Recent content by dgkhn

Is it just me, or is that on odd thing for a sales advisor to say, on several levels? Sometimes I'm amazed at what some of these folks say, and with so much authority/certainty.

In the recently posted PCA video thread, the presenter mentions that not only does the car limit regeneration when new to permit brake bedding in, but also from time to time depending on friction brake usage (or I suppose, lack of usage.) That's the first I've heard of that but might be...

Very interesting. One more factoid: the presenter stated that the "electric" badge is a regulatory requirement in the US to protect first responders. Assuming this is true, it would explain why deletion is not an option and strongly suggests that we ought not to remove that badge ourselves.

A reminder: you can use voice control to manage recuperation. "Hey Porsche. Recuperation on". Or "off".

Ah.

I must be missing something. What stops you from streaming things while charging now?

I didn't think of that… Save all your money to invest in the crashed stock market! Unfortunately, though perhaps Porsche drivers have options like that, most people don't.

One thing carmakers could do, especially Porsche, is play with the leases. Porsche could, for example, lower the money factor and raise the residual, to make the leases seem acceptable. That would kick the can down the road a bit, for those who would consider leasing. On the EV's, there's...

Just thinking about this: in some ways it might be like when Covid hit. What could happen is everyone gets frozen in place. If you KNEW the tariffs would stay in place, then you could act accordingly. Having no idea, the safest thing is to do nothing...buy nothing. What happens when...

I'm sure there are some very smart folks working on this at PAG and PCNA, but to some extent we are in uncharted territory. You folks who have cars on order, tell me: how much of a price increase will you tolerate and still take the car? 5%? 10%? And those of you who are considering or...

Whatever the presumed benefit might be, there are many problems with these tariffs, including their magnitude, their arbitrary nature, and their suddenness. They create an incredible amount of uncertainty, and they lend themselves to corrupt manipulation (playing favorites). They make doing...

First, I would say, not manageable. Second, they could leave more of the profit in PCNA, which I believe is the importer technically, but then what? In any case, this would be nibbling at the edges. The point is, if your business is constructed around x profit margin, and you suddenly lose...

I think you and I are making the same point. Although, in the US, the transfer is to PCNA, who then sell to the dealer, so the transfer price is likely higher than you are figuring ( and so the tariff would also be higher), which makes it even worse (negative operating margin). PAG might be able...

Let's play a little game. I am not sure what 40% profit margin really means, but let's say that's the margin between manufacturing cost and retail selling price (i.e., contribution margin), including dealer profit (which is cheating, I guess). (So that 40% is split among PAG, PCNA, and tne...

Let's think about this for a minute… Why is VAG apparently keeping cars in port (I assume pre-customs) for the next couple of weeks? To figure things out? What is there to figure out, that they haven't already been thinking about? My suspicion is they're waiting to see whether the tariffs in...