Porsche 2006 Cayman, Руководство пользователя

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Shifting Gear
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Selector Lever Positions
P – Parking lock
f Select only when car has been stopped.
f Engage parking lock after applying the hand-
brake and release it before releasing the hand-
brake.
The ignition key can be withdrawn only in
selector lever position P .
R – Reverse
f Select only when car has been stopped and
the brake is applied.
N – Neutral
Selector lever position N must be selected for
towing or in car washes, for example.
f Select the desired position for moving off ( D ,
M or R ) only when the engine is idling and while
depressing the brake pedal.
D – Automatic selection mode
Select position D for “normal” driving. The gears
are shifted automatically according to the
accelerator position and speed.
The gear-changing points are shifted towards
higher or lower engine-speed ranges depending
on the way the vehicle is driven and the resistance
it meets (e.g. uphill).
The accelerator position, driving speed, engine
speed, longitudinal and lateral acceleration and
the road profile all have an influence on the gear-
changing characteristic.
Unwanted upward shifts, e.g. before bends, are
prevented by swiftly releasing the accelerator ped-
al.
Depending on lateral acceleration, upward shifts
on bends are not made until the engine-speed limit
is reached.
Under braking, and depending on the amount of
deceleration, the Tiptronic shifts down earlier.
For subsequent cornering, the right gear is en-
gaged when pressure is applied to the brakes be-
fore the bend.
The bend is taken in the right gear, and when you
accelerate out of the bend you do not have to shift
down.
Sport mode switched on
f
Please observe the chapter “SPORT MODE” on
Page 61.
If the Sport mode program is switched on,
Tiptronic switches to a sporty gear-changing map
and shortens the shifting periods.
Initial Drive-off
In
2nd gear
, the vehicle drives off with the throttle
only slightly open.
Drive off in 1st gear with the throttle open wider
or when the engine is cold.