Originally Posted by mmuller

Has anyone driven a manual 991? I did last Thursday and wasn't impressed. I have driven both the PDK and manual 991's now and I have to say that if they are representative of the GT3 transmission choices, the PDK will be a better choice.

It was the weirdest manual I think I have ever driven. In every manual I have ever driven, be it a truck or a 69 bug or a 4.0rs, you can feel the cog engagement though the stick. In the 991, there is zero feel in the manual. It felt so disconnected through the gear stick, I would describe it best as a gear selector switch, not a gear stick.

I am also confident some of the PDK electronics are still there because no matter if I was shifting up or down, he car seemed to know and it seemed to be always the perfect gear to be in. After 40 minutes of driving it, it never had a bad shift and 'welcomed' each gear, almost like I didn't really select it.

The only thing I did like was the new lower seating position and the higher center console made the relationship between the steering wheel and gear shift significantly better, with a small reach off the wheel to the stick.

I think my next GT3 will be PDK.

Originally Posted by orthofrancis

Flat 8 - hmmmm seeing as they've reached the displacement limit (4.0) for this current engine block, moving to a bigger block makes sense.

How much weight would adding the 2 extra cylinders add? Would it be based on the old 908 series? - probably not since it was only 2 valves/cylinder.

Originally Posted by GrantG

The new 9A1 engine was specifically designed to be modular, so it can be built as a Flat-4 (coming in the 981 Turbo), Flat-6 (used from 2009 in the 987, 997 and 991 Carrera), and Flat-8 (new GT3/RS???).

Originally Posted by mooty

i love stick, but to say there's no PDK i think is foolish. manual is old. M cars and F cars are all there already....

and if it's 7 speed, i wont do manual. why not just drive a semi truck with 18 speed. who in their right mind would drive a 7 speed manual? i much rather just play with my own stick.

Originally Posted by Larry Cable

flat-2 for the inevitable Porsche Lawn Tractor ???

Originally Posted by GrantG

BMW makes some nice Flat-2 (air-cooled) motorcyles

Originally Posted by mmuller

I had no issue with the 'weighting' of the gearshift, light or heavy is fine with me. It's that, you never felt it engage a gear. The lever just reached it limit in travel so you assumed you made the gear change. I think your right 911slow, its the mechanism on top of the PDK where it's being lost. It was enough for me to say, it's not a manual worth it driving to be honest. I had driven and exact same spec PDK a week earlier and was impressed in how engaging the transmission was. The manual just felt like an afterthought.

As to my next GT3, there's always room for one more!

Originally Posted by Larry Cable

go checkout MJones's observations on the 991S in that forum ... I think the 'ladies' over there are not happy with him!

https://rennlist.com/forums/991/6926...ds-review.html

Originally Posted by 911rox

Geeez... I'm surprised they didn't start bitch slapping one another with their Prada bags lmao... Tough crowd..

Originally Posted by ir_fuel

Are they also gonna fit it with 20" wheels?
Will make for very expensive Michelin or Pirelli trackday tyres ....

Originally Posted by Larry Cable

interesting question, are there 20" MPSC & Pirelli Corsas??? ... what are the 991S cars riding on?

Originally Posted by mdrums

So far I've seen them on Pirelli P-Zero...same tire that came on my lowly Carrera GTS.

I'm not understanding these 20" tires at all...doesn't seem performance driven. Wonder what Porsche will put on the 991GT3 cars?