Recent content by USMA81

Two instances of blank screen in four months. First time, it came back after parking the car. Second time, I was in car play, it went blank and came back seconds later either on its own or because I touched the screen. No warning lights.

AI answer to question I posed: Yes, there is a strong economic basis to believe that electric vehicle (EV) sales will continue to expand, driven by a combination of cost dynamics, policy support, technological advancements, and market trends. Here’s a breakdown of the key factors: 1...

WSJ had an article on Porsche. Two news items in the aticle: Porsche pushed a lot of cars to the US ahead of the tariffs (delaers had accepted 37% more cars this year vs last, with additional inventory still at the ports), and “the company told analysts only that it would honor prices for...

My experience so far this spring in Phoenix exactly mirrors SteveInKirkland’s comments, especially the comment about the A/C working well in the heat - very capable.

Over the years I have had the windshield replaced on several BMW’s and Porsche’s. On one of the first, I was disappointed with the replacement, which didn’t provide as much sound proofing as the OE glass. They went cheap on the glass. On a subsequent replacement on a different vehicle, I had...

Asking Grok AI: “Tariffs are typically applied to goods at the destination port, when they enter the importing country. This is because tariffs are taxes imposed by a government on imported goods, and they are collected by the customs authority of the importing country as the goods cross its...

I took delivery of my 4 at PEC LA, and drove the Macan turbo on the track. They had me follow a 911S, standard practice which keeps the driver from going into a corner too hot, or taking a bad line, with bad consequences. This doesn’t mean the 911 held much, if anything, back. The 911 did...

Until recently, the sequence of design for Porsche EV’s was Macan, then the 983, and then the Cayenne. Then Porsche announced that the next model released would not be the 983, but the Cayenne EV. It would be interesting to hear from Porsche why they made this change, but here’s one...

The approach angle of the Macan seems similar to my 987 Cayman S (not good). In fact, in 13 years of Cayman ownership I never scraped the front fascia, but in 4 months I have done it twice already on the Macan. I should have engaged the lift, but thought, unwisely, "It's an SUV."

According to Grok, the AI engine, tariffs typically are applied when goods arrive at port. So ostensibly the vehicles in the US now, and any that arrive before the tariff date, would not have it applied. YMMV.

Per my previous post, I went to a Hampton Inn, which had two L2 Tesla chargers installed. I thought I might be able to use one (with NACS adapter), since charging was free. Didn’t work for me. Secondarily, both spaces were occupied by ICE vehicles overnight. I’d have been pissed if I was a...

I just bought a Lectron adapter today since I soon will be staying at a Hampton Inn that has NACS charging cables.

Some of the Audi Q8 owners have made the software conversion. Audi dealers won’t do it, at least not yet. This thread has some information on the topic. https://www.audiworld.com/forums/audi-e-tron-q8-e-tron-232/matrix-led-headlight-activation-information-3066385/

Kahneman wasn’t focused on the length of the sentence, which is influenced by cultural norms, laws, etc. He was interested in the fact that multiple judges looking at exactly the same case each could sentence the perpetrator to terms that differed by huge amounts, years. That’s not what...

The measure of a decision is its “correctness.“ For example, if we buy a vehicle anticipating it will meet our preconceived views on how it will enhance our lives (in whatever way), and it does so, then that would be viewed as a correct decision. Our very human tendencies to error (bias and...