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Having driven dozens of hotrod 911s and put tens of thousands of rally miles on my SC equipped with a rennshift, I find myself liking OEM shifters more and more. The Karsten spring is nice for piece of mind (money shift), but I'm comfortable without it once the muscle memory kicks in.

As for the CAE, Numeric, Rennline style shifters - my personal opinion is they lack "feel" and can be stiff/notchy (especially when cold). I've driven Silverlocks car in anger (thanks homie, she's a beaut) and his freshly rebuilt gearbox is really nice, but for me the shifter takes away from the experience. There were a couple times on 3-2 downshifts where the Numeric "rushed" the shift and the synchro said no, which forced me to double clutch, throttle blip and reattempt the shift. When hauling a$$ in a canyon, you don't have time to argue with the shifter. I've had similar experiences with a CAE.