I think I figured out why I'm going stick instead of tip although a few months ago I was leaning towards the tip. - After owning a 996 and now a 997 I'm finally getting pretty decent at shifting. For a while I didn't really have confidence or conviction shifting especially when downshifting sometimes hitting 5th when I wanted 3rd etc. At moderate speed's it's not an issue but when driving really aggressively my mechanics weren't solid. Even shifts from 6th to 4th or 5th to 3rd. But finally it's like,,,,,, I get it and man is it fun. It wasn't like I wasn't hitting the shifts before it's just now I can throw them with much more speed and hitting them into better/more efficient rpm ranges and I'm sure I'll only get better and better at it. Anyway, that's the most important reason for me in staying w/ the 6 speed, it's getting to be more and more fun.