Soulful Automatic?

Ok, so the PDK is pretty impressive acceleration-wise. We know because we got the chance to drive a Cayman S PDK @ Porsche Ottawa today. This time we had a better route plan, and there was less traffic.

What to say about the shifts? Pretty mind-boggling when you think about what's going on inside that gearbox. It really bangs through the gears rapidly and the car is quick, quick, quick.

Has Andrew pondering PDK but to my mind, I'll always go manual. I’m not chasing the 100% performance edge, and it definitely does 'feel' faster, but the engagement of shifting yourself and the satisfaction of proper downshifts…well, I wouldn’t want to give that up. That's a bit of the soul of a sports car - that hand/foot coordination.

Especially because the manual seems as good as the S2000's, which to me is the benchmark - at least of all my experiences.

~ Luke