The new Boxster - the triumph of technology over skill?

[jaykay]

I am all for present and "engaged" driving with limited crutches. Skill mastery and involvement is where the fun interest and fascination is. Even sound and smell are key to a driving experience...it will be a sad day when there is no exhaust note talking back to you.

I fear that PDK will removed a little too much of the involvement; but certainly there skill involved, perhaps a new skill in place of the old...left foot breaking. I am pretty sure a fair bit of PDK speed will come from guys riding the brakes, blazing into a corner hard on the left foot...ceramic/or? rotors will become a major track item....perhaps

[pothole]

Agree entirely. PDK totally kills the driving experience.

However, it does allow unskilled drivers to jumo in a sports car and ping up and down the gearbox like a pro. So commercially, it's a no brainer - most people love PDK.

So long as they keep doing the manual, let them have PDK. Only problem is that the 991's manual gearbox is compromised by being based on the PDK box. So they is a downside to this new tech, even if you don't opt for it.

At least the 981 has the proper manual carried over from the 987.

[Ghostrider 310]

Originally Posted by pothole

Agree entirely. PDK totally kills the driving experience.

However, it does allow unskilled drivers to jumo in a sports car and ping up and down the gearbox like a pro. So commercially, it's a no brainer - most people love PDK.

So long as they keep doing the manual, let them have PDK. Only problem is that the 991's manual gearbox is compromised by being based on the PDK box. So they is a downside to this new tech, even if you don't opt for it.

At least the 981 has the proper manual carried over from the 987.

Yup, which would always be accomplished in front of your 986, I wonder if the Ferrari drivers that use it in races feel that way?

[pothole]

Ummm, what?