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Worth it! FWIW, the Turbo pulls quite well at speeds under 100mph. Haven't had the opportunity to test above that; I imagine "electrics lose torque at high speeds" will eventually kick in ... The Taycan/Audi had a two-speed transmission in the back, which was quite annoying as it added gear...

That does not check out. The 12V battery is supposed to charge whenever the car ignition is on, so if the car never turns off, that would keep the 12V battery from draining. There could be some software/logic bug that eventually needs the car to deep cycle to clear up, but that has nothing to do...

Entrenched OEMs with solidified management fiefdoms really are the worst!

I don't particularly like graphic EQ. The mixing engineer already had an idea what he was doing, and the musicians approved it. The goal of the sound system is to be as true to the mastered recording as possible. EQ should largely be used to compensate for listening/environment/equipment...

Yes, the PPE platform uses CARIAD 1.3, which is largely a vehicle ethernet communications system, not a CAN bus based one. And because they don't need the CAN bus for mandatory emissions testing, there's very little there. I was very sad when I realized I couldn't make adaptive underbody...

The point of the Matrix lights is that it selectively dims the lights only in the direction of other cars in front of you, so you can keep the headlights on all the time. Unfortunately, the US regulators require a dimming response time that's fast enough that no current system on the market can...

Maybe the truth is that all cars are buggy these days, because car manufacturers are really bad at software. My previous Audi GT also had similar glitches. Previous new cars I've bought (Volvo, Volkswagen) have not had any of those, but have had fewer "fancy" features, and was longer ago. I...

I chose 14-way with massage and it's very nice. The 18-way didn't seem like it had adjustable headrests, and protrudes too much into my head/neck space, whereas the 14-way can actually adjust back enough that it's not uncomfortable.

I don't think this is a Porsche problem, I think this is a Google problem. I've filed a bug report through my Google One subscription, but I expect it won't do much. Have I ever had luck trying to get Google to fix bugs in consumer software? No.

I don't know about the UK, but in the US (California), car manufacturers were doing all of those shenanigans in the mid-20th century, and helping consumers was popular among congressctritters, so we have laws that protect the consumer against these claims. Any part that's well installed, cannot...

You are absolutely right! I should have remembered to charge the battery before your normal departure time 30 minutes before work! I will start charging right now. (proceeds to not start charging)

There are at least two reasons! First, those updates are pretty big. Porsche would have to pay more for the 10-year data subscription to fit all those updates on the wire. Second, the system/s are not one integrated system, but a number of components from different manufacturers, that Porsche...

HUD, rear wheel steering, air suspension, upgraded stereo, thermal/noise windows, InnoDrive are must-haves. The rest are more cosmetic or preference-dependent. (Some people are OK with the Bose, some people need even more for the audio upgrade.)

Okay, so that sounds like it's a Porsche problem, not an Android Auto problem!

That looks infuriating! Sounds like a warranty issue! Automotive rated parts are supposed to perform between -40C and +85C (AEC-Q200 and similar standards)

"I'm going to pay $3000 for the Porsche camera and installation instead of paying $500 for a FitCamX and a third party installer, because I don't want to waste my money" doesn't immediately strike me as a winning argument :-) The Porsche camera is behind other cameras in features, and it's...

Better double check your order confirmation to make sure it's an EV! :-D

Lane keeping, sign recognition, and adaptive cruise control was there on my wife's 10 year old Volvo. All the OEMs, except for Tesla, seem to be using the same vendor, MobilEye, which has done this for a long time. The systems have gotten only marginally better over time, but they have gotten...

You're not wrong! Automation, materials science, and electronics are getting to the point where the difference between brands will be shallower, and durability is only seen five or ten years in, when cheap electronics will start failing. I have no idea whether VAG chose high quality or lowest...

This has always been the case for luxury brands, especially German brands. This is how Mercedes let Lexus onto the market -- Lexus just included all the cheap-to-make extras that were a Mercedes cash cow, and consumers flocked to them in droves. Over time, they increase prices to match, but at...