All of this just goes to show

Watching this review, it seems pretty clear Guido really likes the PDK, right?

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But, then when you read this:

[www.thegetawayer.com]

he offers us more insight.

He makes a very compelling case that the full 'sports car' experience (as contrasted with 'race-car' experience) might be best had with a manual.

There's no right or wrong. As Guenter and others here have said, each person has to decide what his or her goal is, in buying a Boxster.

And yes, I'm back in search mode.

He expresses the sentiment of manual vs. PDK as well as the best native-English speaker. He mentions Aisin as the manual transmission make; that's fine, and fortunately, as far as I know, Porsche doesn't use Takata airbags!

Hope you find that special one.

Hope you'll elaborate.

I did not get it until I drove one but:

- it is simply always in the right gear
- it downshifts faster than I can think about it with a throttle blip
- and the up shifts are unnoticeable they are so fast; there is never a delay

Makes me feel even more in control of the car than when I had a manual.

Porsche just got it right with PDK...its a lot of fun and if I want to shift I have the paddles on the sport steering wheel.

I can make it feel as smooth as a luxury car or it can be very raw; even without pushing the sport or sport plus buttons...plus I can now drive in flip flops now...:-)

that you have to experience it before you can render a true judgement of what even you will like best. And a quick test drive is probably not enough.

In the end, the writer prefers a manual but as he said there's a world of difference between the 1st and 2nd generation PDK. I suspect Porsche will continue to improve and refine it.

"A mile of highway will take you one mile. A mile of runway will take you anywhere."

and I don't mean mine since I'm a certified geezer.

I like things the old fashioned way. I like a manual gearbox. And I like to have the spark advance on a lever on the steering wheel (so that a REAL driver can get the most from the engine). And I like to start my car with a crank (the way a MAN starts their car). But, alas, my car (a 2014 Boxster S) has none of those features.

The PDK is really very good, however.

choke.