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Originally Posted by awhnry
Yes, I appreciate the correction. My post makes more sense with your addition.
And yes, there are always exceptions to the general rules but again with modern automobiles, use the brakes not the trans to slow the vehicle on the street. And dont shift into first gear when the car is moving.
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I appreciate your understanding and that final bolded parts IS one of the Porsche gearbox golden rules. They love that stupid those silly 3.5-3.8ish 1st gear ratios and for 30+ years can't seem to get a good drop on the 1-2 shift regardless of gearbox variant. And why? Some say they do it for the magazines, but I'm sorry, but if you can't use the darn thing any other time than when you start at the stoplight and try to save you clutch, then you are wasting my time.
I love the turbo G50's that got the 3.154 instead of the 3.500. Though that's still miles ahead of the 3.818 that they adopted for pretty much all the 6spd boxes from 993 onwards. Useless in my mind, and so useless, that a GT3 owner's manual advises you to start the car in 2nd gear on certain occasions. Silly stuff, really.