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  | AutoWeek - DRIVERS LOG: Porsche 911 Carrera 4S  MANAGING EDITOR ROGER HART: This was my first chance to operate the Doppelkupplung transmission, and I have mixed feelings about it. In automatic mode, it's fine, but it's not spectacular. In choose-your-own-gear mode, I really don't like the wheel-mounted buttons--push forward on either the left or the right button to switch up a gear, pull from behind to go down a gear. Of course, you can use the gearshift lever, and that is what I found myself doing. I'm not sure the tranny is worth $4,000, especially because I think the steering-wheel interface could be much better. But using the shift lever made it better and more fun, and Porsche certainly needs to have this option on the long list of things from which to choose. And it is way better than any Tiptronic that went before it. More Editor Reviews: AutoWeek - DRIVERS LOG: Porsche 911 Carrera 4S M
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