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Old 6th May 2002, 17:39   #3 (permalink)
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There are advantages to the tip - one of which is that it keeps the turbos spooled up better. And of all the automatics it is undoubtedly the best. But the manual, especially in the hands of a good driver, is still faster. The one meaningful statistic would have been to show the lap time of a 996TT with a manual against that of the tip. The 959 was amazing at the time, but the 996TT is in fact more technically sophisticated and has more power.
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