I am looking at purchasing a 99 Max, either the GLE or SE, low miles (under 40k). My question is I'm not a fan of manual transmission, mainly because of the clutch and the hand motions. I'd rather keep my hands free while driving because I like to be able to casually change radio settings/CD settings, and I am a frequent cell-phone user (I'm not one of those stupid idiots that puts too much thought into the cell phone than driving, but anyway...). Is there any way to do a tiptronic conversion, such as in the BMW 3-series (Automatic, with option to do clutchless shifting)? If anyone can help, it would be appreciated. Thanks!

 

i drive a stick, and i can change radio statoins with ease, talk on the phone, do pretty much anything without a problem

 

same here but it took me like a week to used to it

 

but back to the original question - what about a tiptronic transmission? auto+clutchless manual.

 

yes, member Need4speed has prototyped a tiptronic button shift system. not shure if hes making any more but he made a few and it works.

 

Dude, thanks Nismo. I searched the forums far and wide for "tiptronic" but nothing came up...his system is "manutronic"...gotcha, and thanks for the help.