IMS 'preventative driving' ????

[kk2002s]

With all these treads on good RPM ranges, I was always curious what the Auto was doing. From the single response here, the auto appears to run the flat 6 at a much lower RPM range then most suggest.
Since the Auto's shift points can be programmed by the Porsche Engineers, can one infer that lower RPMs for general driving are expected?????

I would like to see more Auto owner's observations.

Does the PDK behave the same with respect to automatic shift point RPM ranges???

I have always been of the opinion that being in to low of a gear, low RPMs, puts a lot of stress on the clutch and the motor - Auto or Manual

Like riding a bike up a hill:
Higher gear, sit and spin - slower up but less stressful
Lower gear, stand and thump those pedals (better be fit for this) - faster up but a lot more stressful

[BIGJake111]

i have had the auto drop beneath 2200 before without downshifting... this area has many 55 mph back roads, so i travel around 65 (likely less considering our speedos seem to always read high) but this puts my car in 5th gear and as i aproach a turn and slow to a lower speed it takes a very low speed for the car to shift down into 4th . I have to commemorate our cars for having such great low end tourque though because the car can always pull away easy even when in low rpm. Also the auto never uses 1rst gear which i found odd at first, but 1rst gear is so short that it makes sense.