Test drove a 2024 PDK T.......
05-12-2024, 12:50 AM
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Now, an indie shop can try to source parts from salvaged vehicles to "fix" the PDK, but that's a whole other hornets nest you're poking ...
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05-12-2024, 12:56 AM
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05-12-2024, 12:59 AM
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I have had both my 911 Carrera convertible was a PDK and was really good but I always felt like I was missing something, when I ordered my 2024 T I ordered a manual and it’s so much fun rowing your own gears on a curvy back road, if you are going to use the car as DD then I would get a PDK, my T is just weekend fun car so it’s perfect fit for me.
05-12-2024, 01:02 AM
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This is true, but the problem with the PDK and Porsche is that when a PDK fails (either minimally or catastrophically, or somewhere in between), Porsche replaces the entire unit, instead of "fixing" it.
Now, an indie shop can try to source parts from salvaged vehicles to "fix" the PDK, but that's a whole other hornets nest you're poking ...
Now, an indie shop can try to source parts from salvaged vehicles to "fix" the PDK, but that's a whole other hornets nest you're poking ...
You don't have to use the dealer for everything, you know.
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05-12-2024, 07:28 AM
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I don’t find newer turbo cars fun with a manual, they just work better with a good auto or DCT. My NA cars are all manuals 981/M3/S197 and my turbo cars are auto/DCT. I’ve tried a 991.2 S with the 7speed manual and while the clutch and shifter are fantastic, I didn’t find the 3.0TT well matched, just personal opinion of course.
I have a PDK T because it had the right options available but it could have been a similarly optioned S or GTS. Now that I have it and have been driving it a bunch, I’m convinced it’s a very cohesive package and the PDK is even better than the older version in my old 991.2 S.
I have a PDK T because it had the right options available but it could have been a similarly optioned S or GTS. Now that I have it and have been driving it a bunch, I’m convinced it’s a very cohesive package and the PDK is even better than the older version in my old 991.2 S.
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05-12-2024, 09:21 AM
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05-12-2024, 10:33 AM
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05-12-2024, 10:53 AM
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Hey Guys,
OP here.... I love both the manual and the PDK, and no doubt the manual in the T is pretty much what that car with the base engine was set up for. I have owned 5 Porsche's, the last being my 2018 Carrera T. After test driving the used 2024 Carrera T PDK at Naples Porsche I was beyond pleasantly surprised. I only test drove it for my female friend who was about to place an order but wasn't sure which tranny to pick. I already had placed my order a few days before for my manual Carrera T.
Knowing that I'll be driving it in crappy Naples FL and Charlotte NC traffic daily was a big deciding factor in changing my order to the PDK. If I lived in the country or mountains and wasn't driving it 7 days a week I most likely would have stayed with the manual, but the PDK was impressive.
We can all go round and round about how wrong or right either gearbox is, but in the end they're both excellent.
OP here.... I love both the manual and the PDK, and no doubt the manual in the T is pretty much what that car with the base engine was set up for. I have owned 5 Porsche's, the last being my 2018 Carrera T. After test driving the used 2024 Carrera T PDK at Naples Porsche I was beyond pleasantly surprised. I only test drove it for my female friend who was about to place an order but wasn't sure which tranny to pick. I already had placed my order a few days before for my manual Carrera T.
Knowing that I'll be driving it in crappy Naples FL and Charlotte NC traffic daily was a big deciding factor in changing my order to the PDK. If I lived in the country or mountains and wasn't driving it 7 days a week I most likely would have stayed with the manual, but the PDK was impressive.
We can all go round and round about how wrong or right either gearbox is, but in the end they're both excellent.
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05-13-2024, 03:32 PM
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Somehow I was reminded of this discussion when I read this:
https://carbuzz.com/owner-facing-420...ng-gr-corolla/
https://carbuzz.com/owner-facing-420...ng-gr-corolla/
05-13-2024, 05:24 PM
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Somehow I was reminded of this discussion when I read this:
https://carbuzz.com/owner-facing-420...ng-gr-corolla/
https://carbuzz.com/owner-facing-420...ng-gr-corolla/
A full drop in replacement should cost less than half of that.