997.2 PDK - Sport Mode - Hard downshift from 2 -> 1
06-29-2023 | 02:31 PM
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Years of riding dirt motorcycles taught me to loosely grip the handlebars. A tight grip would have had me cramping out before the end of the day.
In a car, this equates to a loose grip on the steering wheel. Again, a fatigue relief in long drives.
My mother taught me to keep my thumbs out of the steering wheel spokes. Over my years of four wheeling, wherein surfaces can rip the steering wheel out of your hands no matter how tightly you are gripping, this saved me from many broken thumbs.
I find the combination of the above allows the car to more precisely feed back the road surface to me. It's always good to have more data!!!
As a side benefit, my skin surfaces ride above and below the shift buttons. So I don't accidentally trip those buttons. But the buttons are right where I need them. The paddles ... not so much.
I find myself using just my left hand to up and down shift, leaving my right hand free for whatever else.
Of course, YMMV.
06-29-2023 | 04:53 PM
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06-29-2023 | 06:51 PM
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I think my comment about PDK buttons and a 991.2 was misinterpreted.....I LOVE my 997.2 and would only switch the steering wheel for the 991.2 wheel NOT swap cars (I love the updated look and prefer the smaller diameter) - I'm used to paddles in my wife's Mercedes. I'll definitely try the manual mode on the shifter itself - honestly hadn't thought of that and I always have my right hand on the shifter while driving out of habit.
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06-29-2023 | 08:56 PM
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Hi, I have had my 2010 997.2 PDK for a couple of months now, and yes, I experience this issue also. At first I found it very disconcerting as it's a very pronounced jolt, but I have learned to live with it and drive around it. If I am braking harder I find it's nowhere near as bad, it's predominately in traffic & around town. Personally in those situations I prefer driving the car in manual mode, and only change down as far as second when coming to a stop. That way the car will still change to first on its own as you stop, but not produce the jolt that it does in sports mode/Auto.
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06-30-2023 | 04:53 AM
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