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I see quite a few posts recommending adaptive cruise or Innodrive. I didn’t like the way, and when, adaptive cruise took control of my Prius and had for decades used a normal cruise control and got used to disengaging it when necessary. I like to travel at a steady speed so I didn’t specify...

Just got this: It happened first yesterday evening on my way home from dropping off my daughter after driving a mile or two. I drove it again this morning to see if it had had a miraculous reset and again after a mile to so the alarm came up, and on the way home it came on almost straight...

I had requests for pictures of my Mamba car with Blackberry interior, which is no longer a possible choice. I haven’t had very accurate colour reproduction from the auto white balance on a phone, but this iPad picture isn’t too far off. The Neodyme accents really sets the Blackberry interior...

It was almost 18 months from order to pickup with 12V battery shortage leading to months in storage but I am glad I didn’t cancel. Things I like a lot:- Ride/handling compromise in “normal” is perfect. Coast when liftoff, I know from racing it is most efficient - we did it in Formula 1 and they...

Travelled yesterday in very wet conditions with the first 10 miles or so on part flooded country roads driving through water inches deep. The brakes performed exactly as I would expect, the regenerative braking was obviously unaffected but braking at low speed was typical "cleaning the water...

I haven’t connected CarPlay to my Taycan. It was something the sales assistant tried to do at handover but the first instruction from the PCM was to enable Siri on my phone, which I never have before and wasn’t sure how to do quickly so didn’t bother to link the car to CarPlay at all, hence my...

When I had a demo of the Taycan I switched the sport sound off after about 30 seconds, and the same even at the PEC Silverstone driving fast. I didn't bother to spec it on my CT4S as a result. If you do like it do you leave it on most of the time though, or only in certain circumstances?

I have never had a car which uses CarPlay before and when we were going to add it when I picked the car up I was asked to initiate Siri on my phone. I wasn’t sure how and was not keen anyway, I don’t like talking to “things” or them listening all the time. Anyway I haven’t used CarPlay yet my...

I copied this from my post on tyres… Seems like it should be here. I have never kept meticulous records of car costs so don’t have a comparison from other cars. I did my first long trip yesterday. It was before regen has clicked in so not expecting much efficiency and thats what I got! The...

The ride quality of the Taycan Cross Turismo was the thing which surprised me the most when i first drove one. My winter wheels/tyres arrived this morning so got them fitted and on my normal bumpy uneven route up to The Ridgeway the ride was notably better than with the 21” summer tyres. Sport...

I ended up dropping the Bose sound system option on my CT 4S when I fixed the spec because of the extra delay it would cause. There has been lots of comment on the audio varying from the standard system is so bad it is a reason not to buy the car to it is perfectly adequate. I haven’t been on...

I picked up my new Taycan on Thursday and visited my daughter that evening to show her. When I used the key fob to unlock the car all 4 door handles popped out but the door we tried didn’t open nor did the other one that side. On the driver’s side both doors were fully unlocked. When I got home...

We know the production line is now running and cars started after the battery shortage was resolved are being completed and delivered. We know there are cars that were delivered to dealers - just in the EU I think - where the dealer has ordered the battery as a spare, fitted it and delivered...

I had a test drive if a CT 4S on Friday 16 July 2021 at Porsche, Swindon my local dealer, spent the weekend thinking it over, it was an impulse purchase I have no need of another car, and sent an email to order one on the Sunday 18th. My only real concern was how big and heavy it is, I generally...

My son and I had a great afternoon at the Porsche Experience at Silverstone yesterday afternoon. It confirmed I am glad I ordered a CT 4S but added to the frustration about my very long wait. Probably of little consequence to somebody 40 years old and I am 72 now, 71 when ordered and that is a...

There are plenty of complaints about software problems causing inconvenience. I am interested in a breakdown causing you to have to pull off the road while driving and get some sort of assistance. It has never happened to me in 55 years of driving fwiw.

I have a question for Porsche engineering people. I know that PDCC has active links in the ARBs to allow correction of roll. What I have assumed is that these active links are effectively disconnected when there is no lateral “G” so the ride will be better with PDCC as well as the roll being...

I got a 6-month free trial of Apple Music and Apple TV a while ago but continued with neither since I didn’t find the music to be better than the Qobuz subscription I already had and Apple TV was just too painful to keep logging into and I have no idea why it kept asking - I just lost patience...

I had a second demo drive 9 months after my original order, to see if I still want one... Having read about the lower part of the lower screen behaving like a trackpad, and having experience of a huge number of miss directions or total misses using a touch screen at arms length in a moving car I...