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      12-07-2019, 07:19 PM   #10
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Originally Posted by doughboy View Post
Aah. Understood!

But even in manual mode all DCTs will downshift themselves as revs drop. It won't stall the engine of course.

If you leave in 2nd or 3rd or any gear it will shift down as you slow and usually stop in 2nd then change to 1st and release the clutches when you have foot on brake.

Maybe PDK is different?
Thank you DB

I only recently was informed the PDK in 'manual' mode behaves similarly. Will NOT upshift automatically, but will downshift automatically.

I recognized the former, and always assumed the same held true for the latter - but never tested it to date.

Not sure why either the BMW or Porsche engineers would set things up this way? Makes sense to have DCT/PDK downshifts automatically, but why would they not do the same with upshifting (e.g., at redline)?

I suspect there is a good reason for which I am unaware.

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