1pvr

If I turn off the audio by pressing the volume/on/off button on the BMW, then at next start up the audio remains off (or on, if I left the audio on upon turning off the car).

In any recent Porsche, if I turn the audio off by pressing the volume/on/off button, then at next start up it defaults to audio on. I've defeated the annoyance somewhat by keeping the volume down to a bare whisper when I turn off the car, so it turns on barely audible at startup. I don't have an MP3 player, so I don't use/leave it in the Aux setting.


Anyway, enough griping about the audio. It is what it is in Porsches right now, until a software fix occurs.

03LX470

I have the adaptive 18-way seats but no Comfort Entry feature (seat goes back, steering lifts up) that comes with 18-way seats on all non GT3. Has nothing to do with weight as the motors for adjusting the seat are already there I suppose. Not sure why they deleted this feature which is probably only software driven and nothing to do with weight.

doubleurx

Yes, this was strange. On some of the early orders, the order sheet clearly stated "with memory function". While only slightly annoying, that the feature was missing, Porsche did step up and credit us with the entire $2635 cost of the 18 way seats.

Mike in CA

Fair enough Paul, and I don't want to belabor this either. Strictly speaking pressing the volume button in the Porsche is a mute feature not an off feature. That said, there's no reason why they couldn't change the software to carry the muting over to the next time you started the car, and that would be a good upgrade.

mwar99

Maybe pressing and holding the button for a period of time would turn it off instead of just muting?

Mike in CA

If you do that, it turns off PCM completely.

TRAKCAR

Fixed bridge calipers are a PITA

1pvr

Actually Mike you are right in that it's just a mute switch for both makers.

GT176

I love washing my cars after a nice drive. I must say the GT3 gets dirtiest the quickest and is the most painful to wash out of the 4 cars I own. What I mean by painful is I keep jamming my fingers when washing the back end and it F'n stings. There are so many nooks and curves and when you hit one those when you don't expect it, it feels like you just broke a finger. Washing your car in 40 degree weather doesn't help either.

bronson7

...but all for a very good reason.

mlpor

Subjective, but it seems like after getting a few "break in" miles on the odometer (@1k+), after the 1st light (@40-50 track miles) track day break in, the exhaust has gotten substantially louder - makes me wonder if there's some sort of "packing in" or other change harder use, higher exhaust temperatures bring about in the exhaust system.

Also, the car asked to have its oil level topped off (the oil level mark dropped to the bottom rung/triangular "funnel" area on the electronic oil level gauge.) As I understand the Owner's Manual, each "ring" on that gauge is supposed to represent @ 200ml (". . . the difference between the minimum & maximum marks on the segment display is @ 0.85 quarts/0.80 liters . . ." or 800ml/4= 200ml per segment) After more or less carefully putting in 1/2 a bottle, i.e. 400ml, and no reading available for @15+ miles, I finally get a display reading showing the oil level has now "jumped" to 4/4ths. Damn, with 400-500ml pour I was shooting for the 3/4 segment.

In any event, I guess this is a long way of niggling, "It seems to take a long time for a new oil level to register and display."

At least I haven't seen the "Oil Level above maximum, Possible to drive on" message the Owner's Manual refers to.

MaxLTV

It's 500ml from min to max. There is an updated page in the manual supplement and a sticker near the fill hole. I got those updates when the engine was replaced.