portreathbeach
Silverstone
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- 9 Aug 2015
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I have always wanted a 911 and will be hopefully able to afford one in a couple of years. As I want PDK, it will have to be a 997.2. My wife doesn't understand my fascination with 911s as she said 'you haven't even driven one!'
So, a couple of weeks ago I visited Bristol Porsche garage for a test drive. They first leant me a Panamera with the PDK button shifts and then the 911S with the paddles.
WOW! Both cars were amazing, the 911 was better though
Anyway, I've never driven a car with buttons or paddles so it was a good experience to see the difference.
I actually really liked the buttons, I didn't think I would. The paddles were also really good, it did feel, for some reason, more natural to change up on the right and down on the left. But I did feel that due to the space between the steering wheel and the indicator and wiper stalks, that the paddles didn't have much room. I occasionally knocked them when changing gears.
I know paddles vs buttons has been talked about on many forums before, but I haven't read anything regarding the space of the paddles and wiper stalks before.
Any thoughts?
So, a couple of weeks ago I visited Bristol Porsche garage for a test drive. They first leant me a Panamera with the PDK button shifts and then the 911S with the paddles.
WOW! Both cars were amazing, the 911 was better though
Anyway, I've never driven a car with buttons or paddles so it was a good experience to see the difference.
I actually really liked the buttons, I didn't think I would. The paddles were also really good, it did feel, for some reason, more natural to change up on the right and down on the left. But I did feel that due to the space between the steering wheel and the indicator and wiper stalks, that the paddles didn't have much room. I occasionally knocked them when changing gears.
I know paddles vs buttons has been talked about on many forums before, but I haven't read anything regarding the space of the paddles and wiper stalks before.
Any thoughts?