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No manual tranny in the 991 GT3? MikenOH - Tuesday, 21 February, 2012, at 9:36:26 pm |
Re: No manual tranny in the 991 GT3? Guenter in Ontario - Tuesday, 21 February, 2012, at 10:55:25 pm |
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MikenOH
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Hmm, this is just preliminary info but if they're offering a choice on the Carrera S, why not on the GT3?
Better than txting in cars of the future Bobtesa - Monday, 27 February, 2012, at 5:06:34 pm |
Re: Better than txting in cars of the future Guenter in Ontario - Monday, 27 February, 2012, at 6:50:35 pm |
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Bobtesa
Just get a driving video game to play while your car takes you where it is programmed to go.
no manual in current Turbo S, either. Probably too many "lessons" learned w/ CGT a la $$$ > brains *NM* Burg Boxster - Wednesday, 22 February, 2012, at 8:55:24 am |
Re: No manual tranny in the 991 GT3? db997S - Wednesday, 22 February, 2012, at 9:08:55 am |
Re: No manual tranny in the 991 GT3? MikenOH - Wednesday, 22 February, 2012, at 9:38:42 am |
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db997S
Gee, too bad the author didn't let his views be known about his feelings between PDK and manual cars.
Re: No manual tranny in the 991 GT3? db997S - Wednesday, 22 February, 2012, at 12:30:56 pm |
Re: No manual tranny in the 991 GT3? Guenter in Ontario - Wednesday, 22 February, 2012, at 5:46:24 pm |
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db997S
Not sure if the Buick thing is for enthusiats, or if their car buyers are the only ones around now who know how to drive a stick. The Utes of today, don't learn it anymore as the video games are all push button.
Re: No manual tranny in the 991 GT3? Gary in SoFL - Wednesday, 22 February, 2012, at 5:53:02 pm |
Re: No manual tranny in the 991 GT3? Guenter in Ontario - Wednesday, 22 February, 2012, at 6:02:19 pm |
Buick (GM) can do this because it has sufficient small/fuel efficient cars to help its CAFE.... MarcW - Sunday, 26 February, 2012, at 2:07:27 pm |
Re: Buick (GM) can do this because it has sufficient small/fuel efficient cars to help its CAFE.... MikenOH - Monday, 27 February, 2012, at 11:19:21 am |
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MarcW
numbers.
Small automakers, like Porsche, do not and thus Porsche needs to extract maximum fuel economy (at least during the EU and EPA fuel economy tests). Hence some models are goign to be PDK only.
Porsche with the PDK (and before it the Tip), has a shift map that 'games' the EU/EPA fuel tests (to some extent). And Porsche is not alone in this.
Sincerely,
MarcW.
There's not distinction made based on transmission types. All vehicles are lumped together... MarcW - Monday, 27 February, 2012, at 2:44:05 pm |
Re: There's not distinction made based on transmission types. All vehicles are lumped together... MikenOH - Monday, 27 February, 2012, at 5:22:23 pm |
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MarcW
From Wiki "it is the sales-weighted harmonic mean fuel economy, expressed in miles per US gallon, of a manufacturer's fleet of current model year passenger cars and light trucks with a gross vehicle weight rating of 8500 pounds. or less, manufactured for sale in the US".
Oh, wait, a change in 2011: I'll not quote Wiki directly but the new standard is based on a vehicle's size, determined by multiplying the vehicle's wheelbase by its average track width. A vehicle with a bigger footprint has a lower fuel economy requirement than a vehicle with a smaller footprint.
Say hello to ever bigger/heavier/more powerful vehicles... Geesh. (Now this might explain when the new 911 got a longer wheel base...)
Words fail me.
MarcW.
Car design for years has been dictated by regulations/etc as much as anything else... MarcW - Monday, 27 February, 2012, at 8:21:52 pm |