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Originally Posted by drewnel22
To go faster? How else would you launch the car? You can't drop the clutch like you can in a manual.
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Well you can in the sense that in a double clutch gearbox from standstill the faster you press the accelerator the quicker the PDK/DCT clutch engages and at higher revs. In an M3 that can mean a lot of tyre smoke...in a 911 not so much as the level of rear grip is so much higher.
It is probably just me, I must have too much mechanical sympathy to essentially side step the clutch at 6k rpm just to gain a tenth or so to 60 mph...I'd rather just get on the throttle smartly and live without the clutch slip in a 911, in an M3 the stress on the drivetrain is considerably less as the rear tyres just light up.