That explains why the prices are nuts along with the sales tactics.
I’ve been a passionate customer since 1998. I always considered Porsches the “reasonable” exotic that you could daily drive. I’ve never wanted a temperamental and most costly exotic like a Ferrari.
They are losing me with...
I happened to notice this option buried in the settings. I haven't seen it work yet.
According to AI:
Porsche2X is an intelligent, connected feature in Porsche vehicles that communicates with compatible municipal traffic lights. It provides actionable V2X (Vehicle-to-X) data on your dashboard...
I tried it one more time yesterday on a parallel spot, and ended up aborting for exactly the same reasons.
Active Parking was not worth losing the curbrash cam that my J1's had.
Exactly me. I learned "Porsche parking rules" long ago and adhere to them, I would never take one of the spots Active Parking wants me to, nor would I trust it to to squeeze between them without a crash.
I might let it attempt a parallel park one day.
I had another empty lot this morning and tried to get it to engage...it ignored all the empty spots and didn't do anything this time.
I'm now on a mission to determine what makes it work; the parking spots were marked with double-line loops, maybe that confused it and it wants single lines...
It doesn't matter really, I'd never trust it!
I just went to an empty parking lot, reasoning fewer chances for disaster, and gave Active Parking a try.
It ignored dozens of empty spots and selected the end spot, and when it started backing in it looked like it was absolutely headed for the...
Yeah that's kinda the opinion I've formed! Even if I understood it, I'd want a totally empty lot to try it. Because, Porsche.
They are not good at tech.
I have the Active Parking feature, but I can't figure out how it's supposed to work.
I also have never seen a steering wheel icon on the app, which is supposed to allow "summon" style backing out for you in tight spots.
I know I have the feature, it's on my sticker.