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Buying a Porsche Cayman - PDK or Manual?
I’m looking at buying a new Porsche Cayman as a long term purchase (10 years+) and love the PDK gearbox, but worry about reliability & complexity over that amount of time, how similar is this gearbox to the VAG DSG/S tronic versions which get such bad press?
Asked on 10 February 2014 by Greenfield
Answered by
Honest John
The PDK has the huge advantage of enabling you to left foot brake into corners without having to move your right foot from accelerator to brake while your left foot declutches. As you know, it is a twin clutch box, but I haven't heard of PDK problems. Not much bad on the old Cayman at all: www.honestjohn.co.uk/carbycar/porsche/cayman-2005/...d. Here's our review of the new one: www.honestjohn.co.uk/carbycar/porsche/cayman-2013/ If you don't drive Caymans or Boxsters for a while you forget quite how good they are.
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