To paddle or not to paddle...need your expert opinio
I outlined my rationale for doing the retrofit and I have no regrets at all. I miss the multifunction especially when I use the phone but I wouldn't consider it crucial enough.
The best thing for you is to ask the dealer for a loan car to drive and make up your mind.
BTW the cost is much less than 1200 Euro. I paid nearer to 900 Euro including 0.8 units labour.
At first I did not want to do the change.... I thaught it would be a waist.
But.... it is the best thing I have done to this car. I feel 100% happy with it , and now I use the manual mode, hardly used it before as I pressing these plastic buttons gave no pleasure.
The paddles just connect you more to the car.... it made the whole PDK so much more pleasurable. The buttons are the equivalent of the tiptronic.
997.2 C2S, PDK, -20mm
I have driven with the buttons, the paddles on the steering column and now the paddles attached to the steering wheel. BY far the better set up are the paddles on the steering column ala Ferrari. Paddles on the steering wheel requires you to always have your hands at 9 and 3 on the wheel. Otherwise should you want to shift you have to go looking for the paddle because your hands are not set at 9 and 3.
I suggest like Reginos, you test drive with the Paddles on the steering wheel. If you drive with your hands affixed at 9 and 3 on the wheel regardless of the maneuver you're making you will be fine. However, since you're use to buttons on the wheel it may not be too bad of a problem for you.
Thanks for the feedback my friends.
Well, I was able to get to Germany, but still have to go to Lisbon. Anyway, as my flight was cancelled today and I had to stay in Munique, took the chance of being in a Hotel +/- near a Porsche Zentrum and went there to check the steering wheel. They had a Panamera with paddles on the show room.
The steering wheel looks better live than on photos. Liked the paddles feel, way much better than the plastic buttons but spring loading seemed just a bit to much, try to test it with one finger only, and felt it clearly that you have to use two or three fingers to aply the right amount of force, but I believe this sensation can change completly while driving, which is rather different that play with paddle on the show room
I´m very closed to give a try to paddles.
Just one more note, the BMW and Mercedes show room in Munique are , I was stuned just to look at it.
J.Seven
Looks great in sand beige