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Many cars have warning and auto braking features under the park assist menu item where you fine tune the alarms and response, like turn auto braking off.. I don't think you can silence them completely now days.

I think distance sensing is RADAR based so it shouldn't be affected by condensation. It may be augmented by optics to reduce false alerts. The most annoying thing about my BMW is the optical based distance measure, which drops out in the sun, rain, reflections from road signs and just on a whim...

Vacuum, use a distilled water dampened microfiber cloth.Monthly at least. For heavier dirt use a weak cleaner like lexol, according to their directions. You don't want to soak anything. I don't like conditioner as it is way to easy to clogs pores and softens the leather. But some like shiny...

Is that because only 50+ folks use forums now days?. I've been on mailing lists, usenet, then forums since the early 80s and still find the forum format most useful for tech topic than some like facechat or talkingnet groups, although they can be more social :)

Check to see if the app also needs updated. I got an update notice a couple days ago.

Not necessarily. Over the past 4 years, carplay in my Mini SE (BMW) has been flawless. Well, my wife uses bluetooth streaming, I use wireless carplay and if her phone is anywhere near the car it will default to her phone. I'd have to go to the mini radio menu and manually switch phones. The...

For decades MOPAR then FCA customer service and sometimes engineering were active in several forums. Especially in the bigger Jeep forums, but thats a Jeep community thing. You don't see them much since Stellantis fired most of their customer service staff.

Yeah, wide tires and slush do not play well as the tires ride up on the slush. Wide tires with sticky low temperature rubber on ice play better than narrow as there is more chance of catching a bit of traction. Winter specific tires wear much faster on summer highways. All Seasons compromise...

FYI, my 4S entered production today, was predicted for the 13th. If they shut down over the weekend, thats a day ahead of schedule I think.

Conventional air suspension systems use a single flexible rubber airbag to transfer chassis loads to the wheels. In this system the chassis height can be controlled but not the stiffness. Multiple chambered airbag suspensions can control both stiffness and height. I think they use three...

I would only us a shop that you trust won't scratch/damage the wheels

Don't forget the bolt pattern, it is different from the ICE.

Like in a lightning bolt? Or like a high power radio or radar that will jam everything nearby if not cook pedestrians? Or is there a new physics I'm not aware of. :) Perhaps the software simply applies the brakes when you lift the throttle to provide the one pedal feel.

Max Performance summer tire compound gets hard below 0C more or less, loses grip, and can be dangerous. From what I've been told, the max performance is the summer option in the US and you get the safer AS performance tires standard. Dunno what you get elsewhere.

My EV will one pedal regen when indicating 100% charge, driving off from the charger. Its got a small battery so I routinely charge to 100% indicated. But that is probably not actually 100%. I suppose you could use up the 100%+ buffer eventually and loose regen.

Locking the brakes can be detrimental to steering if you had enough traction to steer effectively, like on dry pavement :) But with no traction there is no steering to adversely affect. Just trying to say that the feature is not always detrimental to steering and may be useful "off road" ...

I read this as a more aggressive/different ABS strategy. The wheels are not locked together, but the brakes lock both up for a brief moment to dig in to better traction and hopefully provide better steering. One could use this in deep snow where the tires are slipping regardless (i.e. no...

Just a reminder, do not become so overconfident with the Macan go capability as none of that affects stopping. It is a heavy car.

Snow capability is more about tires than hardware or software. The Macan 4 AWD (its actually like 4WD as the axles are independent) will use brake traction control and throttle modulation to control wheel spin. Driving technique can help prevent wheel spin, so start out slowly and build speed...

I've read here in a couple of the review threads that recent 4S with 20 inch wheels are coming with Pirelli Scorpion MS ELEC all-season tires — very smooth and quiet drive with nominal road noise. Highly rated but expensive (to my POV), like $450 a tire if you can find them in North America...