Recent content by Heavywun

My macan doesn't look like a 911 🙄. In fact it's pretty ugly... If I had money to burn, I'd have one - probably marginally less reliable than the macan and a whole lot more special. Definitely better looking. Good to see Ferrari taking the plunge and entering the burning-dinosaurs-free zone

Modern stealerships don't have mechanics anymore- they have fitters. Able to remove a part and replace it with the equivalent. If you're lucky.

Almost makes you regret not buying a Tesla :lipssealed::D Seems to be the way with most manufacturers - my old Audi had all the hardware for carplay, but the stealers would not for love nor money enable it in software. Fortunately there is an active community of hackers out there so I ended up...

yes, you've got to be a bit of a tinkerer to tolerate the angst involved. I'm hoping that Amber will be able to control all of this relatively soon - they've bought a company called ChargeHQ which will control OCPP chargers, and that along with their battery VPP/Smartshift tech and wholesale...

Costs as much/more than an OCPP-compliant charger would (if I was going to abandon my masochistic ways, that's the route I'd take), and it's another proprietary/closed ecosystem device which I am trying to avoid. Anker (my battery and inverter brand) have a EVSE which is supposed to turn up...

I've spent untold hours and done far too much swearing to get this far. Advice to the uninitiated: Unless you really want/need a mobile charger that can plug into virtually any outlet, don't get a Porsche Mobile Connect. Dealing with a proprietary locked-down device is an endless PITA. I have a...

@Saladin I had a vague suspicion that something similar happened with mine. Might be coincidence...

to get you to buy a Cayenne of course

It's in the main user manual under roof transport system: https://manual.porsche.com/#/wpi/XAB-2025-20240826-43-RDW-4.0.3:XABFD1/en_GB/topic/id/3a452dc4ac84feeb8d24c0b364e0c4f1 Note that the foot carrier covers are used as locking/unlocking leavers

Vladimir is blocking your wifis mate. We'll definitely be getting it first, here at the butt-end of the world :angel:

Mine's been in and out of the dealership since May with these issues. Last visit end of august for replacement of multiple control units. Lost connectivity a few days later again. They're pinning their hopes on the upcoming major software update. Had the tech come out to my house this last time...

My dealership (Aus) is expecting the update late Sept/Oct but not specific, likely subject to change, flooding, possums on the road, nooceler holocausts etc. It will require a visit to the dealership. 800 System wotsit updates. Give or take. I'm excited to be able to test the beta 2...

Got my car back from the stealership this week after some sort of control unit replacement which is meant to fix my connectivity issues. I'm now getting waze and apple maps on the main cluster, which wasn't the case before. It may be my imagination, but the 360 camera view seems better too...

This is from my dealership:

I've emailed my local and asked the question. If I don't hear back I'll chase it when I collect the car (in for the 3rd time to resolve app/remote connection issues). I haven't been offered a refund for the option yet, so live in hope that there may be a solution coming. It was just a...