2,000 miles - The Good, The Bad

[Lybaek]

Just a couple of my pros and cons:

PROS:
Bizarrely and as others have noted, the Bose sure seems like it has become much better after a dismal first month after delivery (Porsche: I gave it poor rating in your recent survey with me; I retract that poor rating).

So too the doors are better. It now seems like I don’t need to close them four times.

I’m happy with the rear wheel steering and driving dynamics in general (no surprise there, based on other comments in this forum). Still haven’t tried the RWS on twisty mountain roads yet; happy with the tight turning radius at low speeds.

I use and enjoy both the Innodrive and the HUD.

Plug and charge is working as designed and is great.

I’m happier with the MMI now that I know better where things are (but see below). Not knowing results in frustration for most drivers, and that’s gone way down for me.

CONS:
Still some gremlins in the software. Today, weirdly the screens went blank while I was driving, and they rebooted. Surprised me; first instance of this occurring in 2 months, 2,000 miles. Everything came back and seemed like it was working, except that touch control of the menus on the center screen didn’t work. I got to my destination, shut the vehicle off, and restarted with no effect, same “no touch.“ Again, shut it off, then on, and still no capability to touch a tile and move throughout the MMI. Everything else worked fine; car was drivable - just couldn’t move around the MMI (voice control of MMI worked, but it will only go so far). Nav to a destination was active when this happened and it stayed active. I continued to get audible turn prompts, but I could not change views on the center screen without touch. I got home, let the vehicle sit for 10-30 minutes. Upon starting it, touch worked again. As others have noted with other gremlins and error messages, moving the key away for a period of time seems to help fix issues. Perhaps for me here too.

What is your short list of best and worst aspects?

I am driving a Macan Turbo. Today I turned 13,500 km and have been very satisfied. I have one time (the second day of driving) had a software problem.
The car drives excellent.

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[PanameraFrank]

My biggest issues with the car.

-Windshield wiper jets are positioned horribly. Not sure if they can be adjusted by service?
-The sun visors really should extend, but I know Porsche thinks it's a cute "supercar" thing
-Range really should be a bit better, like consistently 30-50 miles more. Definitely below average for a 2025 electric SUV. I do wonder if we'll see a software update that adds some range, there seems to be some inefficiencies with the thermal management/conditioning.
-Assistance systems are super buggy. My blind spot monitor just randomly goes off constantly. Weird behavior that wasn't present in either of my Taycans.

Otherwise the car is really an overall success. It drives very well, has better software/more user friendly features than the Taycan, very very handsome interior when equipped with full leather, decent looking exterior.

The most surprising thing to me is the quality of life features. Nicely sized water bottle holders in the door, a nice center console, the nice phone charger/storage area, storage near the cup holders, kick to open trunk that actually works easily, straps in the trunk, physical climate buttons, etc.. It has a surprising number of functionality upgrades over the Taycan.

 

[SteveInKirkland]

Seat is so much less comfortable than my 2016 Cayenne hybrid.

Which seat type do you have? We have the 14-way seats and find them to be the most comfortable of the options available in this class/size of SUV. We're especially sensitive to this and always curious when someone says they've found something better.

 

[xrtdr]

Same 14 way comfort memory.
I had a Cayenne that was totaled in a collision with a deer on the highway. Decided to go with the EV to try the new technology and greener energy/emissions. I'm about 1300 miles and a month in. The Cayenne was a more opulent interior and the seats were definitely more cushiony.

 

[SteveInKirkland]

Same 14 way comfort memory.
I had a Cayenne that was totaled in a collision with a deer on the highway. Decided to go with the EV to try the new technology and greener energy/emissions. I'm about 1300 miles and a month in. The Cayenne was a more opulent interior and the seats were definitely more cushiony.

Thanks. I'll check this out when I'm at the dealership again ... likely when I take the Audi in for service and I'm at the building next door.

 

[bbmertz]

Same 14 way comfort memory.
I had a Cayenne that was totaled in a collision with a deer on the highway. Decided to go with the EV to try the new technology and greener energy/emissions. I'm about 1300 miles and a month in. The Cayenne was a more opulent interior and the seats were definitely more cushiony.

Do you have the massage option? I noticed that the seat back is a bit firmer with that option relative to a loaner I had without massage in the 14-way seats.

 

[xrtdr]

No it doesn't have massage

 

[SuperH]

Okay, I’ll start… Overall, I’m very happy with Macan 4S after driving Tesla models S & Y for the past twelve years and BMWs before that. Many of the “annoyances” list below are minor but thought I’d share my full list (not exactly a “short list” ).

Likes

• High quality interior
• 4S acceleration and road handling (including rear axle steering)
• Quiet ride on 20” Pirelli Scorpion MS ELECT tires
• Volcano Grey with standard 4S wheels looks great

Annoyances
Software:

• Multiple Assistance Systems failure messages occasionally appear due to software glitches
• Setting up Plug & Charge often requires multiple factory resets
• Goodbye screen — add option to avoid having this screen appear when exiting car; would be useful only if reminded driver to take phone out of charging port
• No Homelink option on programmable Diamond button (Homelink buttons are difficult to reach on rear view mirror)

Mechanics:

• Overall range should exceed 325 miles to be more competitive in the future
• One pedal driving — strong braking regen when moving foot off accelerator — should be an option controlled by an on/off switch (although I’m already used to it and appreciate the available Hold feature)
• Mobile phone based keyless entry/drive should be added (so no key is required to drive car)
• Battery does not precondition when using nav on CarPlay (only on PCM nav)
• NACS native port and Tesla supercharger access should be rolled out asap

Interior Design:

• No driver’s seat belt clip making it tougher to reach buckle
• Steering wheel partially blocks dashboard view
• Piano black center console is a fingerprint magnet
• Difficult to reach storage area beneath center console
• Center armrest too far back and does not pull forward like ICE Macan
• Sun visor does not extend to fully block sun when moved to side window
• Red seatbelts would be better in Guards red rather than Bordeaux
• Seat back on front seats is a bit too firm if optioned with massage function

Exterior Design:

• Black window trim should be standard (rather than silver) on 4S as it is on the 4
• Frunk too small for 21” carry-on suitcase

You can turn off the regenerative breaking. It’s well hidden in the system menu’s, but simply press the voice button on the steering wheel and say ‘turn off auto recuperation’. It will then coast like a dream!

 

[xrtdr]

One of my biggest issues with my Cayenne was getting a blast of dangerously high volume when going from aux (phone) to the car radio (Sirius)

Does the Macan 4 EV Bose have a way to limit the sound when changing sources?

It just happened

 

[xrtdr]

Another issue – often when I start the car, satellite radio doesn't load and it isn't available for the drive. Is this happening to anyone else?

 

[Gorge1969]

Has anybody on here not specked the rear wipers and regretted it?

 

[xrtdr]

I don't like not having a rear wiper but I've seen people say it hurts range

 

[Cogs79]

Has anybody on here not specked the rear wipers and regretted it?

Hi, I live in the most winter of winter climates (Quebec) and my Macan 4 was dealer specced without the rear wiper. Having driven it in snow and rain, I have not had any issues. Rear defrost has done its job without issue. The crappy front wipers and horrible windshield washer spray nozzles are a different story.

C

 

[xrtdr]

Yes the front wipers are crappy!!

 

[Fun TC Driving]

Cags79, glad to hear your real world report on no rear wipers and not a bad consequence.

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