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Old 09-13-2015, 05:30 PM
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Just curious for the ones who have their RS. Has anyone used the button and how well does it work?
Old 09-13-2015, 10:18 PM
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I plan to use mine at school zones. Hopefully it serves the purpose well.
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What does it actually do?
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Originally Posted by PhilT3
What does it actually do?
Simultaneously reduces the max throttle input and turns on the lumbar back message.
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Does anyone know if you can change the pit lane speed or is it preset? Pretty useless but nevertheless cool to show off to friends, because race car of course.
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The pit speed limiter is programmable, Tried mine and like an F1 car I braaap bap braped along at 40 KPH. Hilarious! The dashboard display the speed you have programmed.
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Originally Posted by Bob Rouleau
The pit speed limiter is programmable, Tried mine and like an F1 car I braaap bap braped along at 40 KPH. Hilarious! The dashboard display the speed you have programmed.
Very cool, thanks.
Old 09-13-2015, 11:38 PM
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Originally Posted by SamFromTX
Does anyone know if you can change the pit lane speed or is it preset? Pretty useless but nevertheless cool to show off to friends, because race car of course.
I have my curiosities about how useful this is even in a real pit speed limiting scenario... with my HANS on I can barely look down to hit the PDK sport button, let alone fiddle with something that is critical to controlling my speed!
Old 09-13-2015, 11:52 PM
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Originally Posted by Mech33
I have my curiosities about how useful this is even in a real pit speed limiting scenario... with my HANS on I can barely look down to hit the PDK sport button, let alone fiddle with something that is critical to controlling my speed!
Yeah, they should've put it on the steering wheel.
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Really? pit lane limiter? 458 has it, too and silly IMO
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did someone say Pit spitting?

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Jump to 1:50 for Pit Speed Button usage:

Old 09-14-2015, 10:06 PM
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Yeah, my 200E diesel rental car does the same thing.

But they call it speed limiter so you don't accidentally go 2Kmh over the speed limit in a traject zone that calculates time spent and speed and sends you a ticket home.

Like a reversed cruise control, keep foot on gas, gas doesn't go over and even brakes on downhill to prevent tickets.

Porsche could have saved themselves a center console button.
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Would it be possible to accidently hit the button, say you were overtaking and somehow by mistake hit the button, would you die?
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Pit speed limiter needs to be enabled in a menu before it does anything. If enabled, cruise control is disabled. Tried it on Wednesday at the track, set for 40 KPH if you don't press hard on the gas it behaves like cruise control. If you try to accelerate it goes BRaaaaaaaaaaaaapapaapapapapapapap down the pit lane. Very loudly in fact.


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