I would change it in an instant. I use the paddles mostly now, but I prefer the feel of the shifter. I just hate that it's backwards.

 

Interesting. Thanks for the explanation.

 

I'm trying to remember the last time I shifted with the PDK shifter instead of the paddles. Can't remember. I use the paddles.

 

Not making it user-configurable is the real sin. The need for the owner to configure the car to match the behavior of other car(s) they may own should have ended all debate at the meeting where the decision was made.

 

Suck it does. So far have not had to depend on it but thanks for the rev limiter.

 

I avoid using the shifter precisely because I have gotten it backwards before. Not good, especially in certain situations.
Not sure if reversing would help (i.e. maybe it's just me and I would still get it wrong sometimes), but the paddles seem completely intuitive to me so I would stick to using them regardless.
If you think the reversed shifter pattern is bad, just be thankful they got rid of the tiptronic style buttons on the first gen PDK!

 

I hoping someone may create a modification to change the pattern. I use both the paddles and shifter. I am comfortable with the current pattern the way it is, but I would change it if I could.

 

I think the direction for shift up and shift down should be standardized, the way manual transmissions are (okay, the 901, 915 and G50 boxes have some differences). You go up through the gears working from left to right. Even those who drive from the right-hand side of the car use the same basic pattern. Try to imagine what it would be like if some cars had the gas pedal on the left and the clutch on the right.

To me, when Porsche realized they were going to adopt other manufacturers' shift direction with the 991.1 GT3, however long that was before it was introduced, all their PDK gearboxes going forward should have had the same shift directions. I imagine there are many folks who have a 991.1 GT3 as well as another Porsche with PDK- and Audis, BMWs, VWs and so forth. We could go back to the Porsche annular disc brakes, the Porsche synchronizers up until the G50. They are stubborn, for sure. But, as for being stubborn about the rear engine location, I will happily eat my words.

 

I thought about changing to a GT3 Shift Lever, but it's something like $700.
Perhaps a 991.2 Lever might be cheaper.

Naturally, would need to compare the 2 levers to see if they are interchangeable.

 

I always presumed that sequential shifters followed standard manuals. In a standard H-pattern with 4 gears, 3rd is forward/right, 4th is rear/left. When driving on track, 3rd and 4th gears are used most of the time. So in a "straight" gate shift between 3rd and 4th gears (or whatever gears are lined up), upshifting is rearwards (3 to 4), and downshifting is forwards (4 to 3). IMHO that direction seems the most "natural" to translate to a sequential shifter.

Imagine if a manual transmission reversed the H pattern front to back... first would be back/left, upshift straight forwards to 2nd, upshift back and to the right for 3rd...

 

Anyone care to speculate about how difficult a reversal of the shift pattern might be on the original PDKs? I'm guessing more than software is involved, but I'm not an engineer or a mechanic.
If it's a relatively easy switch, I'd be up for it.

 

i agree totally. Since when isn't up=up and down = down?? Lol

 

I have only tried using the shift lever to shift a couple of times in the 18,000 miles I have put on my 2015 Carrera S with PDK . . . mostly after reading all the bitching on this list. I prefer both hands on the wheel and just click the Sport Wheel paddles with my fingers.
Compared to my three other sport cars with manual transmissions, I was surprised at how quickly i adapted to the PDK "girlie man" automatic.