GrantG

Fine with me - I'm sure it's nothing they haven't thought of anyways. They already use this technology to only open the shift gates for 6th and 7th when coming from 5th and to lockout reverse once the car is moving.

Maverick1

Do you actually think Porsche has not thought about this?
They have the technology to make a manual transmission bullet proof, but why would they.
Come on, if they installed a safety feature which would not allow the driver to over rev the engine, look at all the new engines and service charges they would miss out on.
It's not dumb luck that Porsche is the most profitable car company in the world.

chuckbdc

Oh THAT"s the reason.

And here i was I thinking: "and this guy is going to program the shift lockout?"

fast1

LOL I'm going to send a note to Porsche suggesting that they can cut their R&D budget in half just by reading this forum.

10 GT3

I spent a week with a 981 6-sp manual while my GT3 was having the rear hub recall performed. I believe it is also drive by wire, like the 7-sp manual in the 991. Initially I liked it as the throws are reasonable and the gates feel very positive. The longer I drove it, the more I noticed it was too light. There was no resistance, nothing to communicate to you that you are actually shifting the transaxle. This disconnected feel was no longer to my liking after 4-5 days. Maybe if there was more resistance/weight against the shift ****, I might take a liking to it. Combine this with the lack of steering feel, I could never feel what the front tires were doing in the 981, I am very turned off to the new cars. What attracted me to my 996 and later to my GT3 is how well that car communicates and provides feedback to the driver, in fact providing the driver with a true driver's experience. That is now going away, taking away what makes a Porsche a Porsche. I am really hoping the next GT3 follows the old Porsche philosophy rather than the new.

cmb13

It's actually a 1-4 shift that activates if you're going between 16-20 mph in first at a leisurely rate of acceleration (defined by some algorithm).

Another fact - deleting the skip-shift is the very first mod made by the vast majority of Corvette owners who frequent forums.

chuckbdc

The 981 6 speed shifts exactly the way 997 and 987 6 speeds always have; it is the same transmission. There is no "drive by wire".

PS there is also no "drive by wire" in the steering mechanism. An electric motor pushes against steering arms rather than hydraulic pressure. The engineers have removed the extraneous motion of the steering wheel.

The next GT3 looks to be a major step forward in performance, with more power at higher revs and an even faster PDK gearbox. The 991S is as fast as and handles as well as the 997 GT3, so if the typical increment is again provided, the new GT3 will be fantastic.