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FWIW I like the full-color Porsche logo better. Not a super fan of "turbonite" colors...

The OP suggested he'd start ordering maybe 18 months from now, so planning ahead a long time :) I think the speed matters, because I merge onto the freeway on very short onramps built in the early days of freeway construction around here ... plus, it's convenient to change lanes when otherwise...

> I selected compass (and altitude) as two of the 4 custom display items on the right instrument cluster gauge. I have the same problem, except: 1. android auto 2. it works about 50% of the time It's been in the shop once for it, and they couldn't reproduce it. I bet they weren't using Android...

Mine also sometimes disables itself, but it does beep. No signal sounds dangerous; you should probably take that in for warranty service!

Yes, there is signaling over the actual connection wire. This signaling lets the ground station ask "who are you" of the car, and it can then check it its upstream computers if the "you" is allowed. Once it's OK, there's a second cryptographic step of "prove it" that involves provisioning...

What software Porsche uses on the website is not at all relevant to the software in the car. What software Porsche uses on the entertainment system (Android) is not very relevant to the rest of the software in the car. The Premium Platform Electric (PPE) that underlies the Audi e-tron Q6 and the...

The first number is how wide the tire is; if it's not the same, then the tire won't attach tightly to the rim -- either be too wide, or too narrow. The last R number is the diameter of the rims; if it's not the same, then the tire either won't fit onto the rims, or the tire will have a big gap...

Probably true. My pant pockets contain exactly: 1. Phone 2. Wallet 3. Car key The phone unlocks my office building and suite, too. If the phone could be the car key, that'd save me some pocket bulk and make my suit pants look neater! (And, yes, if the phone could be the wallet, too, that'd be...

Every day I see at least one, frequently two, of these software problems: 1. When the car starts up in the morning, it starts up in a "smart lift" zone, but it frequently doesn't actually detect it's in the zone and I have to manually push the lift button. 2. The "compass heading" and "height...

Lot of high performance cars get stolen. I honestly don't think so. I haven't heard of anyone around here having their performance car stolen for many years, and given the electronic locks/keys of these vehicles, plus built-in locators and immobilizers, you'd need access to very custom parts to...

The gas only cars are down in July-September, but the Taycan (all EV) and Macan (some EV) are up. What was that about the "Porsche is done with EVs" video? :-D (FWIW, I'm one of the crazy people who'd rather have a Taycan Waissach than a 911 Turbo. Just sayin'.)

But wouldn't that be awesome!?

I've driven several kinds. Honestly, my son's Polestar, with buttons on the left side of the steering wheel for cruise control and distance, is the one that works best for me. The Porsche stalk is fine, although I sometimes accidentally grab that instead of the blinker stalk.

You're running billions of FMAs on the matrix multiplies, and the low-dimensional Kalman filter is a concern? (Although, to be fair, the MMs use the GPU, whereas that Kalman probably uses the CPU, but those ARM cores are still pretty beefy, all told.) But, you know, any excuse to upgrade to a...

I seriously considered the AMG EV G before I chose the Macan Turbo. The range on the G was a little lower, the wind noise noticeably higher, and the acceleration not the same. I, too, would love to hear a round-up in 3-6 months on what the goods and bads are!

Yeah, that tone is 100% corporate-out-of-touch speak. I'd be ashamed if my company sent that out. On the topic itself: I looked at some cars with 19 or 22 kW options, but in the end, I realized that that doesn't move the needle *for me* because it's still "hours" in case I need a full charge --...

Yeah, the pricing structure is different, for sure! California preimum is about $5/US-gallon, which is about $1.32/liter. 22 cents of that is "cap an trade" fuel charge, and another 80 cents or so of state and federal taxes, which certainly isn't enough to pay for the externalities. But, also...

There are some threads with fuse layouts in this forum if you use the search field above. However, those are from the Audi e-tron Q6, which is close, but not identical. For a left-hand-drive (right-side traffic) Macan EV: There is one fuse box in the frunk, up towards the windshield wipers...

So the problem is really that the UK doesn't charge enough to capture the negative externalities of the fossil fuels. (No surprise there! Human civilization is jammed hard into fossil dependence, and quitting that cold turkey would literally kill a hundred million people ...) I guess with the...

I'd be interested in hearing how it goes, too. My previous car was an Audi GT (sister of the Taycan) and when I first got the Macan Turbo, I enjoyed the practicality, but the wheels certainly lose grip much sooner than the GT (and thus Taycan) in the same conditions ... I'm not sure the "EVs...