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Automatic transmissions like PDK, Which Porsche wants to make standard in all their cars soon, allows them to do two things at once: 1) mark up the base price of every car sold and 2) keep their overpriced dealer service stations busy fixing and properly maintaining these complicated systems. a LOT more cash in their coffers.
The only benefit of a manual transmission is to the driver and an independent mechanic who would charge only fraction of the cost to fix vs the cost of servicing an automatic PDK at the dealer.
As far as driving, no question a manual transmission makes you a better driver; it forces you to multi-task the elements involved in focused driving. An automatic transmission like PDK will remove that forcing of the driver to focus and make it an option instead. Those who opt not to focus are then much more likely to practice a different kind of multitasking: shaving with the Norelco, putting on lipstick, talking on the iPhone, eating a burrito.
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Last edited by Perfectlap; 06-08-2013 at 06:04 AM.
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