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Not if you are at 100%. Even if the statement on strategy is correct, it still makes no sense why they would do significant discharge before topping it up and yield the inconvenience of waiting for the top-up to complete.

If you have access to an outlet plug in the portable charger. Before you leave drain it to 60%, set the max charge to 50% and call it a day. If you dont have that option (physically) then make sure someone can jump in and charge the car if need be. 5 months is a long time and at freezing temps...

I managed to get to the bottom of this. The car *does not* utilize the charger unless the battery drops by two percentage points, at which point it starts to pull from the charger trying to replenish the battery. From a design standpoint it is what it is, and the engineers made a design choice...

They botched a software update a few months back (aimed at improving car comm stability). Kept denying it and tried to convince me my cars were the issue, then that my charger is old and I need to buy a new one (at a discount)...finally admitted their fault and subsequently fixed it with the...

I stand by my statement that dealers are the true brand experience, and the irony of it is...they are *not* the brand itself. Unless the dealership owners trully care about the brand to begin with it's all downhill. "More sales at all cost" is the death of brands, but dealers are mostly...

Здравей! I wouldnt shrug off a drive system fault, especially if it came up after charging is finished and the cable is disconnected. If its recurring definitely have the dealer run diagnostics. Errors recorded should give a hint what caused the error in the first place. I have seen charging...

Is the system error *after* charging (cable disconnected), *after* charging (cable connected), or during charging? Even if the comm cable is damaged during charging the vehicle can abort the charge by simply disconnecting the internal contactor. This is comm protocol independent. The system can...

Every brand/model has its quirks. That being said these vehicles are pushing the envelopes and require rapid development. Some of the flaws are there because engineers say "we need another month" and product says "we need to sell now, those will be fixed in the facelift". Happens all the time...

It is not possible to open front/back hoods from within the vehicle unless the car is in (P)ark. The fact these events are linked with entry I'd look for less sophisticated causes, such as pressing the remote.

These errors mean either the cameras are acting up or sensors. Sensors record error codes. Cameras are a bit harder to spot since they yield software conditions that show up as the warnings above but are *not* recorded, unless cameras fail completely. Slight misalignment on the camera(s) is...

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It has a good range but there is no way you are pulling 19.8kWh/100km @ 140km/h unless you are going downhill or mixing this with city driving :) To measure consumption at those speeds make sure your panel is set to 'Since last charge'. Stop on a charging station on the highway, charge it up...

10К км in 3 months. Love the performance at any speed!

I've never found an A/S with good performance/grip in A/S. Could be the temp variations. Temps drop to -20C where I'm located in the winter months and 38-40C in the summer months. For milder climates maybe they are a good choice. There is simply no rubber that can perform well within a 60C...

The US is a special case, it's profit at all cost and a plutocracy. It has dug itself into a hole that I'm not too sure they can come out of, but thats a discussion for beers in Vienna or Munich one day. From a pure market position, there is 450 million of "us" in Europe. There are 1.5 billion...

Pricing makes up the difference I guess. Sales are falling off a cliff for EU brands.

Not if there was a change in your driving patterns. 100km at higher speed or sloped terrain is enough to adjust the estimate. The official numbers are subject to very specific conditions indeed. I have beaten those and then some. Is it worth the effort? No. Wasted time.

I'd say 395km range at 100% based on your screenshot for highway going 120km (75mph) is not much of a concern in my book. Driving style, terrain and outside temps all impact range estimates. So based on this number alone I would not be concerned. But dealer has to diagnose the car. The high...

I was talking with my local dealer today on this same exact topic (again). They have not been given the above statement, yet. The service rep told me that ever since I took them for a ride they now hear it all the time in almost every Macan they drive/service. I guess most people dont pay much...

Do you drive highway, city? Top speeds? I've seen these numbers on highways, I've actually seen far less going 150+km/h.