Gearshift Assist, 991 MT, Help!
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http://www.porscheownersmanuals.com/...hift-assistant
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It has an rotary scale that goes from gray, to yellow to red indicating that it is time to shift. It also shows the current gear in the center.
Downside is that if you are driving hard enough to be in those RPM ranges, you don't want to be looking down at the dashboard!
If you really need it to tell you when to shift an manual transmission, it may be time for a PDK.
Downside is that if you are driving hard enough to be in those RPM ranges, you don't want to be looking down at the dashboard!
If you really need it to tell you when to shift an manual transmission, it may be time for a PDK.
I always thought that all it took to tell me when to shift was the Tach, until I took my first DE course. Then I had the instructor yelling in my ear when to shift.
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#1 Going straight
#2 Going too slow
Lights can be perceived a little easier, using peripheral vision...
... soft eyes, right?
Exactly!
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I use the sound and feel of the car plus the tach. If the car didn't have a tach like old beetles when the car felt maxed out in gear and sounded like it was straining too hard you upshifted. Old beetles were great to learn to learn on.
My question related to why the shift assistant wasn't lighting up as mentioned in the owners manual (imanual says the same thing). The answer I have gotten is you need to hit 5,000 RPM to activate it which you're not supposed to do until the engine is broken in.
My question related to why the shift assistant wasn't lighting up as mentioned in the owners manual (imanual says the same thing). The answer I have gotten is you need to hit 5,000 RPM to activate it which you're not supposed to do until the engine is broken in.
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I did not use it on the track and would recommend not to use it... you will know when to change gears. Rev-matching is a blast but something that happened to one of the other drivers with MT and myself was the clutch pedal getting stuck, revs high and not going anywhere. Hard to explain but it was like the car was telling us not to try a more aggressive start off the line...
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