RE: Porsche 911 GT3 manual: Review

RE: Porsche 911 GT3 manual: Review

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Cheib

23,250 posts

175 months

Monday 8th May 2017
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Digga said:
The Surveyor said:
Mattjevans said:
Why would anyone want to spec a clearly slower option in a model designed to be the fastest of the range? Bizarre thinking
Driver interaction, simple.
And adequately explained in most of the reviews, PH's included.
Indeed, there's an awful lot more to the GT3 than it being fast..and of course GT3 isn't designed to be the fastest in the range. That's the Turbo S well at least until the GT2 comes along that is. Turbo S is of course PDK...

Vee12V

1,334 posts

160 months

Monday 8th May 2017
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"but limited development resources restricted what was possible."

I sincerely hope AP doesn't believe this nonsense himself.

Mike1963

16 posts

105 months

Monday 8th May 2017
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I've a 991.1 PDK car and I love it - but the manual I'd love and wish it'd been an option for me. PDK is much much faster but fast cars now are bonkers and that extra speed isn't needed.

The R prices are going to plummet right down to the manual GT3 prices - especially as the engine has been improved so much.

braddo

10,481 posts

188 months

Monday 8th May 2017
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Jam12321 said:
is a good interior an option?
Tragic

braddo

10,481 posts

188 months

Monday 8th May 2017
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Mattjevans said:
Why would anyone want to spec a clearly slower option in a model designed to be the fastest of the range? Bizarre thinking
Tragic

FelixGerdes1

1 posts

117 months

Tuesday 9th May 2017
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Definitely a much higher risk of over-revving the manual version, and flicking the re-sale value into the weeds. That's why buyers who intend to use their GT3s primarily on track choose the PDK, at least in Germany.
That was als my concern with the GT4. Lovely sports car, but for the danger of over revving...
And each over-rev is stored, un-erasable, in the ECU.
That was a deciding factor in my buying a Gen 1 GT3. Less risk of things getting really expensive after a missed shift. I wonder why the reviews overlook this aspect of the manual.
From what I'm hearing in Germany, Only 2 in 10 buyers are opting for the manual... so far.

RoverP6B

4,338 posts

128 months

Tuesday 9th May 2017
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Welcome news... now, when are they going to add a hydraulic steering tick-box to the options list? Or perhaps the ability to choose the old 3.8 N/A motor in the Carrera? Or even revert to the Mezger in the GT3?

bloomen

6,895 posts

159 months

Tuesday 9th May 2017
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What a pitiful state of affairs it is when a manual is some type of desirable novelty.

HorneyMX5

5,309 posts

150 months

Tuesday 9th May 2017
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Manual vs PDK is an interesting one. As you can guess from my user name I drive an MX5, intact I have several and race a couple. I love a good manual shifter and the mx5 is up there with the best.

But..........


I'm 39 and Spent my 20s playing GT on the PlayStation. Eventually I earned enough to splash out on a wheel and peddle setup and the thing I loved was being able to use flappy paddles like a racing driver. I don't have the money for a GT Porsche, and I doubt I ever will, but if I did I'd be very tempted by the PDK because proper race cars don't have a stick.

p1stonhead

25,549 posts

167 months

Tuesday 9th May 2017
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£111k seems great value.

Oh yeah but you cant buy one....


stef1808

950 posts

157 months

Tuesday 9th May 2017
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Might just be the perfect (modern) car

leoparker990

15 posts

83 months

Tuesday 9th May 2017
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Lovely car. Looks stylish from outside but i can't afford this car.

Jam12321

164 posts

110 months

Tuesday 9th May 2017
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braddo said:
Tragic
Tragic porsche fanboy, people do have differing opinions and that interior is a joke for 100K imo.

kitefighter

3 posts

227 months

Tuesday 9th May 2017
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Wonderful article, reaffirming my own thoughts. The manual GT3 goes back to the earlier 911 RWD 930 / 964 Turbo eras. Tail out, wild driving, engine in the wrong place, hard core spoiler. That's more like it.

Digga

40,321 posts

283 months

Tuesday 9th May 2017
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Jam12321 said:
braddo said:
Tragic
Tragic porsche fanboy, people do have differing opinions and that interior is a joke for 100K imo.
Any 911 is over £100k now. They seem to sell plenty, all over the world. People who actually have the funds and the choice to buy anything else are still buying 911s. You're entitled to your opinion, of course, but I doubt it bothers Porsche, or their customers one bit.

Guvernator

13,156 posts

165 months

Tuesday 9th May 2017
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FelixGerdes1 said:
Definitely a much higher risk of over-revving the manual version, and flicking the re-sale value into the weeds. That's why buyers who intend to use their GT3s primarily on track choose the PDK, at least in Germany.
That was als my concern with the GT4. Lovely sports car, but for the danger of over revving...
And each over-rev is stored, un-erasable, in the ECU.
That was a deciding factor in my buying a Gen 1 GT3. Less risk of things getting really expensive after a missed shift. I wonder why the reviews overlook this aspect of the manual.
From what I'm hearing in Germany, Only 2 in 10 buyers are opting for the manual... so far.
This has always struck me as really stupid, the car is designed and indeed marketed to be driven hard on track and yet the ECU records over revs and voids the warranty if there are too many?? So either put in something in the ECU which prevents over-rev OR stand behind your "track ready" product and warranty it anyway. I thought the rev limit was in place to protect from this sort of thing anyway or am I missing something?

