Another Tip Question

[bolobar]

Hello all

When stone cold my car starts in 1st gear rather than 2nd on level street and is very slow in upshifting. My street is residential and is hard to get up to speed quickly. Shifts to 2nd okay but will not upshift to 3rd unless i accelerate rapidly which is not what I would like to do. This all sorts itself out and everything goes smoothly shortly after the secondary air pumps stop (< 1 min). ATF level is good. Is this normal?

bolobar

[norcal_tom]

My '99 tip does the same thing. I don't go over 15-20 down my street so it's not a problem. I've never thought about it, just considerd it normal.

[kbull88]

I have a 2000 C2 with Tip as well. It does exactly the same thing, I figured it was normal when it was cold.

[fredkhaz]

me too same thing happens to my 2000 c2 tip with 145000 miles on it ... i just shift to 2nd and take it easy till car is warmed up.

fk

[PAULSPEED]

I start my car in the morning on a hill. I

thought it was the hill that caused it to start in

first gear. By the time I shift

to third I have gone about a mile.

Paul

[Richard Hamilton]

The first gear start and higher shift speeds when cold is part of the warm-up map in the tiptronic. It helps to warm up the cats quickly.