Re: Manual to PDK
Lukas:
Except for when I'm commuting my car in jammed traffic I always engage Sport Plus and manual mode and prefer to handle the gearchange this way and find it very inspiring and involving.
Sport Plus makes a difference in Auto mode because of this "Race Gearchange Strategy" and the Launch Control of course. The throttle map is the same in Sport and Sport+. Therefore, Sport+ in manual is as good as Sport in manual.
But as many has said before, Sport Chrono is an absolute must. Doing manual mode in normal mode is just plain boring and slow and I really don't understand why Porsche decided to not have the sport-modes standard on all pdk-cars. Why would they risk to get bad reviews just as a result of having a reviewer testing a car without SC and complain on slow shifts in manual mode?
Many extras on Porsche are absolute must, including of course the SC. IMO they want to make the (theoretical) starting price of their cars appear lower. A higher starting price on their cheaper cars especially, might act as a disincentive to enter a showroom. Of course they could have these essential extras included in the basic price and make them standard equipment (like other competitors do), but this is not the Porsche way unfortunately.
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"Form follows function"