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Originally Posted by tez2013
Just joined the forum... seems like a great community here. Hoping to get your thoughts on a couple of things.
So, I've driven both, the manual and the auto. Both felt pretty good and I was actually surprised at how decent the auto was in the sport mode (keeping the revs high, downshifting aggressively and blipping throttle on downshifts).
I'm looking to get this car because it seems to be a very fun car to drive. This car would be my daily driver and I'd be spending a fair bit of time in traffic. Question is how much fun does this auto (which is pretty good) sap from the driving experience of this car? This would be my first paddle-shift car... seems like it improves the auto experience?
I'll also note that I already have a weekend manual car that I track quite frequently, so now looking for something that would be a lot of fun mainly on the street and autocross, but also occasionally on the track. That being said, I've never commuted in a manual car on regular basis, so I'm afraid it may get pretty old in traffic rather quickly...
So, I guess I'd like to hear from people that were in my shoes and have gone one way or the other. Per name of the thread, I'm leaning towards the auto due to practicality in traffic but wonder if I'm going to giving up a lot during more spirited driving?
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i would say the auto is just fine for daily/ and some track use but wouldnt recommend it on autocross, mainly just because its slow off the line, if you dont care about doing well and just having fun then it shouldnt be a problem because the auto is about 2 seconds slower to 60 than the manual variant, but on a track its slower because of the higher gear ratios in 3-4-5th in the auto
i drive an auto, ive also had manual cars/modified cars, but most of my fun is on empty streets and backroads, doing cruises so the auto is just fine for my intentions, i also plan on putting in a 5:1 rear end at some point vs the stock 4.1:1 my gas mialge should line up with the manual at that point but it will give me an advantage on the track and ill have more usable passing gears
hope my input helps
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Originally Posted by einzlr
Careful with that comparison. The PDK is Porsche's signature transmission - the one they're proud of and focus all that German genius engineering on. They offer the manual because, well, because the planets would come out of alignment if they didn't. With the BRZ/FR-S it's the other way around. The spirit of these cars calls for MT, but they offer auto because (in the US in particular) the market segment demands it (witness just here alone in this forum all the people saying they're not comfortable with manual).
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i wasnt comfortable with it on the main point of clutch engagement, i am used to a 6 pluck racing clutch the grabs a 1/2 inch off the floor lol... plus i wanted to test out the auto because of the praise it gets, and in all respect it is very good but not as engaging as any manual car, plus i dont plan on modifying my auto, sometime in the future ill pick up a manual and modify it. im mostly waiting on development of parts so i have a choice on what i want on my car plus parts will be cheaper in the future, and even better used parts like intakes will be dirt cheap(just replace the filter)