World's Best DCT. Porsche PDK. How it works........... Part 1.........

I must say that this is the best explanation of a complex PDK I have ever seen, your patience and delivery are superb ✅ you have my Respect gratefully sir

It’s amazing how something so complicated can be so reliable. Excellent presentation.

The engineering here is pretty spectacular. Whoever designed this is either a genius or totally mental

|10/10. This strikes a really good balance between complex mechanical engineering details and the practical stuff that a reasonably mechanically-minded driver wants to know about PDK. Delivered with great clarity and demonstrated with an actual PDK gearbox stripped down. Well done, thank you.

The structure of the PDK, which is complex even if you just imagine it, was absorbed into my brain thanks to your kind explanation. Thank you!!

I bought a 2005 Audi TT with the Original DSG- the second year they were available. 18 years as a daily driver and the transmission and engine have been bulletproof. The key is that the DSG will NOT allow the driver to run over redline, even in manual mode. And it won’t let you lug the engine. It never misses a shift, never forgets to shift into 1st at a stop, always gives a perfect throttle blip to match speeds, and gives as close to continuous power as any clutch geared transmission could. It protects the engine and the transmission from over-exuberant drivers. The transmission was so amazing that Porsche demanded a 7 speed version for their division. And Bugatti got one, too, for the Veyron. Mine still drives like new. Married to the TT’s Quattro driveline, it’s a fantastic driving machine.

The primary reason I work on my own stuff is because I love to learn how things work. Digging into the mechanical "how and why" is almost as fun as driving the car. Thank you for sharing your knowledge.

Kudos to the engineers and the precise manufacturing behind this unit. ZF certainly deserves their place near the top of the food chain for transmissions. Extra kudos to Jeff for explaining such a complex system in a detailed and intuitive way.

The reliability of the PDK when considering the complexity is amazing. 83k on my 981 with no problems. I change half the PDK fluid every year as a preventive measure. The transmission is simply sublime for its speed, and its flexibility. Porsche is an amazing engineering company that makes the best cars in the world, with all parameters considered imho.

Wow. Thanks for this and all you have done for the P-car community.

Wow what a video ,its amazing the Pdk works so well . Bought my first Porsche 2014 boxster s guards red 14 k miles .drove it 500 miles last week. Love it.

This channel is gonna go big. I love your way of explaining and video quality

This is like a documentary from pre-1970. No nonsense. I learned a lot. Thank you very much :)

When I see how complex and advanced engineering it is, you understand why a new one is expensive. It's not exactly simple few parts, Thanks for explaining 🙂👍

3742 likes and not a single dislike, insane quality sir

Amazing. It came to mind for me that the inner components and interactions of a single biological cell are possibly magnitudes more complex than this marvelous mechanical human invention. Thank you for sharing.

Seems a beautifully built mechanism. I know all modern engines and gearboxes are really well made with precision CNC components. But I reckon Porsche engineering is another step up. As a Porsche owner, I like to imagine that is the case.

Thank you so much, I had to engineer a DCT in university, and it was like the PDK, but I never had the opportunity to see it in a real application. The video provides a good example that accurately reflects reality. I wish I had that video 2 years ago, I think it would be a good help. Thank you!

Anxious to watch part 2

11:42 the Hunting tooth ratio concept is so fascinating. In computer science we have a very similar concept when it comes to the modulus used for a hash table. We always use a prime number to prevent uneven distribution of items into slots.