Would you have gotten PDK if they offered it on the 986?

[Perfectlap]

Have to agree. I would love PDK on my next Cayenne or Turbo Carrera (as long as the warranty is lifetime) but on a roadster? No way.
I'd have to do a truck load of daily driving to even consider getting rid of the lever.

As for peformance, sure the machine will be be quicker than the man, so why not just go fully automatic like some guys in F1 who don't even bother to shift any of their gears? That's where things are headed. But I see lots of guys looking for the PDK to put them closer to FTD bragging rights and that coveted $5 trophy at the next autocross or DE Cup. Laptimes go up, driver talent down.

[NoGaBiker]

Originally Posted by Perfectlap

Have to agree. I would love PDK on my next Cayenne or Turbo Carrera (as long as the warranty is lifetime) but on a roadster? No way.
I'd have to do a truck load of daily driving to even consider getting rid of the lever.

See, I feel just the opposite -- I'd have to be doing a lot more track work than I do anymore to consider moving to a PDK. Traffic is the very thing that would keep me in a manual Porsche forever. Why? Because there is NOTHING ELSE TO DO when you are stuck in traffic. Getting to slip the clutch and ease forward repeatedly is the only "skill" you're getting to enjoy/exercise/display that day. If traffic is light or nonexistent, or you're on a track, you can enjoy so many other aspects of driving that it might just make up for the loss of the clutch pedal.