2013 Porsche 911 Carrera Cabriolet Long-Term Road Test

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• fordson1 Unconfirmed Posts: 1,512

  May 2013

  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.

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• ddougyy Member Posts: 7

  May 2013

  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.

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