Originally Posted by stevepow

... Someone, a long time ago, when I first learned to shift, told me it was safest to always keep the car in gear. Never could think of a reason not to, so I have always tried to.

Originally Posted by JTaylorGT

Pretty embarassing when you're number one at the traffic light and can't get going! Nonetheless, it's not that often so I just re-engage the clutch and that usually does the trick.

Originally Posted by cibergypsy

My question was not as to its unbreakability but about having a quality high enough to be worthy of the Porsche badge, specially since water-cooled, Carrera based 911s' motors and transmissions have nothing in common with the GTs and Turbos. It was a question about how do they compare to the ones on the other variants but, after reading my own post, I guess the intent of my question wasn't clear.

Of course they shouldn't be expected to be unbreakable or abused. Fortunately for me, I am not one of the silly jocks who don't know better as no transmission on any car I've owned has been damaged by misuse, including the 915 on my '84 Targa which served me well for many tens of thousands of miles.

Thanks for putting my mind at ease by saying that our Aisin transmissions are excellent ones!

Originally Posted by Ynot

I have not notice it but I have the factory SSK. I wonder if that matters anyone know?