Power off button - how do you use it?

[Redhot2474]

Power button. What’s that ?‍

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[whitex]

Funny.

I just picked up lunch and when I returned to the car, closed the door, put my foot on the brake, the car didn't woke up. Didn't react to trying to put it into drive.

I'm glad the power button exist or something that I wouldn't lose 2 seconds with would have left me stranded just 10 min ago.

Thank you Porsche for having the power button

So to you, the power button is a solution to Porsche software not recognizing reliably that you want to drive the car? While it might sound sarcastic, I am serious - I've started to believe that is actually the purpose for it, not some heritage marketing BS. My car doesn't automatically start for me every once in a while either. The weirder thing however is that if it's parked and you start it using the power button while driver's door is still open, you CANNOT lock the car, not using the touch on door handle, nor using the fob - you HAVE TO power it off using the power button before the car will let you lock it. I think the state machine of the Taycan entry/exit/occupancy state is not fully thought out, hence the need for the power button.

 

[anonymouse]

I think the state machine […] is not fully thought out,

Good point. and it is quite rare to hear finite state machines mentioned in revhead forums . Some of the readers are probably gripping their keyboards ready to post about the government conspiracy behind the “state machine”……

 

[thebuttonmonkey]

I stop press 'park' and then 'power off'.

I changed the setting recently for the power off after it was mentioned on here.

I've stopped pressing park actually, the power button puts it into park anyway (and if there's and incline I've likely engaged Hold with the brake).

 

[DCYL725]

Yes, that seems to be its only value, if you have comfort exit enabled.
Tesla just does that when you press Park, and if you open the door, so there isnt really a need for a button even for comfort entry Especially as the silly button needs to be held down for 2 seconds to do nothing.

Not to mention the button being on the left hand side ( right side for those in the commonwealth).

What lunacy!

 

[diegomedinaf]

What about the button in the trunk? One shuts the trunk. The other shuts the trunk, powers down and locks the car. I use that frequently.

good test. i think if you shut and lock it will shut down the car if u did not use the power button.

do the test and report

i enabled the lock to shut but more ofter i use the power button EVEN THO i lock my car after i get out

 

[whitex]

good test. i think if you shut and lock it will shut down the car if u did not use the power button.

That is what it does. I only use the power button when Taycan software gets confused and doesn't automatically turn on or off, which is maybe once a week (more often when I travel and charge the car while inside). All other times, I just unlock and lock the car, get in/out.

 

[diegomedinaf]

That is what it does. I only use the power button when Taycan software gets confused and doesn't automatically turn on or off, which is maybe once a week (more often when I travel and charge the car while inside). All other times, I just unlock and lock the car, get in/out.

Was referring to lock using the shut/lock button in the trunk

 

[whitex]

Was referring to lock using the shut/lock button in the trunk

Yep, that works, no power button. I use it many times a week.

 

[magnitude]

Not to mention the button being on the left hand side ( right side for those in the commonwealth).

What lunacy!

That's expected for Porsches, though. The key was also always on the door side for all Porsches before. Legend says it's that racers could turn on the car while getting in.

 

[tchavei]

That's expected for Porsches, though. The key was also always on the door side for all Porsches before. Legend says it's that racers could turn on the car while getting in.

One hand on the stick shift, the other on the key.

 

[magnitude]

One hand on the stick shift, the other on the key.

Ah, that actually makes more sense...

 

[f1eng]

Ha-ha, it never occured to me not to use the power switch.

 

[tchavei]

Ah, that actually makes more sense...

Well you weren't wrong. In the old days, the races started with the pilots on one side of the track with the cars parked on the other side. On "go" they had to run across the track, jump into the car, start it and go. Ferdinand Porsche placed the the ignition on the left side so that when his pilot jumped into the car he wouldn't waste a hand movement putting the car into 1st gear and then turning the key. With the ignition on the left side, the pilot could jump in, depress the clutch, engage into 1st gear with his right hand while turning the key with his left hand. You would gain over a second doing it that way. Porsche always was very proud of none of its characteristics being just "visual". Every design choice had/has a utility or advantage in it (like having the tip of the wheel crests pointing to the air valves or even the raised headlights/lowered center nose so the pilot can see the road ahead better).

 

[Poshfpg]

Only time I use it is if I need to turn off Internal Surveillance for the dog. Many years with an i3 and then an ID3 have got me used to just getting out and locking the car.

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