Re: 997 TT
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TX 911 said:
By the way, it's interesting to me all the emphasis now on how you must make perfect shifts etc. for the manual to be faster to 300kph, achieve the posted times, etc. I'm sure this has always been true of posted manual accel times, but nobody seemed to care until a lot of them started ordering Tips!
I think the actual point of comparison is that everyone began to focus on shifting speed when the Tip started to out-perform the 6-speed. This has never happened before and most 6-speed owners were content with the idea that if they perfectly operated the controls, they could beat at Tip-equipped car.
Now, when it's pointed out that the Tip is faster NO MATTER HOW FAST ONE SHIFTS, it's become a point of interest.
The 6-speed owner must now consider that the 6-speed is narrowly faster in the most special of circumstances ONLY if driven perfectly. Imperfectly operated 6-speed 997TTs are guaranteed to be slower in ALL straight-line time-to-speed challenges.
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