Drove a 981 Cayman PDK today...
05-17-2014, 07:04 PM
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Glad to hear the PDK has improved since we ordered our Boxster S in 2011. My wife insisted on a 6 spd manual...she will only drive a manual. She believes you are more in control of the car.
Manuals in the US are getting hard to find in cars with any real performance aka hp.
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Manuals in the US are getting hard to find in cars with any real performance aka hp.
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05-21-2014, 06:59 PM
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Glad to hear the PDK has improved since we ordered our Boxster S in 2011. My wife insisted on a 6 spd manual...she will only drive a manual. She believes you are more in control of the car.
Manuals in the US are getting hard to find in cars with any real performance aka hp.
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Manuals in the US are getting hard to find in cars with any real performance aka hp.
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05-21-2014, 11:39 PM
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Yes I had to spec order my 981S in order to get it the way I wanted without a bunch of dealer added unneeded/wanted stuff. That included getting it with a 6sp manual shifter. Dealer had only ONE on the lot and it was an Cayman base...other cars were ALL PDK [that included 991's also].
05-28-2014, 07:15 PM
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I drove both the Cayman and Boxster. The Cayman felt more lively to me and the PDK seemed to help the car in that regard as well. I drove a manual Boxster for comparison and second gear seemed taller than that of PDK. Personally I liked the Cayman with PDK the best and that's what ended up in my garage. Good luck with your search!
05-29-2014, 12:00 AM
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I drove both the Cayman and Boxster. The Cayman felt more lively to me and the PDK seemed to help the car in that regard as well. I drove a manual Boxster for comparison and second gear seemed taller than that of PDK. Personally I liked the Cayman with PDK the best and that's what ended up in my garage. Good luck with your search!
05-29-2014, 02:28 PM
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06-16-2014, 04:17 AM
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Its here. And am pleasantly pleased. Great car! A real stunner..much better than my 997. Did I make the right choice..yes I think so!
Funny the dealership was packed with folks driving Boxsters, Caymans, and even the two new Macans they had.Lots of Cayenne interest too but interestingly enough I didn't see much 911 love/test drives other than the one guy ordering a GT3! I wonder what the numbers for all models are this year.
Anyway here's the requisite pics. Swapped out the 19" wheel for Satin Platinum 20" and front clear markers within 48hrs of having her home. Much better. Tint is next.
Funny the dealership was packed with folks driving Boxsters, Caymans, and even the two new Macans they had.Lots of Cayenne interest too but interestingly enough I didn't see much 911 love/test drives other than the one guy ordering a GT3! I wonder what the numbers for all models are this year.
Anyway here's the requisite pics. Swapped out the 19" wheel for Satin Platinum 20" and front clear markers within 48hrs of having her home. Much better. Tint is next.
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06-16-2014, 05:18 PM
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When I ordered our Boxster S the PDK was awful. Up buttons and down buttons on each side of the steering wheel front and back. I could not make the adjustment from our Ferrari paddle shifter car...right lever is for upshifts and left lever is for downshifts.
I beleive Porsche has fixed this.
another benefit of DCTs is they reportedly last for the life of the car.
My wife will only drive a manual...and they are getting harder to find, especially on the higher hp and torque cars.
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I beleive Porsche has fixed this.
another benefit of DCTs is they reportedly last for the life of the car.
My wife will only drive a manual...and they are getting harder to find, especially on the higher hp and torque cars.
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06-16-2014, 05:26 PM
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Phil, I have a manual Fiat Spider, 1971 all original, numbers matching, European edition with 60K on it that I can't drive. I have no idea who I am going to sell it to and it's going to kill me. I can't shift, a pregnant lady sent me through her windshield off of a Yamaha so to me its PDK or no sports car experience. I started shifting at age 7, my dad had a parking lot at his gas station and he gave me and my brother a fiat 500 (original) and a VW. He couldn't afford toys so he reasoned that his sons might like cars as toys, mom was THRILLED!
I think I was a pretty good "worker of the box" but I'd be a filthy liar to say I could be as good as PDK is.
I think I was a pretty good "worker of the box" but I'd be a filthy liar to say I could be as good as PDK is.
06-16-2014, 06:12 PM
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those wheels are the cat's meow on that Agate Gray...a real stunner!
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p.s. welcome to the dark side
congrats
p.s. welcome to the dark side
Its here. And am pleasantly pleased. Great car! A real stunner..much better than my 997. Did I make the right choice..yes I think so!
Funny the dealership was packed with folks driving Boxsters, Caymans, and even the two new Macans they had.Lots of Cayenne interest too but interestingly enough I didn't see much 911 love/test drives other than the one guy ordering a GT3! I wonder what the numbers for all models are this year.
Anyway here's the requisite pics. Swapped out the 19" wheel for Satin Platinum 20" and front clear markers within 48hrs of having her home. Much better. Tint is next.
Funny the dealership was packed with folks driving Boxsters, Caymans, and even the two new Macans they had.Lots of Cayenne interest too but interestingly enough I didn't see much 911 love/test drives other than the one guy ordering a GT3! I wonder what the numbers for all models are this year.
Anyway here's the requisite pics. Swapped out the 19" wheel for Satin Platinum 20" and front clear markers within 48hrs of having her home. Much better. Tint is next.
06-16-2014, 11:59 PM
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Phil, I have a manual Fiat Spider, 1971 all original, numbers matching, European edition with 60K on it that I can't drive. I have no idea who I am going to sell it to and it's going to kill me. I can't shift, a pregnant lady sent me through her windshield off of a Yamaha so to me its PDK or no sports car experience. I started shifting at age 7, my dad had a parking lot at his gas station and he gave me and my brother a fiat 500 (original) and a VW. He couldn't afford toys so he reasoned that his sons might like cars as toys, mom was THRILLED!
I think I was a pretty good "worker of the box" but I'd be a filthy liar to say I could be as good as PDK is.
I think I was a pretty good "worker of the box" but I'd be a filthy liar to say I could be as good as PDK is.
I have a 911E Sportomatic and I have to say it is the closest thing to a manual that I have ever driven. It uses a microswitch and vacuum assist to actuate a clutch. So you have to shift through the gears like a manual but you don't need the third pedal, you just grab the shift **** and the switch actuates the clutch. I've found that once the gearbox is warmed up you can shift just as fast as a regular manual and the gearbox performs flawlessly. I am totally in awe of the technology that existed 45 years ago. You might consider such a car if you still want the simpler experience without the third pedal.
