Tiptronic and PDK Transmissions
02-18-2019, 12:50 PM
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Tiptronic and PDK Transmissions
Sorry if this has been posted before. I didn't search. Just found the reading interesting, although somewhat poorly written in my opinion.
I never realized that PDK has been around almost as long as Tiptronic. It appears Tiptronic was a stop-gap effort until Porsche could iron out the bugs in PDK.
https://www.caranddriver.com/news/a1...transmissions/
I never realized that PDK has been around almost as long as Tiptronic. It appears Tiptronic was a stop-gap effort until Porsche could iron out the bugs in PDK.
https://www.caranddriver.com/news/a1...transmissions/
02-18-2019, 09:14 PM
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Gotta love this description of the early race PDKs...
"...the PDK was only reliable in the sense that it would reliably explode every so often, chucking shafts, gears, actuators, and the like all over the racetrack. It’s said that each time Porsche tracked down a problem and fixed it, something new went wrong."
"...the PDK was only reliable in the sense that it would reliably explode every so often, chucking shafts, gears, actuators, and the like all over the racetrack. It’s said that each time Porsche tracked down a problem and fixed it, something new went wrong."
02-18-2019, 10:56 PM
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LOL, that explains why it took so long for the street version.
02-19-2019, 03:24 PM
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Gotta love this description of the early race PDKs...
"...the PDK was only reliable in the sense that it would reliably explode every so often, chucking shafts, gears, actuators, and the like all over the racetrack. It’s said that each time Porsche tracked down a problem and fixed it, something new went wrong."
"...the PDK was only reliable in the sense that it would reliably explode every so often, chucking shafts, gears, actuators, and the like all over the racetrack. It’s said that each time Porsche tracked down a problem and fixed it, something new went wrong."
02-19-2019, 04:29 PM
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Sorry if this has been posted before. I didn't search. Just found the reading interesting, although somewhat poorly written in my opinion.
I never realized that PDK has been around almost as long as Tiptronic. It appears Tiptronic was a stop-gap effort until Porsche could iron out the bugs in PDK.
https://www.caranddriver.com/news/a1...transmissions/
I never realized that PDK has been around almost as long as Tiptronic. It appears Tiptronic was a stop-gap effort until Porsche could iron out the bugs in PDK.
https://www.caranddriver.com/news/a1...transmissions/
02-20-2019, 11:55 AM
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