Picked up my T last week and did a nice road trip over 5 days. One of the best 911's you could daily on a regular basis. Chassis setup is well balanced with nice feedback, comfortable with the 18ways, the 6 speed is a dream. Big change from the 2019 T I enjoyed for a few years. Looking forward to many more road trips in the future.

 

The T's are so new, most people haven't had them in cold weather yet. I only noticed it the last 2 weekends taking it out. In the summer the shifter was buttery always like the gears are moving thru liquid. Now it almost feels like the transmission fluid is really low when it's cold, like the gears are up out of the fluid. Once warmed up though, which takes 5 minutes or so in 50F weather, it's back to its normal smoothness. It took me aback at first because it had always been so smooth, but now it's just a reminder of the 'analog' nature of the machinery. Gives it character.
Odd that my automatic transmissions I've never felt shifted harder when the weather was cold. Dunno why that wouldn't be the same whetherr a human or machine was moving the gears.

 

I haven't tried the Carrera T , I have a 992.1 S with the 7 speed and a Cayman GTS both manual. Both amazing in their own way. Porsche makes incredible manuals , I would buy it without trying for sure

 

Can you expound? Currently have a 991.2 T manual LWBS pccb APR stage 3 GTS turbos coilovers etc but curious how a 992.2 would be…

Yes, expect notchy shifting when cold. Need to get some heat in the box

 

I bought my 718 CGTS 4.0 having not driven it period, much less in a manual. I had driven a 718 at PEC LA way back in 2017, but not since. I knew it would be fine. It was beyond fine. I can only imagine the 992.2 T with the 6MT will be the same.

 

When I was ordering my second or third 911 - back in the days when ordering Pcars was a more traditional experience - my dealer asked me if I wanted to test drive a car prior to order. I chuckled and said, "What do you think? I'm gonna hate it?" These are amazing cars and amazing driving experiences. I've said many many times over 35 years of 911 ownership . . . given the choice of a 911, Ferrari, Lambo or any other exotic, I'd chose the 911 every day of the week. It's simply uncompromised imo.

 

Let me say this. I owned a 2019 992.1 Carrera T with a seven speed manual and also a 2022 GT3 Touring with the six speed manual.

I test drove a 2026 Carrera T 992.2 with the new six speed manual with the walnut shut ****. It’s amazing. Has the GT3 linkage and the feel and throws are excellent. Much better than the crowded 992.1 seven speed T gearbox, and as good as the GT cars transmission. You will not be disappointed.

 

I agree with you, it's funny I often read things like "this manual is much better than this one or the other" and it's all BS in the end when you are talking about Porsches, they know how to do a manual better than anyone period. When im in the GTS 4.0 I feel its perfection and can't be beat, then I ride the 992.1 and im like damn this is so good in its own way. Right above this comment theres someone calling the 7 speed crowded and im like, WTF does that even mean ? It's freaking great, they all are.

 

100%. I dont ever used 7th gear driving in town.
No sure what the fuss about.

Knowing porsche taking out 7th gear must be an easy change, and in turn 6th speed gearbox turned into a great marketing spin.

And of course taking out 7th gear alone wouldnt do squad for shifter/shifting feel general, thus Porsche use the said GT3 linkage otherwise the marketing spin of changing 7MT to 6MT would just be gimmick.

The proper 6MT would be for Porsche to change the gearing ratio as well. Even the 981/982(718) 6 speed manual gearing is too tall.

As expected only RL can turn into PDK vs Manual bickering and now turn into 6MT vs 7MT debate.

Just be glad Porsche make a great manual gearbox and just enjoy what you have.

 

Maybe my choice of words for “crowded” was not the best. What I mean is the extra 7th gear tightens up the free space in the box and makes shifting a bit narrower. The 6 speed box feels more natural when rowing through, and I really did not like the inability to shift into 7th with the lockout pass through of 5th gear.

The 911 does not need 7 gears. GT cars use a six speed and now the Carrera T does the same, and that feels and drives better IMHO.

 

Not sure if you have driven 991/992 7MT manual (beyond just a few hours test drive). To get into 7th gear you have to be intentional.
Its not about whether there is lockout mechanism to prevent unintended shifting, but If you don't have an intention to use 7th gear I actually kind of forget its there (other than the shift **** showing the 7th gear is there )

 

Yes, I owned a 2019 992.1 Carrera T and also owned a 2024 Carrera S. Both with the 7-speed box. Not a bad transmission, but prefer the feel of the 6-speed much better. The transmission in the 2026 992.2 Carrera T feels closer to the 6-speed in my 2022 GT3 Touring. Have you driven a GT car with a six speed for a long period of time?

 

Gotcha and congrats on your 992.2 T acquisition.
My theory is that Porsche knows what they are doing and they are smart, they dont just drop the 7th gear (which will not do much for the shifter/shifting feel) so they also swap to use GT3 linkage.
This likely what contribute to better shifter/shifting feel on the 992.2 6MT.

 

The question now is how do we make the .1 feel like the .2?
Is Numeric Shifters more aggressive than the .2?
Can the .2 be modified to fit the .1 with the .1 cable for 7th?

 

I am fairly certain that the .2 is the .1 but with the 7th speed removed. All else is identical. The primary difference overall is the use of the GT3 shifter in the .2.

The shift is perfect. The only thing I don’t like (or maybe I might not like) is the addition of the second CAT converter. If I keep this car long enough, and I just might unless a GT3 Touring comes my may, I may opt for an aftermarket exhaust. Nothing killer loud or certainly not droning. Just something that is loud enough to tell me it’s back there.

Just a side note. I’m experimenting with the Apple Music service. Historically I’ve done only Sirius and my other two cars also have Sirius. I prefer the ease of Sirius but, speaking of sound, I am finding the fidelity of Apple Music incredible. With this T, I have the Burmeister. So yesterday I told the T to play U2 (which that system is also phenomenal - maybe for another post to discuss it) and up came “With or Without You” so I turned it up. I’m telling you guys, the audio in these cars is awesome. Try finding some squirrelly winding road without anyone on it, blast the Burmeister if you have one to U2, and do some up and down rowing. The T with the RAS and that overall experience better than any mind altering drug. Reminds me of a Navy buddy of mine who, a long time ago, told me that getting catapulted off an aircraft carrier is better than having sex. Now I understand.


My .2 T