Ferrari Mailing List: Re: Shifters

[Doug & Terri (dnt]

-rick notes “I know its double blasphemy to complement a p-bug here then further expound upon the virtues of its automatic gearbox, but for me, there is nothing better. It just works.”

 

One or both transmissions are made in Japan – it might just be the Tip.  PDK was used on the early ‘80’s Porsche balls out lemans killer cars. 

 

First time I drove one was a few years ago at the intro of the 991.  Wowsers.  We had a Cayenne so I know what a Tip is like in the mountains but had no idea what the PDK coupled with the new nearly 400 HP 991 could do.

 

Picture this:  Big 250# sales guy in the back cross wise – honorable wife Terri in passenger seat and me driving.  We hop on the freeway and go about a mile – Nick suggests we pass the car in the right lane next to us and then get off at the next off ramp.  I punch it – car shudders, seamlessly dropping gears, rockets off, upshifting in nano seconds when necessary.  We pass three cars and miss the off ramp.  Nick says – uh, do the next off ramp. 

 

Wowsers.  I’m sure there is a plethora of other little shit boxes out there for under $30,000 that will kick butt but that trip was an eye opener.

 

DOUG