rpm - too low IMO, and can put extra strain on the driveline.
changing it yourself back to 4th at that speed is a good thing - helps the engine and gearbox do its 'thang' more efficiently
(either that or just plant your foot and itl kick back 2 or 3cogs and off you go to the horizon! lol)

as said above - itl shift itself down while in tippy if your trying to cruise to a halt in 3rd or higher so itl start again from 1st
it wont let you change down if the revs are too high too (also said above)

it has inbuilt 'safe guards' as such to help it last longer :)