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PDK Sport mode and 7th - but you probably all know this

RJKflyer

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As we all know, drive in Sport mode and the 'box does not use 7th gear, and, naturally, it holds on to lowish gears to keep things on the boil.

Nice touch I only recently really appreciated: find yourself in Sport mode, but briefly stuck in slow traffic - tap the cruise control and even in Sport mode the 'box lazies up to whatever gear it would use in normal mode.

So, 43mph in sport mode, on cruise, and it changes right up to 7th gear... ...but quick jab of throttle and all hell breaks loose again.
 
Ultimately, that's true having read the manual. However, pooling along in traffic at the sort of speed where normally it would do 7th, it doesn't in sport, so you find yourself wasting fuel for no particularly good reason.
 
I'm pretty sure that, even in Sport, mine doesn't choose to use 7th - certainly not until you are travelling quite quickly. Normal road speeds are dealt with at least 1 gear lower than in normal mode. I tend to flick the gearbox into manual and select 7th. The problem with that is that I sometimes forget to change down manually when I want to "go go go" :) . I confess to not using Sport + that often.
 
I guess the reason I don't notice it is because I use the paddles 95% of the time and select 7th myself when pootling along in traffic and Sport mode.
 

ORIGINAL: tscaptain

I guess the reason I don't notice it is because I use the paddles 95% of the time and select 7th myself when pootling along in traffic and Sport mode.
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In manual then, else it'll slip back into auto mode after 8secs?

Agree with what was said further back in that if I too use manual have a bad habit of 'forgetting'...
 
It's what I do too. I keep it in auto mode and flip the paddles as required. I like sport mode but find, in London traffic, that I tend to push up a gear sooner than would otherwise happen. Works a treat and of course, if I do forget, then auto re-engages and takes over. Fantastic!

Cheers
 
Does the 997 PDK allow a "block" shift from 7/6 down to 3/2 with a swift throttle jab that is possible in the 991/981 PDK variants?

FBR
 
In manual then. But because I use it all the time I don't forget and it's second nature. I choose the gear - not the car. BTW, no doubt my stick and clutch Luddite friends will be along soon to tell us how involving the driving experience is compared to PDK......[:D]
 

ORIGINAL: tscaptain
...... BTW, no doubt my stick and clutch Luddite friends will be along soon to tell us how involving the driving experience is compared to PDK......[:D]
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But it is, you need to simultaneously share two pedals with one foot and really enjoy making a hash of it... ;)

FBR
 
Not sure if this also works on 9x7 PDK, pull both paddles quickly and neutral is selected, can be done at rest or moving. With foot on brake if stationary, pull left paddle and it selects next lower gear, pull right paddle and it selects next gear up. Saves sitting in stationary traffic with hot disks clamped by hot pads. If you select neutral this way whilst in first, you need to pull on right paddle as there is no gear below first! On the move, just pull on either paddle to select next gear.

Also there is a mini launch control - foot on brake, increase revs to c1.2k quickly release brake and off you go - no need for Sport+ A bit like loading the torque converter in old autos.
 
Ralph
Did not know that you could select neutral in that way - had read about it when GT3 was launched and thought it was specific to that set up
Will try on the way home
Tony
 
I tried it on the move this morning in my 991 and it seemed to work. I'm struggling to understand the benefits though. Can anyone advise??

Cheers
 
Hope you are all fully in to gliding mode too.

If you are off the throttle and the car hasn't done it for you already, a tap on the right hand paddle engages gliding mode. Not sure if it does this in every gear but I don't think it's restricted to 7th?

My last motorway cruise yielded 36mpg in the Cayman!

Edited to add - the purpose of being able to engage neutral whilst at speed is, as I understand it, to allow you to show boat and powerslide the car like Tiff Needell - engaging neutral mid bend unsettles the car and transfers weight forwards thus reducing rear grip - the car starts to oversteer, you then apply opposite lock and re-engage power. I spent ages once trying to master this on the low friction circuit at the PEC but without any great success!
 
Sport mode WILL use 7th in auto mode, but only when you get over about 80mph.

I always thought it didn't, but then it did this week down to Le Mans. The difference? I do a max of 75mph over here, but was sitting at 82mph (132kph) in France! Never even thought about it before, just assumed it wouldn't do it.
 

ORIGINAL: Ekona

Sport mode WILL use 7th in auto mode, but only when you get over about 80mph.
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That explains why the 991 C4 I borrowed never went into 7th on the motorway trip to Oulton. Naturally I never went as fast...

Chris.
 
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