swivelhi

How many of you newbie paddle shifters have pulled the left paddle by mistake and rudely found out when your Revs jumped from 4 to 7 grand?
Going from manual to PDK takes a little getting used to.

Dude-

Happens everyday on every drive. I make sure it happens that way. I believe that is the very reason why this 991 GT3 exist.

Mike in CA

Not unusual. Until paddle shifting becomes totally reflexive, and you don't even have to think about it at all, it will happen in "pressure" situations.

Lodi

Gets your attention, doesn't it?

mqandil

Happens all the time, and not a big issue as it won't allow you to over rev the engine. Not a whole lot different from us manual guys shifting into second gear instead of going into fourth, but much safer. Mark

mainly

not that but i did have an up shift occur a couple of times when i didnt press the paddle at all. and i was in full manual mode.

pshep138

Will PDK do this for fuel economy reasons?

vantage

I'm pretty used to left paddle for downshift and right paddle for upshift. Also very used to pushing the lever away for downshift and towards you for upshift. Been driving BMWs and other properly oriented cars for years I suppose.

But every time I drive a regular Porsche with the inverted lever and shift buttons, I mess it up.

rockitman

I have been using the semi paddles or whatever you call them on my Cayenne GTS using the left side for downshifting only trying to simulate the GT3. I have also been shifting by paddles for my Gran Turismo 4 video track practice.

silverrules

Good one Dude.

Mike in CA

Outside of pressing the upshift paddle unknowingly, AFAIK the gearbox should never upshift on it's own in manual mode. It should go all the way to redline and bounce off the rev limiter until you select the upshift yourself. If it's really upshifting on it's own in manual mode, it shouldn't be doing that.

mainly

i know. i thought the same thing. and i had to confirm. as i thought i might have been in auto mode, but the second time it happened i confirmed the shifter was pushed to the manual position.

Porsche-Suchtig

Is it because you had the "old style" PDK/auto buttons on one or more cars? That can really mess you up.

What I do to try to help prevent the inadvertent downshift is to change how I drive cars with the older style shift buttons on the steering wheel - like the loaner Boxster I have right now. When I drive cars with the older style buttons, I intentionally ONLY downshift with the left button and ONLY upshift with the right. That seems to help.

Also, I never use the "old style" auto/pdk shifter for up or downshifts because it messes up my thought process in the Cup and GT3. On the "old style" as I call it, you push up for an upshift and down for a downshift. But the 991 GT3 and Cup are the opposite.

P.S. It really sucks if you do an inadvertent downshift in the Cup because the ECU does not prevent overrevs on the downshift.

Alan C.

My guess is most have done it.

shapiroeric

Even with previous cars of the same layout happens from time to time.....