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Old 12-01-2009, 11:11 PM   #21
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Originally Posted by 124Y View Post
I've thought about this dichotomy earlier. The 722S is designed to still have some practicality in it, like a lot of Porsche. A semi-automatic gives the driver more choices as they can simply put the shifter in "D" if they want to cruise, or they can use the manual tip-shift thing if they want to control the gears themselves (at least better than having no tip-shift like a conventional auto box). However, it's unfortunate that comfort, luxury, and practicality may not co-exist with sportiness and performance-oriented design.

That being said, if the "sideway tip-shifting" promotes absolute luxury, comfort, and practicality, fair enough. At least it's in a sports car that's designed to still have a sense of luxury. However, it's not luxurious nor is it sporty. IMO, they should redesign it so at least it's either luxurious or sporty.
porsche's tiptronic couldn't even be shifted at the gear lever since 996, you have to shift with the +/- buttons on the steering wheel
porsche only brought back gear lever +/- shift on the PDK. the steering wheel controls on the PDK is even more fucked up, push in to up shift and pull to down shift.
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