Porsche to include 7 speed manual option in new 911
 

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Question: how would you fit 7 speeds on a traditional H pattern stick shift? or is it a sequential?

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Oh, come on now... hahaha. It would be like my old 5-speed with reverse being below 5th gear. Except for two more gears in the middle.

I can see a lot of miss shifts happening.

would it really be that simple? i drove an s2000 for 2 years so i know what it's like to have a 6 speed H pattern with a reverse way out to the side, but adding still another gear to that would be hectic!

Like this

http://www.inautonews.com/wp-content...s08gso.th.jpeg

r 2 4 6

1 3 5 7

this makes more sense.
1st is for parking, 2nd - 7th gear is the driving range

That was my first thoughts, but maybe they think 3rd and 4th most used?

I really don't see how that would be confusing at all. It's a cruising gear. Use it when cruising. All other times it's a standard 6 speed gate pattern. Pretty cool, though.

Next thing you know there will be a 8spd gearbox and all this non-sense.

i'm not saying it's confusing. i'm saying when you're at the track, especially when you're gonna be downshifting and upshifting between the middle gears a lot, it's gonna be real easy to misshift with all those gears in the middle. btw the already have 8 speed automatics.

So is it a triple overdrive or just dual with 5th being one to one and 1-4 being extremely close ratio?

Apparently it isn't (I probably should have checked first)!

Just seems weird to have 2 dog legs (albeit one being reverse). I'm not a fan of the reverse in the top left next to 1st. I will admit that I've put my car in reverse a couple times trying to get it into 1st quickly, yet I never hit reverse on the highway with the 5...

Most of them have the ring or you have to push down on the stick to get it in reverse. It's partcially fool proof but I could imagine a few failed attempts durng a quick 3 pts for example. I'm sure after week, it'll be like second nature regardless of it's 4 spd, 5 spd, 6 spd, 7spd and even 5 spd with the ol skool 4wd mini shifter! Man I miss those! :party0030:

Hmmmm, that would defiantly help. The 6 speed on the XRS only has a bushing that makes it feel different and slightly inhibits going into reverse. I've only managed to hit reverse instead of 1st twice (both from a neutral stick).

And I agree the 7 speed won't be that hard to get used to. Just have to watch the downshift from 7-6 speed dependant, wouldn't really want a 7-4 at a decent click.