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Good info Grant! So what do you think? Does that gearing advantage for the .1 PDK negate the power advantage of the .2 MT? There is one sure way to find out.
I need to learn to just let it go, but you were baiting manual fans from the very beginning of your post when you titled it “because pdk”. I’m not sure why you’d do that and then get defensive when they take the bait.
If you’ve seen PDK be much faster from a roll that’s fine, but that hasn’t been the result generally experienced by professional reviewers that have done controlled tests betwee the two.
With 4.0 liters at the ready, the GT3 pulls happily from low revs, but the real joy is in keeping it above 5500 rpm where important stuff happens. The manual does have tall gearing in its first two ratios (second is good for 81 mph), but the GT3 spends so little time in those gears that it's less of a criticism and more of a warning.
I need to learn to just let it go, but you were baiting manual fans from the very beginning of your post when you titled it “because pdk”. I’m not sure why you’d do that and then get defensive when they take the bait.
If you’ve seen PDK be much faster from a roll that’s fine, but that hasn’t been the result generally experienced by professional reviewers that have done controlled tests betwee the two.
I really wasn't trying to bait anyone, so sorry if it came off that way. Also not getting defensive. I am curious to know what caused the result I experienced. Just a quest for the truth! Trying to get the boys to agree to a meetup at the local drags to verify or refute the results I experienced. I am fine with wherever the facts lead us. If the .1 PDK is slower than the .2 MT, no biggie. But if it is not slower, figuring out "why" seems like a good exercise! Again, I didn't mean to bait anyone. I actually thought the attitude would be "yeah, makes sense."
So without reading the 82384098032948 posts, 99.999999820938409823094809283409823094% of which are OPINION, is the point of this 820384098230483204th thread that the PDK transmission is BETTER (using ALL definitions that everyone would like to subjectively assign to this word) than the manual transmission? I think PAG already determined this considering they are the designer and manufacturer.
PDK IS FASTER AND BETTER. Maybe you subjectively like the manual more than the PDK. That doesn't mean its faster or better.
So without reading the 82384098032948 posts, 99.999999820938409823094809283409823094% of which are OPINION, is the point of this 820384098230483204th thread that the PDK transmission is BETTER (using ALL definitions that everyone would like to subjectively assign to this word) than the manual transmission? I think PAG already determined this considering they are the designer and manufacturer.
PDK IS FASTER AND BETTER. Maybe you subjectively like the manual more than the PDK. That doesn't mean its faster or better.
I wouldn’t say the PDK is better. Better is a personal preference. I would honestly be happy with either one and i would drive the snot out of each. Nobody can really claim one is better than the other. Faster is a bit easier, as the data clearly favors the PDK. But does that extra speed really matter on the street, or track? Not really imo. Both are stupid fast and a guaranteed loss of license, if you aren’t disciplined, on the street. On the track driver skill trumps all. Just ask the guy in the Miata who was up my *** the last time i was at the track.
Many kudos to Porsche for offering both though to suit both tastes, if you like the manual you’re out of luck now with Ferrari, Lambo, R8s, most Astons and so many others.
Many kudos to Porsche for offering both though to suit both tastes, if you like the manual you’re out of luck now with Ferrari, Lambo, R8s, most Astons and so many others.
Exactly. We are very fortunate that Porsche listens.
Exactly. We are very fortunate that Porsche listens.
And it wouldn't be unusual for most companies that offer both gearboxes that one or both of them would be compromised in some way. But I consider PDK the best dual-clutch on the market and the 911R/GT3 Manual to be the best manual on sale as well...
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