[onewhippedpuppy]

Originally Posted by kaisen

Turbos with automatics (or hyper-fast shifting manumatics) are typically much faster than three-pedal manuals because the turbos can stay spooled.

The 996TT tips were faster 0-60 and 0-100 as well.

Almost every exotic is now paddle-shifted. Like it or not, working your own clutch and gears will soon be like setting your spark advance on your wood steering wheel, and squeezing your own horn

True, but not nearly as much fun. I had an F1 gearbox in my Maserati and despised it, and the tiptronic in my Audi is basically a gimmick in my opinion. There's just something special about the connection and control that you get with a true manual. Besides, even if the tip is faster at shifting, I doubt you'd describe a 996TT with a manual gearbox as "slow".