That's really a great article. There are days that I prefer an auto especially in ATL traffic during rush hour, but most of the time I prefer manual. I'm glad that Ecutek was able to manipulate the mapping of the transmission for the R35 so I'm hoping they can bring that to the 370 platform. We all know that autos during daily driving either shifts too quickly into 6th/7th gear or too slow when you need to make a pass.
On the other hand, I'm glad Porsche brought back the manual transmissions in most of their new models so it's not completely dead. The way I see it is, that it's easier on the driver and mechanical components of a DCT. You don't have to worry about rev-matching perfectly coming into a corner and you have no chance of over-revving the engine during a downshift (per say going from 5th-4th instead of 5th-2nd).
At the end of the day, I still prefer a manual. Most of us here can agree that it's become more than second nature.
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