A 2022 Cross Turismo 4S: From Order to Delivery to Mods

[satchurator]

CAN YOU POST LINK TO SPARE TIRE INFO?

Caps Lock off, please! Here’s @ciaranob’s spare tire thread.

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[scbryan]

Caps Lock off, please! Here’s @ciaranob’s spare tire thread.

thanks... can you link to where you bought the tire? Was that form Porsche Silver Spring? I can find the wheel.. just not the tire..thanks again

 

[ciaranob]

thanks... can you link to where you bought the tire? Was that form Porsche Silver Spring? I can find the wheel.. just not the tire..thanks again

Exactly, yes, Silver Spring,
Cheers, C.

 

[ciaranob]

A few pics of the car lowered 25mm (ca 1") from the OEM 'Lowered" Chassis height - posting these if anything to remind me to look into some spacers !

 

[ciaranob]

Finally creeping towards the 'magical' 300 mile range number - not quite there yet !

Posting as I drive my car as I drove all my ICE cars i.e. no babying it and definitely no intent to try to conserve SoC.

Others, especially those with >300 miles predicted ranges, are commonly more conservative, often driving more frequently in Range mode (in itself effecting 'predicted' ranges) in an attempt to max. their range.

So this just a positive observation that you can get really good range with 'normal' driving in the city albeit of course in a hot climate!

My 'predicted' range in Range Mode (which I genuinely have yet to use and suspect if I did that my predicted estimates might improve further!), and with AC off after charging last night, is at 287 miles - cool - makes me wonder if the efficiency improvements 2020-2022 cars will receive (i.e. 2nd motor and battery management etc.) will bump this closer to that 300 mile for my setup.

For ref:

1) I drive almost entirely in Normal flipping occasionally into Sport, have the AC always on (except in our short Houston winter) and
2) temps have as you all know being crazy high all summer (almost the entire of July and end of June over 100F and feel like temps of 105-120F).
3) mainly city to suburbia diving with next to no major elevation changes in Houston
4) other than road trips (6 or so long ones since new) most of my trips are short i.e. 20-80 miles.
5) Car was picked up 3rd week of Dec 2021 so in my possession ca 7 months but in respect driving, more like 5.5 months as with overseas trips and custom shop visits it was parked/static for ca 6-8 weeks.

Pics after charging last night:

AC off and in Range Mode predicted - 244/0.85 = 287 miles predicted at 100% SoC.

AC on ECO with Range mode loses 8 mi of range. For predicted 100% SoC = 236/.85 = 278 miles:

And full AC on and in Normal mode drops a further 7 mi of range (100% SoC = ca 270 miles):

 

[satchurator]

makes me wonder if the efficiency improvements 2020-2022 cars will receive (i.e. 2nd motor and battery management etc.) will bump this closer to that 300 mile for my setup.

I do wonder if pre-March MY22 models will gain any range benefits from the Cluster 37 uPdate. Mine’s a November ‘21 vintage MY22 - and I recall the 2nd motor disengage optimization was already a thing. Any idea if the Cluster 37 uPdate takes range beyond the Q4’21-Q1’22-MY22 baseline?

 

[ciaranob]

I do wonder if pre-March MY22 models will gain any range benefits from the Cluster 37 uPdate. Mine’s a November ‘21 vintage MY22 - and I recall the 2nd motor disengage optimization was already a thing. Any idea if the Cluster 37 uPdate takes range beyond the Q4’21-Q1’22-MY22 baseline?

No and suspect we are all in the dark a bit on specifics - mine too a November 2021 build (received Dec) and also wondered if there were any real gains to be had for my vehicle on listening to the vids and posts on this - suspect minimal but TBH, anything bonus in my book.

 

[whitex]

@ciaranob -- Thanks for the inspiration and all helpful info
My mods are done: painted fenders and rear spoiler, spacers, lowering links, closed off front side air vents, full PPF and ceramics

No clear side markers?

 

[ciaranob]

No clear side markers?

I believe that he decided to smoke (wrap) them vs replace.

 

[whitex]

I believe that he decided to smoke (wrap) them vs replace.

I see, so when off they don't look yellow?

 

[whitex]

They're replacement and smoked from suncoast. The car is on so the yellow light is on. When off they're smoked color

Nice car btw. Mine will look similar provided Porsche ever manages to build me one. I'm starting to lose hope, as some dealers have stopped responding to my periodic (every couple of months) email status checks. I know is a couple of situations the original sales person is no longer with the dealership (I guess something Porsche has to start accounting for with years between order and delivery), but even the newly assigned substitutes seem to not even care enough to bother answers a quick status email 6 times a year, which tells me the allocations have probably dried up, or they are ordering to sell to other states with large ADM (something which a Merc dealer told me when I inquired about an EQS few months back - apparently all their orders were going to California with $25K+ ADM).

