Any polls on the number of manual vs PDK owners here?
#16
02-15-2013, 10:16 PM
#19
02-16-2013, 06:14 AM
991 Carrera S 7-SpeedManual
Chuck
#20
02-16-2013, 06:14 AM
I think a more interesting poll would be a survey after one year of ownership. How many would stay with PDK; how many would stay with MT. Compare the ratios of those who would stay to those that would switch. My annecdotal observation is that automated transmissions become boring with time.
#22
02-16-2013, 06:53 AM
https://www.6speedonline.com/forums/...ng-gloves.html
Last edited by nicoli; 02-16-2013 at 07:03 AM.
#23
02-16-2013, 08:16 AM
PDK.....I have the "multi-function" steering wheel with the push/pull buttons & finding them very non-intuative compared with the left/right paddles I am used to (BMW DCT). I do like the other controls on the wheel though.
Sort of wish I had opted for the paddle shifts in the 1st place & could get a different wheel later.
In time I'd probably get used to them (push pull), but recently been using using the console shifter in manual mode & find I'm liking it OK.
I do prefer both hands on the wheel, but after umpteen manual cars, it never bothered me before to shift with only one hand on the wheel.
W/the new generations of dual clutch transmissions, it's doubtful I'll ever go back to a manual.
Sort of wish I had opted for the paddle shifts in the 1st place & could get a different wheel later.
In time I'd probably get used to them (push pull), but recently been using using the console shifter in manual mode & find I'm liking it OK.
I do prefer both hands on the wheel, but after umpteen manual cars, it never bothered me before to shift with only one hand on the wheel.
W/the new generations of dual clutch transmissions, it's doubtful I'll ever go back to a manual.
#25
02-16-2013, 09:36 AM
Thanks Nicoli for the post... Validates my decision to go with the MT on the C4S. Even with the traffic here in DC, I need to get more involved. I currently have the MDCT and it is great, the PDK is even better in my opinion. When I finally decide to upgrade to turbo or GT3, I will probably go back to PDK but want a last blast with MT.
#26
02-16-2013, 10:28 AM
I have a PDK, my first auto on a sports car. When I made the decision it felt right because I specked my CS2 with pretty much every engineering advance available, and thus a PDK would complete this super 21st century work of art.
I also knew going in that regardless of which I selected, there would be times when I wished for the other. Sitting in LA traffic I'd wish I'd had the PDK (which happened quite often before). Driving all out on the highway I'd miss the MT.
So far I'm not sad about my decision. The PDK blows my mind with it's brilliance even after 6 months of ownership so far. And yes, it's fun.
I have another car with a MT that's a classic, and for some reason it seems more appropriate to be driving a very low-tech vehicle with a manual.
Maybe it's kind of digital vs. analog at this point. Sort of.
I also knew going in that regardless of which I selected, there would be times when I wished for the other. Sitting in LA traffic I'd wish I'd had the PDK (which happened quite often before). Driving all out on the highway I'd miss the MT.
So far I'm not sad about my decision. The PDK blows my mind with it's brilliance even after 6 months of ownership so far. And yes, it's fun.
I have another car with a MT that's a classic, and for some reason it seems more appropriate to be driving a very low-tech vehicle with a manual.
Maybe it's kind of digital vs. analog at this point. Sort of.
#27
02-16-2013, 10:36 AM
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I think a more interesting poll would be a survey after one year of ownership. How many would stay with PDK; how many would stay with MT. Compare the ratios of those who would stay to those that would switch. My annecdotal observation is that automated transmissions become boring with time.
#28
02-16-2013, 10:53 AM
I have a PDK, my first auto on a sports car. When I made the decision it felt right because I specked my CS2 with pretty much every engineering advance available, and thus a PDK would complete this super 21st century work of art.
I also knew going in that regardless of which I selected, there would be times when I wished for the other. Sitting in LA traffic I'd wish I'd had the PDK (which happened quite often before). Driving all out on the highway I'd miss the MT.
So far I'm not sad about my decision. The PDK blows my mind with it's brilliance even after 6 months of ownership so far. And yes, it's fun.
I have another car with a MT that's a classic, and for some reason it seems more appropriate to be driving a very low-tech vehicle with a manual.
Maybe it's kind of digital vs. analog at this point. Sort of.
I also knew going in that regardless of which I selected, there would be times when I wished for the other. Sitting in LA traffic I'd wish I'd had the PDK (which happened quite often before). Driving all out on the highway I'd miss the MT.
So far I'm not sad about my decision. The PDK blows my mind with it's brilliance even after 6 months of ownership so far. And yes, it's fun.
I have another car with a MT that's a classic, and for some reason it seems more appropriate to be driving a very low-tech vehicle with a manual.
Maybe it's kind of digital vs. analog at this point. Sort of.
Awesome MT video's not with standing
the PDK is a perfectly integrated transmission which is way more fun and interactive in manual sport+ mode than I ever expected.Did a lengthy write up on it here for those interested. https://www.6speedonline.com/forums/...91-c4s-75.html post 1113.
Cheers!
