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Over my decades of integrating hardware and software I have bricked my fair share of processors/cards via a power or data transfer glitch. Over the years we learned to download the update package into the processor, double check it's integrity, Have a mechanism to swap saved and operating...

The driver's dash is the routing information. Routing with the Porsche Nav app and displaying the google map on the screen from your phone has worked for me in the past. But I haven't tried it after the recent SW update.

At first I was confused about the usefulness of paddle shifters on a one speed electric car, the first video mentions an 8 speed transmission... but then see that it is perhaps it a quicker way to select different power modes for those cars that have them, change up display eye candy and adjust...

I routinely drive three cars, one with the floor shift lever, one with a rotary dial on the dash (sometimes mistaken by feel for radio volume) and the Macan. I have muscle memory, but my muscles can't tell which car I'm driving at the time. My only quibble with the Macan location is that, for...

I noticed in the middle there was a nit pick about the lack one go pedal driving, but at the end they admired how it and the BMW and Mercedes emulates driving a gas model. A pleasure to drive so they said I think. One brake pedal driving is more useful for me in getting in and out of tight...

I get a lot of love the color (ice grey) comments and how do I like the car comments from a wide variety of ages. My grand nephews are always talking about it. I don't think I've ever had a Tesla owner approach me, but other brand EV owners often start a conversation. My Ducati 916 gets more...

FYI, Apple Maps also provides user reported Crash, Speed Check, Traffic, Roadwork, Hazard, Road Closures warnings along your route.

I got one of these yesterday while I was driving on the highway. Apparently with the warm weather she wanted some summer tires to stretch her legs. I switched the tire configuration back to all seasons and she stopped nagging me. Coincidentally, later I noticed the lights were not flashing on...

Perhaps related, dunno. I've noticed a couple times that, after the update, when I enter the car the screens activate and ambient lighting turns on up as they should. If I then slam the door closed too hard, all screens go blank and ambient lights turn off, as if it doesn't detect a FOB inside...

You can use adaptive cruise without lane keep. Lane keep was more centered after the SW update, but has slowly migrated to the right. I'll have to investigate if there is a reset, like perhaps swing the mirrors in/out. But this is approach speed related.

Hard for me to come up with the right search terms for this so I'm asking. Usually the car will start slowing for slow traffic ahead way before getting uncomfortable. But over the past month I've noticed that occasionally the Macan approaches much slower vehicle traffic without slowing down. I...

Yeah, the vehicle controls the charging current up to the charger's limit. I usually see in the neighborhood of 85Kw when the SoC is more than 60%. The more recently installed/updated EA sites seem to have chargers with higher limits.

I don't think Geico has a good reputation for service now days, they may have had one at one time. I use Amica, it is less money in premiums but I package a bunch of policies. They contract with Safelite to manage all their glass claims but you don't have to use Safelite for the repair. They...

I have no problem closing the frunk, the SA showed me how to use my forearm to gently push down until the mechanism grabs the frunk and closes it. You need to be gentle with this lady and just let her do her thing. The forearm spreads the load so you don't need to be precise about where you are...

That should be specified in your policy fine print. Some insurance companies offer options, anywhere from full price/no deductible to self pay. Some stipulate use of their glass contractor.

You do know that more electrons are used driving up hill to create the potential energy (height) than are saved on the downhill. Driving the 500 miles down to my parents house is always more fuel efficient than the way back, gas or electrons. Everything is relative :)

How does that handle aggressive driving, will the magnets hold a big phone with its case through ~1G maneuvers or on bumpy sections of the road? I would think you'd want the phone physically restrained. I sometimes have passengers that need a cable connection to charge their phone, and I don't...

LIDAR was added to most RADAR systems years ago simply to reduce false collision positives. The Mercedes based system of 15 years ago used to warn me that a tree was about to jump out in front of me, after they added a camera, not so much. Not a big deal until they added automatic braking. Lost...

Yes, folding them in and out recalibrated them.

Radar systems are pretty reliable, camera (LIDAR) not so much but are cheaper. Manufactures are trying to use software to analyze video to do things like collision avoidance and adaptive cruise but have not been that effective. Simple things like sun shining into a camera (driving into a sunset...