manual vs PDK
04-11-2014, 11:14 PM
#93
Burning Brakes
04-12-2014, 12:02 AM
#94
As I read this new episode with interest, a famous quote came to mind. Not sure it's water or gasoline.
"An intelligent person can rationalize anything, a wise person doesn't try."
"An intelligent person can rationalize anything, a wise person doesn't try."
04-12-2014, 08:08 PM
#95
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When you plunk down $100k to $140k for a car, you are making a personal decision. Get what you want. If I told an PDK 911 owner that a "real Porsche" has a manual transmission or if I told a manual 911 owner that "manual transmissions are only for the people who cling to the past", I would expect him/her to tell me to F off.
You may as well be telling your neighbor that he/she should have picked a more suitable spouse.
When you plunk down $100k to $140k for a car, you are making a personal decision. Get what you want. If I told an PDK 911 owner that a "real Porsche" has a manual transmission or if I told a manual 911 owner that "manual transmissions are only for the people who cling to the past", I would expect him/her to tell me to F off.
You may as well be telling your neighbor that he/she should have picked a more suitable spouse.
Not intended in a negative way to the OP in any way, these threads have just proven pointless. I understand not having been on the forum long enough to know that, so it happens.
Let me just add that I tried out the other sides spouse(s) and chose mine because she's much better. 50+ years of experience... No wait, that doesn't sound right!
04-12-2014, 08:26 PM
#96
I can understand that if you're older, have problems with your knees or whatever and sit in traffic and don't enjoy shifting you might want the option of an automatic as a compromise. That's what it is though, a compromise for people that can no longer shift or enjoy it for whatever reason. If I had trouble because of a physical problem I'd want the automatic option too.
The problem I have is being put down as some kind of dinosaur (I'm in my 30's) that's an extremist for insisting on a manual transmission in my sports car because that's what makes the driving experience enjoyable for me. I also have a problem when dealers only order the automatic and force it on customers and put down those that want a manual. It's also a problem that they are removing the manual option in many cars now because they make more on the automatic.
The problem I have is being put down as some kind of dinosaur (I'm in my 30's) that's an extremist for insisting on a manual transmission in my sports car because that's what makes the driving experience enjoyable for me. I also have a problem when dealers only order the automatic and force it on customers and put down those that want a manual. It's also a problem that they are removing the manual option in many cars now because they make more on the automatic.
Your complaint pretty much sums it up. Pointless put-downs and some of the most bone-headed analogies (crank start? manual windows?) - do they particularly add something to the discussion?
04-13-2014, 09:01 PM
#97
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Being stuck in stop-and-go rush hour traffic every day might make a PDK far more palatable, but I wouldn't waste my money on a Porsche for that type of use in the first place. Any beater with AC and an automatic would serve just as well for crawling from stop to stop. Then I could get the Porsche that I really wanted...one with a manual transmission.
04-13-2014, 10:14 PM
#98
Three Wheelin'
Being stuck in stop-and-go rush hour traffic every day might make a PDK far more palatable, but I wouldn't waste my money on a Porsche for that type of use in the first place. Any beater with AC and an automatic would serve just as well for crawling from stop to stop. Then I could get the Porsche that I really wanted...one with a manual transmission.
04-13-2014, 11:46 PM
#99
Being stuck in stop-and-go rush hour traffic every day might make a PDK far more palatable, but I wouldn't waste my money on a Porsche for that type of use in the first place. Any beater with AC and an automatic would serve just as well for crawling from stop to stop. Then I could get the Porsche that I really wanted...one with a manual transmission.
Ideally for stop and go traffic I'd get a big, cushy car with massaging seats. Then when I'm not going to be driving in traffic I'd take my manual transmission Porsche out for fun.
If I could only have 1 car and sat in stop and go traffic for 2 hrs each way going to work I could see getting the PDK automatic as a compromise.