They only sell a few thouand GT3's at most and not all of those will be bouncing off the rev limiter anyway. In the grand scheme of things the number of cars which might have issues due to over-rev are minuscule so why all the nonsense?

Cheburator mk2

2,992 posts

199 months

Tuesday 9th May 2017
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Guvernator said:
This has always struck me as really stupid, the car is designed and indeed marketed to be driven hard on track and yet the ECU records over revs and voids the warranty if there are too many?? So either put in something in the ECU which prevents over-rev OR stand behind your "track ready" product and warranty it anyway. I thought the rev limit was in place to protect from this sort of thing anyway or am I missing something?

They only sell a few thouand GT3's at most and not all of those will be bouncing off the rev limiter anyway. In the grand scheme of things the number of cars which might have issues due to over-rev are minuscule so why all the nonsense?
I think you are oversimplifying things...

Porsche doesn't mind if you hit the limiter on an upshift - that's what the engine limiter is for.

So going flat out from 2nd to 3d and you are bit slow with coordinating legs and hands - no worries. You cannot do physical damage as spark and fuel will be cut at 9000 rpm and that's that. An Rev Range 1 will be recorded, but it cannot impact your warranty and Porsche doesn't care. Obviously if you slam into it on every upshift, they would ask questions, but probably about your driving ability smile

However, imagine the following - you are on a hot lap of the Ring and you are desperately chasing time on the approach to Schwedekreuz; you go for the shift from 4th into 5th. but years of PDK exposure has muddled your brain and you grab 3d instead. No electronic limiter will be able to prevent you from buzzing the engine. The same applies if you mess up your downshift and you go from 4th to 3d too early into Aremberg, which results in 9500rpm and at least locked up wheels. Then Porsche would rightly say you are on your own...

You really can't blame Porsche for not wanting to stick a warranty on something, which is avoidable with the application of skill and diligence.

P.S. I have an old school GT3, but also a SMG M3 and can see the point in both type of boxes.

Guvernator

13,156 posts

165 months

Tuesday 9th May 2017
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Cheburator mk2 said:
I think you are oversimplifying things...

Porsche doesn't mind if you hit the limiter on an upshift - that's what the engine limiter is for.

So going flat out from 2nd to 3d and you are bit slow with coordinating legs and hands - no worries. You cannot do physical damage as spark and fuel will be cut at 9000 rpm and that's that. An Rev Range 1 will be recorded, but it cannot impact your warranty and Porsche doesn't care. Obviously if you slam into it on every upshift, they would ask questions, but probably about your driving ability smile

However, imagine the following - you are on a hot lap of the Ring and you are desperately chasing time on the approach to Schwedekreuz; you go for the shift from 4th into 5th. but years of PDK exposure has muddled your brain and you grab 3d instead. No electronic limiter will be able to prevent you from buzzing the engine. The same applies if you mess up your downshift and you go from 4th to 3d too early into Aremberg, which results in 9500rpm and at least locked up wheels. Then Porsche would rightly say you are on your own...

You really can't blame Porsche for not wanting to stick a warranty on something, which is avoidable with the application of skill and diligence.

P.S. I have an old school GT3, but also a SMG M3 and can see the point in both type of boxes.
Thanks for clarifying, in all my years of driving manuals I don't think I've ever grabbed the wrong gear, certainly fluffed a gear change but that's more about not being able to engage the gear properly or trying to do it too quickly which doesn't result in a destructive over-rev as the clutch is still engaged or the gear hasn't slotted home.

I still think if it's a big enough issue, with all the modern techo-trickery built into cars these days it should be possible to program the ECU to avoid this, if you try to engage a gear with revs too high i.e. above 9500rpm it just disengages the drive, a computer could do that in hundredths of a millisecond.


Cheburator mk2

2,992 posts

199 months

Tuesday 9th May 2017
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Guvernator said:
Thanks for clarifying, in all my years of driving manuals I don't think I've ever grabbed the wrong gear, certainly fluffed a gear change but that's more about not being able to engage the gear properly or trying to do it too quickly which doesn't result in a destructive over-rev as the clutch is still engaged or the gear hasn't slotted home.

I still think if it's a big enough issue, with all the modern techo-trickery built into cars these days it should be possible to program the ECU to avoid this, if you try to engage a gear with revs too high i.e. above 9500rpm it just disengages the drive, a computer could do that in hundredths of a millisecond.
I guess it is possible, but you will need some sort of electronic aid to the clutch slave cylinder, which then gets dangerously close to having a SMG box, oh, and it will be expensive to make...

Trust me - buzzing the engine is perfectly possible, We were on a hot lap of the Ring in my Z4MC - I was a passenger, the driver was an experienced VLN racer/BMW Test driver. He did grab 3d instead of 5th at 110mph. Luckily, he was quick to realize and slipped the clutch instead of letting it out, while slotting it finally into 5th. The engine has soldiered on for another 40k miles without problems, but it could happen to the best. I guess he was confused by driving a RHD car....

Olivera

7,141 posts

239 months

Tuesday 9th May 2017
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Guvernator said:
I still think if it's a big enough issue, with all the modern techo-trickery built into cars these days it should be possible to program the ECU to avoid this, if you try to engage a gear with revs too high i.e. above 9500rpm it just disengages the drive, a computer could do that in hundredths of a millisecond.
You are failing to understand how this works. The engine revs are not too high until the (too low) gear is engaged and the clutch is brought up. Then the speed at the wheels transmitted through the (too low) gearing mechanically over revs the engine.

If you want to prevent this then there is a perfect solution - PDK.