 

[whitex]

Thank you! Its worth the wait.
I have a Rivian R1T with max pack on order and will hopefully arrive next year and will be interesting to compare as daily. I'd imagine the R1T will be better as all around practical and versatile vehicle but we'll see

I've waited over 13 months so far and the dealers are now ghosting me as I mentioned earlier (I've been pinging them every 2 months, so nothing excessive). I suspect they just don't care to talk to customers knowing they probably won't be with the dealership by the time the customer gets the car (2 of the dealers this is already the case, and I haven't even gotten an allocation), or perhaps simply that customers will get bored after a few years waiting and never get the Porsche at all. EQS AMG is now out - not my first choice but a car in a garage beats a deposit receipt in a drawer every time, so if Mercedes can get me one of those sooner that a Taycan, I'll forget about Taycan for few years. Taycan is starting to feel like the new Tesla Roadster, looks great online but I cannot buy one.

 

[ciaranob]

I've waited over 13 months so far and the dealers are now ghosting me as I mentioned earlier (I've been pinging them every 2 months, so nothing excessive). I suspect they just don't care to talk to customers knowing they probably won't be with the dealership by the time the customer gets the car (2 of the dealers this is already the case, and I haven't even gotten an allocation), or perhaps simply that customers will get bored after a few years waiting and never get the Porsche at all. EQS AMG is now out - not my first choice but a car in a garage beats a deposit receipt in a drawer every time, so if Mercedes can get me one of those sooner that a Taycan, I'll forget about Taycan for few years. Taycan is starting to feel like the new Tesla Roadster, looks great online but I cannot buy one.

My sincere commiserations - what a massive pain - hopefully something changes for the better soon!

 

[ciaranob]

Finally creeping towards the 'magical' 300 mile range number - not quite there yet !

Posting as I drive my car as I drove all my ICE cars i.e. no babying it and definitely no intent to try to conserve SoC.

Others, especially those with >300 miles predicted ranges, are commonly more conservative, often driving more frequently in Range mode (in itself effecting 'predicted' ranges) in an attempt to max. their range.

So this just a positive observation that you can get really good range with 'normal' driving in the city albeit of course in a hot climate!

My 'predicted' range in Range Mode (which I genuinely have yet to use and suspect if I did that my predicted estimates might improve further!), and with AC off after charging last night, is at 287 miles - cool - makes me wonder if the efficiency improvements 2020-2022 cars will receive (i.e. 2nd motor and battery management etc.) will bump this closer to that 300 mile for my setup.

For ref:

1) I drive almost entirely in Normal flipping occasionally into Sport, have the AC always on (except in our short Houston winter) and
2) temps have as you all know being crazy high all summer (almost the entire of July and end of June over 100F and feel like temps of 105-120F).
3) mainly city to suburbia diving with next to no major elevation changes in Houston
4) other than road trips (6 or so long ones since new) most of my trips are short i.e. 20-80 miles.
5) Car was picked up 3rd week of Dec 2021 so in my possession ca 7 months but in respect driving, more like 5.5 months as with overseas trips and custom shop visits it was parked/static for ca 6-8 weeks.

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Meant to add - and these numbers are with me always "lugging" around a spare wheel and jack kit in the trunk !! Also my wife ca 35% of the time but she's so light it almost doesn't count

 

[ciaranob]

SOLD!


Throwing a feeler out here first but after a long and quite difficult discussion with myself (!) I may decide to uninstall my CETE system and sell it on - BIG deal for me.

The main reason for this rather radical move on my part is simply that Houston roads are truly disastrous and genuinely getting worse. Although I REALLY like the option to lower my ride height to where I think it should be, the sad fact is that Houston roads in my neighborhoods are a giant PITA for lowered cars. I just know at some point I'm going to forget/make a poor judgement call and end up damaging something. Not 100% as yet on this decision as of course I will be eating a lot of cost (install + removal labor + given previously installed I will provide a very generous discount on sale) but need to land on a decision very soon here.

Bottomline advice is that, it is a great system and works like a charm and as advertised - very slick - but if you drive frequently in areas with trash roads like ours it probably won't suit. Of course if you have half decent road surfaces on your regular ride and want the ultimate finely tuned ability to instantly set any ride height you want in mm's then this is the only choice imo.

Pretty bummed about our local state of affairs - really hit home after the last few international and inter-state trips where I drove long distances on "normal" roads - had almost forgotten what it feels like!

If anyone has an early interest just ping me - otherwise I'll put the system up for sale on separate thread in the near future assuming I proceed.

PS: I do not have the original packaging but have pics as posted here - and both Alex at CETE and Sean Doyle at TAG Motorsports can both validate original purchase and vouch for me.

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