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Originally Posted by WolfpackS2k
The system is pretty robust. I'm not sure exactly how robust, but I know that on the 911 Turbo launch control can be engaged over 40 times in a row without fail. I'm sure the Turbo's PDK components are beefier than a Cayman's. But most people don't drag race with the car, and if you're out on a track all weekend you will do literally zero standing starts.
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I recently met a older gentleman ( about in his early 70's) , who bought a '14 base cayman, burgundy color, with PDK. I forget if he said he bought it new, or possibly with only 2-3k miles on the car when he got it. Anyway, the first year that he had it in 2015 , he had about 5-6k miles on the car and he was about 15 miles from home and the car would not move out of 1st gear. PDK broke !! Stuck in 1st gear !! They towed the car back up to the Monterey dealer, and they tried diagnosing the PDK issue. At first, they got a module from a Porsche dealer back in New Jersey, that could tap into the PDK system to see what the issue was. They were unable to fix it after having the car 2-3 weeks , so they dropped the original tranny, and got him a new PDK tranny.
Granted, that was just one example , on person, one car ….. one love. I'm sure there is at least one more out there, similar situation /circumstance.
I'd go manual, 6spd. I'd also go '12 Cayman R ….. manual …. the right color, the right situation.