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Old Mar 12, 2017 | 12:34 PM
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Originally Posted by 96redLT4
I am scheduled to attend P experience LA in April and am looking forward to trying the PDK in the TT and GT3. I have a manual tranny in my GTS but the DCT in my daily driver M4. Its fun to experience both. I find in the M4 I am using the manual mode almost exclusively now after 2.5 yrs of ownership. I used to mainly leave it in auto. I like to use the center shifter rather than the paddles. Is PDK gated the same eg push forward to downshift and pull back to upshift?
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Its only gated that way in the GT3 and GT3RS, in all other pdk equipped 911's its forward to go up and back to downshift.
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Old Mar 12, 2017 | 01:40 PM
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Originally Posted by SG1214
Its only gated that way in the GT3 and GT3RS, in all other pdk equipped 911's its forward to go up and back to downshift.
Porsche changed that in the 991.2 Carrera models, forward is downshift, back to shift up a gear. Glad they made the change as it makes more sense!
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Old Mar 12, 2017 | 02:49 PM
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Originally Posted by SG1214
Its only gated that way in the GT3 and GT3RS, in all other pdk equipped 911's its forward to go up and back to downshift.
Ohh. that's going to mess me up at the PEC. I better practice more with the paddles.
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Old Mar 12, 2017 | 03:14 PM
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Originally Posted by mac10
Porsche changed that in the 991.2 Carrera models, forward is downshift, back to shift up a gear. Glad they made the change as it makes more sense!
Well it's nice to know they finally recognized this and changed it.

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Ohh. that's going to mess me up at the PEC. I better practice more with the paddles.
J
Yes, It's the one thing Porsche just happened to do backwards along with engagement of the parking brake.
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Old Mar 12, 2017 | 03:24 PM
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Thanks for the post and like many of you it led to reflection.
Having tried PDK before ordering my .1 GTS my clear preference was for MT;
However it did not occur to me that after 50 years there would need to be a PDK learning curve!
At first Sports Plus rev matching was fun but after a year double clutching is more preferable unless in the mountains.
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Old Mar 13, 2017 | 01:10 AM
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Originally Posted by SG1214
Its only gated that way in the GT3 and GT3RS, in all other pdk equipped 911's its forward to go up and back to downshift.
This is incorrect - in the 991.2 it uses race logic e.g. forward to go down and back to go up I actually use the stick in my .2S but don't use the stick in my 9981GTS.

OK been addressed by others
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