what is a 991 "MT" ?
03-19-2015, 01:06 AM
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03-22-2015, 01:46 PM
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I personally didn't like it in the 997 and still don't in the 991. My driving style of releasing the clutch and gas engagement simultaneously alway interferes with the brake. Resulting in a semi stall. Until I catch it. Most people I have seen usually give ample gas before releasing the clutch. Buying time. So it's probably a non issue for those. It's become a little less of a nuisance because I have to alter my driving style when on an incline. Could really do without it but if I lived in a hilly area I probably would figure out away of overriding it. Try looking for the leveling device and possibly offsetting it enough to never sense the nose coming up. Just my guess.
I played with this feature some more and noted that waiting after releasing the brake does not cause the hill hold to release. It stays on "HOLD" until the clutch engages. You can release the brake and sit for 60 seconds (presumably more if you so desire) and sit there at will, waiting for you to rev that engine enough to keep from killing it, and eating a bit of clutch face in the process.
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03-22-2015, 03:41 PM
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PDK stands for Porsche Downhill Kinetichalten, an advanced transmission designed to prevent the car rolling backwards down hills. Derided by purists for its lack of a third pedal, it has nevertheless gained traction (heh) in the market due to the elimination of both a) a real e-brake and b) anyone left who understands the meaning of, let alone has the ability to perform, heel and toe.
03-22-2015, 03:44 PM
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That the gt4 is available only in "MT" is entirely because of our rants.
Your welcome, purists everywhere. (Tongue firmly planted in cheek)
03-23-2015, 08:20 AM
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Probably the simplest way to disable it would be to remove the clutch pedal sensor, but then you may have difficulties starting the car.
03-23-2015, 07:41 PM
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03-23-2015, 09:33 PM
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This is similar to... why is there such a high percentage of 911 cars that are black or silver? Was it because of customer demand wanted those colors or was it driven by dealers ordering mostly black and silver which the customers bought because they had very few other choices? I believe it to be the latter. That trend has turned a little in the last few years but there are still a lot of black/silver cars on lots.
03-23-2015, 10:50 PM
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That's because Porsche keeps shoving the PDK cars down our throats. Look through the listed 991 inventories on 4 or 5 dealer web sites. You will be hard pressed to find more than one MT car per web site. Some dealers have nothing but PDK cars. The new breed of owners keep buying them though, which is why the dealers get more of them on the lot.
This is similar to... why is there such a high percentage of 911 cars that are black or silver? Was it because of customer demand wanted those colors or was it driven by dealers ordering mostly black and silver which the customers bought because they had very few other choices? I believe it to be the latter. That trend has turned a little in the last few years but there are still a lot of black/silver cars on lots.
This is similar to... why is there such a high percentage of 911 cars that are black or silver? Was it because of customer demand wanted those colors or was it driven by dealers ordering mostly black and silver which the customers bought because they had very few other choices? I believe it to be the latter. That trend has turned a little in the last few years but there are still a lot of black/silver cars on lots.
03-24-2015, 03:20 PM
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Exactly! There are only a couple MT at my local dealership and almost all cars were black/silver on black. I made it very clear I had no interest in driving an automatic sports car no matter how fast it shifted for me. So I had to custom order mine and had to buy the color without ever seeing it in person since they basically only had the 2 color choices on the lot.
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05-26-2015, 11:34 PM
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While it works invisibly in the little Fiesta ST, on steep grades it's actually quite obtrusive in the Porsche. The brakes hold so long that the car stalls as I release the clutch on steep hills. Living in Pittsburgh, we have no shortage of hills that trigger the Hold feature.
My wife and I (she's driven sticks for years too) are both troubled by it. The brakes hold so tightly the car won't move forward... very unnerving!
We're trying to tweak our behavior to adapt to the car, but I must admit after driving our car on steep hills I see why others loathe this "feature".
05-26-2015, 11:40 PM
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