Fifth Gear - Porsche Cayman Manual Vs Auto

Jason Plato tries to find out which is faster: A manual Cayman or the double clutch automatic version. From Series 16

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Autos & Vehicles

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• Fifth
• Gear
• Porsche
• Cayman
• Manual
• Vs
• Auto

[rock3tcat]

MANUAL!!!! Automatics are for nancy's...

[soucorp]

porsche dublin clubin what??? crap, give me a proper gearbox, gt3 baby!

[MagicAyrtonforever]

@rock3tcat Dual clutch or manual... my choice isn't yours alright? good good.

[Driftuner]

@cildni dont forget the PDK has to deal with a lot more weight aswell...so it might be faster on a strait/off the line...but when it gets curvy, 30Kgs are a lot..

[Driftuner]

@TheCheekytrucker no, it IS an auto...an automated manual has no torque converter..the pdk does have a converter

[TheCheekytrucker]

PDK is not an auto, its an automated manual, sorry to be anal, but its a semi auto ;)

[wokeupthismorning100]

@rock3tcat bullshit

[wokeupthismorning100]

@soucorp proper's are crap

[cildni]

It's physically impossible for the manual to be faster than the double clutch. The double clutch has no shifting interruption at all.

Two different lap times? 1) Human drivers are not consistent. Lap times can vary wildly even in the same exact car. 2) The driver was very biased towards manual. 3) At the time of the test he still had trouble remembering where to shift the PDK up and down.

[ELTEATROESTUDIO]

It downshifts only when it wants to??? mate.. the PDK protects the engine and transmission from stupid drivers that can't coordinate the simple concept of "push to shift up, pull to shift down" if it does not downshift it's because you are selecting an impossible gear for the speed your going. I own a cayman PDK and the PDK does exactly what you tell it to.

[aviomaster]

MANUAL transmission beats  Automatic in many different categories ONLY advantage for Automatic is YOU do not have to shift gears. Nothing else.

[qettyz]

Do not compare double clutch automatic to old school one, todays double clutch automatics are just faster than manual and there are no old school automatic slipping and yes you can control the gears.