View Poll Results: PDK or not? that's a question
i will get PDK for it's perfermance.
38
29.46%
i will get PDK for it's convinence. i can leave it in auto-mode when commuting
15
11.63%
i won't get PDK because i perfer to shift myself
63
48.84%
i won't get PDK because the cost.
4
3.10%
i won't get PDK because it's too new for porsche and i worry about reliabilty/bugs.
9
6.98%
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one more PDK poll since now we know the PDK price
#1
Drifting
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one more PDK poll since now we know the PDK price
so the PDK is finally here!
let's run the poll again, since now we know how much pcna charges. 7-Speed PDK 250 $4,080
BTW, was reading forza magazine, it seems that ferrari introduced with the Ferrari 355 F1 in 1998, about 10 years ago, what took so long for porsche?
let's run the poll again, since now we know how much pcna charges. 7-Speed PDK 250 $4,080
BTW, was reading forza magazine, it seems that ferrari introduced with the Ferrari 355 F1 in 1998, about 10 years ago, what took so long for porsche?
#4
Drifting
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#9
Good poll. What took them so long is right. I was ready for PDK to be the impetus for my move to the 09. Now that it won't be offered on the Targa for a year or so, my decision is made for me. Plus the unconventional design of the interface makes this a choice I am happy I don't need to make.
I'll keep my 07 as a daily but will buy something other than a PCAR for weekends. Bummer...
I'll keep my 07 as a daily but will buy something other than a PCAR for weekends. Bummer...
#11
After reading the entire spec. on the PDK I really very surprised that the transmission is just an improved Tiptronic. The PDK is not the Porsche version of the Ferrari F1 gear box.
Read the specs, it's a very modern tiptronic.
Read the specs, it's a very modern tiptronic.
#12
Burning Brakes
ahh it most definitely is not a very modern tiptronic...
there is NO torque convertor
Dual Clutch transmission - very different technology, first applied by Porsche 956 c. 1981
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twin-clutch_gearbox
distinct again from sequential manuals formerly deployed by Ferrari/BMW
worth noting that both Ferrari in the California and BMW in the latest M3 are introducing Dual Clutch systems...
there is NO torque convertor
Dual Clutch transmission - very different technology, first applied by Porsche 956 c. 1981
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twin-clutch_gearbox
distinct again from sequential manuals formerly deployed by Ferrari/BMW
worth noting that both Ferrari in the California and BMW in the latest M3 are introducing Dual Clutch systems...
#13
Drifting
Sounds like typical Porsche pricing. This transmission sounds almost identical to the new double clutch transmission in the new M3, which I believe is $2,700. Porsche wants $4,000?
#15
Drifting
That makes the price difference even greater between the double clutch transmission on the new M3 and the 911 PDK, because I am pretty sure the M3 transmission has launch control. $2,700 on the M3, and $5,000 on the 911.