Porsche PDK transmission little known quirks // 991 trivia

More 911 trivia here - • 991 Little known facts
This is another installment series of short videos inspired by an excellent thread on Rennlist called “Porsche 991 little known facts”. Over time, I’ll be going through that list and making a video to verify as many of them as I can. Hope you enjoy it!
In this one, I'll show you some quirks of the PDK transmission and also debunk a couple other transmission facts from the rennlist thread
#Porsche #911

[@MrFluryy]

at 2:20 you debunked the neutral from 7th, it is a feature on all pdk equipped vehicles and I use it nearly daily. be it in the 718 cayman or a 991 Carrera. when you're in normal mode and have none of the sport modes enabled when at highway speeds you can press the up paddle whilst in 7th or pretty much any gear where a higher gear isn't possible to shift into due to low rpms. the gearbox then works out that you're trying to enable a neutral coasting mode. it is similar to Mercedes Benz' "glide" mode. note the car will only enter the coast mode when no throttle is applied. as soon as you apply the throttle it goes back into gear, the mode is particularly useful when travelling on a slight downward gradient where you can maintain your speed without having to consume more fuel. try it out!

[@joelrogers7413]

My 991.1 2013 911 will go into neutral when both paddles are engaged simultaneously. My stop/start is off.

[@dissol]

I have found the car will go into neutral and coast only if the auto stop button is active. I don’t like coasting or auto stop, so I always press the button off.

[@philipjc1]

Parking Brake, you forgot to pat you head and rub your belly 😅

[@AtypicalDriver]

I knew I was doing something wrong!!! Witchcraft!

[@ammarmalik0007]

991 2013 when pressing both levers my car does not go in nuteral thoughts?

[@AtypicalDriver]

Hmm, weird. What does it do instead? Does it shift up or down?

[@ammarmalik0007]

@@AtypicalDriver down shifts.

[@87ferrarif40]

Do a video on how to operate the paddle shifters.

[@AtypicalDriver]

🏎 wait I showed how they work right at the beginning of the video?

[@matthewtomczek3723]

On my 2018 Macan GTS, the parking brake will automatically engage if I am in gear (manual or auto for the PDK) and I open the door. I cannot replicate it on my 991.1 GTS.

[@AtypicalDriver]

Oh interesting I wonder why they'd do it on some models but not others. Thanks for the comment!

[@geoffrohrer6223]

Did you try reverse gear vs forward gear for the parking brake to engage with door opening?

[@AtypicalDriver]

@@geoffrohrer6223 I tried it in both forward and reverse, no parking brake in either case

[@jackchan1013]

Perhaps the it’s a .2 thing. The parking brake does engage when I’m in gear with an open door.

[@AtypicalDriver]

@@jackchan1013 Hmm, yeah very well could be a .1 vs .2 difference....thanks for letting me know! Does your car still go into neutral if you pull both paddles?

[@gonenigmasupramk4930]

Pulling both paddles in my 911 PDK dosent work into nútrale

[@AtypicalDriver]

Hmm really? What year is your car?

[@ammarmalik0007]

@@AtypicalDriver 2013 - same issue.

[@ammarmalik0007]

2016 macan and 2016 cayenne also does not place in N but puts it in lower gear. I think on my 09 Carrera S it went in N.

[@DrHalloumiStix]

I think this only works in the GT models. It's also how you increase the soft limiter to rev higher

[@QuietStormX]

I'm not into the PDK as I'm a driver the rows his gears for FTD...

[@AtypicalDriver]

I hear you, lots of fun to drive a manual. The PDK is pretty good for a daily though if you end up sitting in lots of traffic. When I bought my 911 I had a commute that was only around 14 miles but frequently took 1 - 1.5 hours sitting in traffic. I still have my Elise and the 356 for manual fun though!

[@vonbon954]

Single clutch good.
Dual clutch better.
But torque convertor transmissions, have lots and lots of clutches....

[@AtypicalDriver]

Soooo maybe more isn't better in this case you're sayin'??🤣

[@drtone]

@@AtypicalDriver No it is better. Its lighter, cheaper, Torque converter is a torque multiplication device so car launches faster and clutches lock up reducing wear cf to dual clutches and is smoother in slow parking and reversing maneuvers. It also can down shift directly to any gear, where depending on gear, PDK/DCT has to shuffle between odd and even gear sets which results in balky, slow random multigear/skip downshifts. Also, ZF8hp can easily adapt to AWD or switchable 2WD/4WD setups that DCT can't.