manualguy

unfortunately they sold that one already , I asked about it but they wouldn't let me as the buyer had already paid for it.

oalvarez

mix here in the city.....early morning/short commute to work and back home, i let the automatic tranny do its thing. if i feel like turning it up a notch or weekend driving, definitely in manual/paddle mode.

Jay-S

I switch back and forth based on what I'm doing and how I feel. Maybe 10% manual overall, but that is usually the fun part of the drive.

Alec Syme

I came from an all manual past as well. Maybe 20 cars? Something like that. My first 911 was a 2012 manual base cab. Great car. I was still curious about the PDK so I test drove one. I was super impressed. Way more than I thought I would be. Anyway I bought a 2013 S cab with PDK soon after. I really like it.

As for the question, I probably drop it in manual mode about 50% of the time. Never use the "stick" just the paddles. It's a lot of fun, and awesome when your just stuck in traffic and auto mode is an option.

Alec

manitou202

I always put mine in manual mode. I even forget that it's an automatic at times, and while trying to multitask (load a song, grab something for my kid) I will one handed hold the steering wheel and press the paddle shifter completely forgetting I should just switch to automatic.

GSIRM3

Actually, I don't think Porsche makes any transmissions, at least not for the 911.

GSIRM3

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fansonly

Here in LA, I use auto when the car is cold, when I'm in stop and go traffic, or when I'm doing something mundane like a quick run to the grocery store. Otherwise, I'm manual.

The ratio is probably 30% auto / 70% manual.

My GTS is my DD but I make a point of finding a lot of open road every day, no matter what.

BlackBeauty

That's correct, they're made by Aisin in Japan, but obviously designed by the team in Stuttgart.

mmaturo

I'm 98% of the time in auto mode on my commute. However since the car in auto mode and in sport still does not downshift like I would like coming off the interstate I tend to down shift manually as 6th gear going thirty is not so good. I feel like the car is trying to save gas a little too much.

vjd3

I think I had my 2013 in auto mode twice in 2 years ... both in crawling traffic jams. then again, I came from 25 years of daily driving 911s with manual transmissions. I think my Ferrari has an Auto mode but I've never used it ; )

On the 991, twist the key, knock the shifter into manual, hit the sport button, start driving. Great transmission. Also nice that you can coast up to a red light or stop sign and it will do the downshifting for you.

trucheli

This is my sequence:

Turn on the car and wait until valves closes.
Auto mode with sport off for faster warm up
Once the car reaches 200 degrees on the oil temperature go to manual and Sport Mode.
I like being in the right gear all the time and that's only possible in manual mode.

mgflyfish

+1 exactly--DD here as well--

cmb13

I have a manual 991 and a PDK Panamera S. In the Panamera, I often do what the above poster suggested - that is drive in automatic mode and throw a shift once in a while with the paddles. Why? To hold a gear, basically. I do this if, for instance, I want to pass someone on a multilane road, but I'm awaiting an opening I expect to open up any second, or in anticipation of a curve I want to accelerate out of. I reach my speed, back off, and it's back in automatic mode. Another reason I do it is if I'm driving around 45 on a slow road the car will go to 7th and it annoys the hell out of me as it lugs, so I bring it to 5th or 6th. The usual better fix is putting it in sport mode, as it won't upshift as readily.

maxpowers

I test drove a couple with PDK and also drove a friends car that has it and just didn't enjoy shifting with paddles or the stick. Seemed kind of pointless to me. I tried to keep an open mind, but I got a lot more enjoyment out of the manual. Obviously some of the people that own it seem to shift with the paddles/stick, but it didn't do it for me.