2013 Porsche 911 Carrera Cabriolet Long-Term Road Test

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2013 Porsche 911 Carrera Cabriolet Long-Term Road Test

Edmunds conducts a Long-Term Test of the 2013 Porsche 911 Carrera Cabriolet and reports on its brakes.

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fordson1

Seems like with these automated manuals, it's either this scenario or the opposite - as the engine gets taken down below idle speed with the clutches engaged in first gear, it's trying to keep pushing the car forward - then the tranny gets the message to disengage...a bit too late...and as soon as it does, you suddenly have too much brake - and the car jerks to a stop. The timing of clutch engagement/disengagement and especially the rate at which those operations are performed is many times tougher to program than the timing of the gearshifts.

ddougyy

This is actually one of the reasons (smaller reason to be honest) I got rid of my '13 Mustang v6. It had an auto, and was not able to do anything in a smooth way. Stop, shift, slow down, start....other things that begin with S....

Anyways, I've got a '13 GTI w/ the DSG (somewhat related to Porsche's PDK) and it does everything smoothly. It just works in a much more refined way. I'm surprised this is happening with the PDK though. Maybe the particular unit isn't functioning 100% perfect, because I would think Porsche would have taken care of this.