Rohrl on 6GT3, CGT, manual transmissions...
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Rohrl on 6GT3, CGT, manual transmissions...
Found this link in the 987-981 thread.
http://www.pistonheads.com/news/defa...?storyId=29197
On Carrera GT vs 918:
My kinda guy.
http://www.pistonheads.com/news/defa...?storyId=29197
And the next predictable Porsche question; PDK in the GT3 - thoughts?
[With a knowing smile] "Yes, during the press launch everybody was complaining and saying: 'Why?!' But I said, 'Be happy! Drive the car and you will see how much easier it is for you to go fast.' The shifting is something very impressive. I think most engine problems we have created because people were not able to watch the rev counter, watch the speed, and know when to shift. So they would shift back too early and the engine would be over-revving. With PDK, you avoid this. But for myself, if I want to buy a car, and I want to say I keep this car for the next 20 years, I would always take a manual gearbox, because I believe more, I trust more in a manual than in a double clutch. I've just ordered a Boxster Spyder with a manual shift - and I know that it's working, it's perfect, and it's up to me how I handle things. But PDK makes life easier for normal customers."
[With a knowing smile] "Yes, during the press launch everybody was complaining and saying: 'Why?!' But I said, 'Be happy! Drive the car and you will see how much easier it is for you to go fast.' The shifting is something very impressive. I think most engine problems we have created because people were not able to watch the rev counter, watch the speed, and know when to shift. So they would shift back too early and the engine would be over-revving. With PDK, you avoid this. But for myself, if I want to buy a car, and I want to say I keep this car for the next 20 years, I would always take a manual gearbox, because I believe more, I trust more in a manual than in a double clutch. I've just ordered a Boxster Spyder with a manual shift - and I know that it's working, it's perfect, and it's up to me how I handle things. But PDK makes life easier for normal customers."
Given that, what's your pick of the GT3 lineage?
"It would have to be the first GT3 in 1999, the one in which I set first [Nurburgring] time under eight minutes, a 7:56. I think that car was like a 2.7 RS from 1973; a pure Porsche. Today it's easier to drive the new GT3. On the Nuerburgring, to go 7:35 is nothing any more. It's so easy to drive, it's so perfect; you don't even have to shift any more. You just put down the throttle and brake and everything is going automatically. Really the newest one is always the best one. But for myself, I always want that it is my talent to make the car fast, and in the old one you really need more talent than with the new one. But I still thinkthe 997, with 435hp, it is a fantastic car. In it, everyone can go fast."
"It would have to be the first GT3 in 1999, the one in which I set first [Nurburgring] time under eight minutes, a 7:56. I think that car was like a 2.7 RS from 1973; a pure Porsche. Today it's easier to drive the new GT3. On the Nuerburgring, to go 7:35 is nothing any more. It's so easy to drive, it's so perfect; you don't even have to shift any more. You just put down the throttle and brake and everything is going automatically. Really the newest one is always the best one. But for myself, I always want that it is my talent to make the car fast, and in the old one you really need more talent than with the new one. But I still thinkthe 997, with 435hp, it is a fantastic car. In it, everyone can go fast."
If I have to choose for a future car, I would take the Carrera GT. The car is slower, and it is much more difficult to drive, but it's more how I expect the car to be.
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Just got back from NAIAS. Porsche was nice enough to offer Region 4 PCA people an early entry to the show, and a little breakfast and some swag.
Not a single Porsche there had a manual tranny.
918 looked cool. No GT3 on the floor.
Not a single Porsche there had a manual tranny.
918 looked cool. No GT3 on the floor.
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As fast as all these cars are today, it really comes down to what the driving experience is like. When I read articles about the new Corvette, 991, GTRs at the end of the day, they nothing for me. Everything is about lap times these days and seems less about the experience of how you feel when driving them. I am sure most of the newer cars have a lot to offer but i just don't feel compelled to go buy any of them. When I drove the 991 C2S, I lost interest.
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As fast as all these cars are today, it really comes down to what the driving experience is like. When I read articles about the new Corvette, 991, GTRs at the end of the day, they nothing for me. Everything is about lap times these days and seems less about the experience of how you feel when driving them. I am sure most of the newer cars have a lot to offer but i just don't feel compelled to go buy any of them. When I drove the 991 C2S, I lost interest.
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^ several, but none worth buying or to my standards anyways. yes i am well aware of the marshall goldman and rusnak cars. meh....
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Our cars in my signature...and the GTI is a manual. Wifes criteria when we bought it for daily commuting "must be dark colored (black), leather seats (check), can get out of its own way (has APR stage II tuned chip in it) and definitely MUST be manual (check)...
We've considered the 7.2 GT3 because its the other DD, and yes, easier to drive daily. But will ALWAYS be manual...
We've considered the 7.2 GT3 because its the other DD, and yes, easier to drive daily. But will ALWAYS be manual...
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At least there is one person associated with PAG that is honest enough to speak the truth. Enthusiats want a manual transmission for the love of driving. The PDK was in response to the GTR and others setting lap times at the Ring. Of course the PDK is faster and I guess is good for racing (I think it has ruined F1) but PAG will lose some part of the base with the 991.
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