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After years of black leather I now have light colored leather seats on two cars and love the look. It seems to stay cleaner than black, especially if you have kids or guests using tons of sunscreen. The white sunscreen seems to blend into light colors but stands out on black. I've heard that...

If you like driving feel, and safety, you will hate the BYDs. They are the new Yugos and may be a fitting replacement for the worst car in history :)

Visibility out of the rear window is limited, and the rear wiper bulge eats into the view substantially. I don't miss the rear wiper and think the Macan looks better without it. Happy that it is only offered as an option. I'd rather have a less restrictive view. BTW, the rear camera has a...

When I asked my trusted service advisor why should I fix something not broken, he said the update will help insure that it will remain unbroken. The major changes makes it more reliable but are otherwise not visible or obvious. Some relatively minor things have been mentioned in this thread. I...

You will want to clean bird droppings promptly as those can etch paint. I've found the lighter silver colors better hiding everyday dirt. The Macan Ice Grey has been very good, but there are darker trim areas that shows dirt pretty quick.

I've also seen these warning status icons that seem to be left over from a previous drive. They clear after a few miles, if no longer active. I only see the right tube warning message and Icon for something new. Pressing the revert button clears it, but does not clear the smaller status icons...

I own a recent BMW EV. It doesn't do stinking OTA updates short of map updates. And there has been issues with that. You have to be within a mile of a cell tower with unobstructed views on a sunny day between 2 and 6 PM, and either the third Tuesday or second Thursday of the month :) Most car...

My door seals broke in over the first few months, not as annoying now.

There are not many car companies that can or are willing to OTA update more than simple radios or GUI. The Macan's architecture update is a major one that I don't think any car company could accommodate OTA, or be willing to. OTA updates have been know to brick other manufacture's cars, which...

You were told to hod off because the shops were bricking modules. Porsche rewote the procedure and there hasn't been reports of that since. Basically they need to make sure the car stays powered on. You probably won't get another letter but may get a reminder from your dealer.

My 4S seems to be inconsistant, but slightly smoother after the update. It won't use regen during the first mile or so after start up If you think it has something to do with the pads, any heavy braking will burn contaminants off the pads and wipe the rotor. You don't have enogh regen to...

Do they still count feature upgrades or optional improvements against reliability? What about safety inspections that discover maybe .001% of the inspected cars have a defect needing repair? Models that get continuous improvements (not bug fixes) used to get docked significantly more than...

Has Rivian figured out how to prevent their motors from burning out yet?

FYI, this is an electric Macan focused forum. There many here that may have advice on the ICE models, however.

I may be confusing with third party planners, but I think you can set preferences to avoid all EA chargers or use only x,y,z brand chargers. But that may be counter productive where there are not enough Rivian stations.