Yes indeed, once you know that it's for a towing lug it's easy to find in the manual!
Nah, I'm just very stupid.
American cars typically don't come with this sort of thing, so I would say go easy on the OP. Even for the cars that come with a tow screw-in place, they don't include the hook itself with the car. Maybe it's a regulation thing in EU where those parts have to be included?
From the manualIt's about 2 3/4 in. wide and 2 3/8 in. high. What, if anything, is behind it? I can't find it called out in the Owner's Manual. I'm just curious, is all.
The red turning lights are optional (sadly) so only some cars have them (evidently car designers think they look sleeker in red - most new Porsches have them in red), side yellow reflectors can be disguised (first two generations of Model S were compliant with the regulations, but many owners drove them for years without even knowing they have side markers, as they were cleverly disguised - very hard to find them unless you shined a flashlight at the side of the front at night from some distance away). Adaptive headlights were legalized couple of years ago, but NHTSA decided to invent a new standard, so existing tech (which the rest of the world has been enjoying for over a decade) cannot be officially enabled by manufacturers, so a decade out before it comes to the US, if at all given latest tariffs. Cameras instead of side mirrors still illegal. Cars still allow turning off or DRL's, as those are not mandatory (but with backlit screens, no clear indicator to ignorant drivers when they are driving in ghost mode at night with no lights on). US car regulations are ancient and moving at glacier speeds - and changes are slowed down by a bunch of arguing government bureaucrats, took over a decade to decide to allow adaptive headlights, then over two years to agree on specific rules. And yet, states do things like eliminate a mandatory safety inspection every couple of years which checks whether your headlights are working and not blinding oncoming traffic, check you brakes, your tread depth, your stop and turn signals, etc. In my state I see so many people driving with permanent high beams for example. Sometimes when you flash them, they will turn them down and you realize why they do it, one of their low beams have burned out. No mandatory safety inspection means some people will choose to save money and drive until all their headlight burn out (high and low beams). Governments around the states are worried about an increase in accidents, so what do they do? They pass laws making speeding tickets more expensive, while lower speed limits and adding speeding cameras which ticket you for as little as 2mph over the limit, and yet nobody has studied what are the biggest contributing factors. IMO it's distracted driving while using mobile devices, followed by people driving mechanically unsafe cars (worn brakes and/or tires, burned out lights, etc) - but I don't have any firm numbers backing these either. I think ambiguous signals (like red turn signals, or worse examples like Telluride where both front amber lights are always on, then when signaling direction that signal starts blinking while the other one stays on), drivers blinded by opposing traffic, no mandatory DRL, and few others also factor in, but probably not top contributors.
True. You know, I never drove a Cybertruck. I've been meaning to go test drive one because I am really curious about the drive-by-wire steering experience. Not sure if a test drive will do though, might need to rent one. I hated the yoke when test driving Model S and Model X (enough to not buy my 5th Tesla while waiting nearly 2 years for Porsche to finally make me a Taycan), so I instinctually I think I will not like the yoke on the Cybertruck. However, it does have variable steering wheel ratio, so the engineer in me wants to check it out. I like to keep an open mind. While I don't have a use for a Cybertruck today, I would not decide against buying it if it it worked for me just because of Elon's political affiliations. I know some very talented people who have worked on Tesla cars who don't share Elon's political views too. I'm an equal opportunist when it comes to technology - I buy from whoever makes the best product (yep, I outed myself, I am not part of Gen Z who buy products based on some cause sob stories behind the products). For Operating Systems for example - on desktops I prefer to use Windows (Win11 Copilot might be swaying me away though), on servers I use Linux and Windows Server, on embedded projects I use Linux, Free RTOS, QNX, Nucleus, even used Windows CE and Windows XP Embedded when they were the best OS for the job. I tried Mac OS for few years, never found it to be the best option for what I wanted to do. None of those OS decisions were motivated in any way by political leanings of any employees or shareholders, or fads, or sob stories from the internet (classic annual "This year will be the year of Linux on the Desktop - unleashing software for the people!". I bought the Taycan because I likes it the most out of available car options for me. My next car will be whatever is the best product on the market for me when I'm ready to switch. Yes, experience with the dealer and manufacturer does factor in, so Porsche experience will give Porsche cars a "leg up" when I'm considering the next car - for example I stayed with Tesla for a decade because they had a great product and stellar service and support (they really took care of early adopters). Product got cheap (mass market aimed production - no luxury models anymore), but more importantly service went down the crapper once mass market Model 3/Y hit the streets.
