You probably won’t be able to find a MT in both models at your local dealer. So go to your dealer drive a .1s or gts in pdk and drive a .2s in pdk. The only measurable difference in the MT between the .1 and .2 is the .1 has a heavier clutch if that matters to you. Once you drive both and take my clutch comment into consideration you’ll probably know which one you prefer. Both great and you can’t go wrong IMO. Good luck to you.

Tough one. As an owner of a 991.2 4s, I may come across as biased. Both are used cars. If they were new, I would pick the GTS with the NA engine. I love my car but miss the sound of the NA flat six. The turbo sixes are very fast and just about everything has been updated but the sound is gone. If you care for that. If not, the newer one.

At 58, I just bought my first Porsche. I purchased a 2017 911S and just came from a 2015 z51 Corvette. My Corvette was a manual and loved the car. However, I have to say the 911 with PDK is just a little better in every way. Better quality, ride, noise insulation and straight line performance. The 911 has all the performance goodies plus rear axle steering. Absolutely love it! I did test drive a 991.1, and while they are nice they are a notch below the 991.2 in several areas as you can research and read from many that have owned both. The 991.2 has more suspension travel in the dampers for a better ride, infotainment is faster, improved Bose radio, improved and more responsive PDK, which I know will not matter to you since you want a manual. Perhaps the biggest game changer is the addition of twin turbos in the 991.2. They are much quicker and pull harder at a lower rpm with a flat torque curve. Very impressive, even after coming from a C7 manual with a 6.2L engine rated at 460 HP and 465 torque with the performance exhaust. Car and Driver has tested the 991.2 S at 3.1 to 60 as compared to my C7 being 3.8. You will find the traditional buyers favor the old 3.8 NA engine. The only thing I read the 3.8 is better at is making noise. I for one, could not tell any noticeable difference in sound when I drove a 991.1 and a 991.2 back to back. I feel my newly purchased 991.2 sounds great at idle or WOT. Personally, it was an extremely easy decision for me. Between the two cars, and they were both S cars, the 991.2 was superior in all the ways I have already noted. In summary, in my opinion, if you want the best day to day driving car get the 991.2. If you plan to stand on the side of the road and listen to your car as someone else does a drive by get the 991.1.

So the plot thickens. I would go .2 manual over .1pdk but it’s soooo close.