It's funny. I almost never turn the car off immediately. I put it in park and then do stuff while the AC is running. But I have learned the defense mechanisms (brake hold, *look* at the dash to make certain it's in park, etc.) Yours is a new defense mechanism and a good add to the thread.
Completely agree. I love my 4S so far. I only got the Bose sound system but even that is fine. I haven't tried the speech reco but that's a good idea since i also find that the menu system is hard to constantly relearn. As I said earlier, no rattles either. I really think there is something wrong if the car is rattling a lot and should be addressed by the dealer. Car doors close fine (something else people are complaining about). I do find that trying to close them by pushing on the windows is a bad idea .. pushing on the door itself works well. Something I learned early on since windows are frameless. Completely agree on the sun visors.. way too small. I leased the car thinking I would hedge my bets given it's a new model. Now, I'm seriously thinking about buying out the lease especially if prices go stupidly up because of moronic tariffs. Although I read somewhere that VW is negotiating a drop in tariffs by promising to 'build an Audi factory' in the US in addition to the one they already have. We'll see.
Love it when non-owners share their "gripes." Why are you here? Are you just that bored?
Yes, many times -- many different Macan 4s from five different dealerships... There are lots of positives -- enough to outweigh the negatives (but that's not what this thread is about). For me, there's no other automaker besides Porsche that makes a BEV that I'm remotely interested in. And I'm done with all-gas cars (but not yet with PHEVs, and the Cayenne E-Hybrid solves most of the problems I just listed in the Macan 4, but it's just too large and too expensive for me, for what you get...).
As he has a Taycan CT4, I guess, he is in a good position to give his preferences/āgripesā, in comparison to Macan.
Fair enough. My tone was too sharp and was misdirected irritation over other non-owner posters' imagined gripes elsewhere on this forum. So, @cometguy, I apologize for the tone of my prior comment. Now, in terms of @cometguy's gripes specifically, I think that owning the vehicle is a key part of this thread, and so I will (hopefully politely this time) take issue with the following points (based on my experience owning the car): #1 fingerprints on frameless windows have not been an issue for me, except that my (older) father and law (with balance issues) has been grabbing the glass for balance when he gets out of the car, and it makes me cringe like crazy. Nobody else I've been driving around has been doing that, but it's really cringey when he does it (great guy otherwise!). #2 - I agree 100%, the piano black is a design flaw. I keep a microfiber cloth in the car to cover the black plastic when it reflects sunlight directly into my eyes, which is too frequent. #3 is a matter of opinion on aesthetics of the spoiler (I don't mind it) and I haven't had a mechanical issue with the spoiler, so I don't "know" if it will break. #4 is on my list of gripes. #5 hard disagree / OPD has been discussed ad nauseam elsewhere on here. #6 isn't a gripe for me yet (knock on wood!) and I don't know if the frunk is the solution for a spare . . . but maybe. #7 air suspension has been very nice so far, so not a gripe (from an owner's perspective) but my BMW X5's air suspension was a huge money pit, so I get the point - just not as a present gripe, just a known future risk/expense; #8 the glass roof has been very nice, not a gripe for me / not really appropriate as a gripe "after owning" - @cometguy may well continue to wish he had a metal roof once he gets his Macan, but I think he should live with it before griping on that point. #9 - the software has been surprisingly good in my experience. Not perfect. But lots better than my wife's new Lexus RX, my previous Acura MDX, so I can't count it as a gripe, from an owner's perspective.
I definitely understand that a full size spare wouldn't fit in the Macan, but I do wish they would have designed the frunk to hold a donut spare. There are some sections of highway in the US, and a lot of backroad trails, where there is zero cell-phone coverage and calling for roadside assistance isn't possible without a satellite connection for transmitting.
Annoying but I love driving it.
