StudGarden

How does she get them...I mean why does she...why is that even a thi...Nevermind.

ipse dixit

Actually, Rolls Royce has an auto tranny that is synced with the car's GPS system so that the car can anticipate what gear to be (either up or down shift) depending on the curvature and incline/decline of the road.

dntlvet

your SA needs to talk to my SA

K-A

Yeah, it's a BMW technology that they (BMW) started implementing recently across their range. Not sure if it works well or at all, as I haven't seen many people comment on it. Sounds kind of odd considering the Nav's in those/these cars are sometimes so inaccurate that the last thing you'd want is it assuming it knows what kind of roads you're on and how to adjust accordingly.

drmatara

I believe when they introduced the 993 they dropped the price to 59K

Scottish Pete

Dollar has been rising, hence oil prices based on the dollar dropping.
Hope they drop their price before my car gets invoiced the end of this month after it arrives in San Diego!

VOLTCONTROL

Let's assume that the satnavs and the 'vehicle awareness module' {?} each have their own GPS chip(s), otherwise we'd have seen quite a number of reports on nasty crashes already..

Oh and +1 on: no drop in MRSP to be expected, but perhaps nice packages on runout models when they move to 991.2.

StudGarden

I think well see better features standard, which would be as good or better than a price drop. Better steering wheel standard, more two tone interior options standard (like the Macan/Cayenne just got), possible deviated stitching standard (they choose the color, if you want something different then you pay current rates) etc.

jem7v

Can you imagine? Thousands of dollars on deviated stitching when a 30k car can give you the same.

wanderfalke

Tell him to beat the rush and lower the price for you now. What would motivate him to say such a thing?

coxswain

Squirrels are a big interest in many college campuses nowadays. Many colleges have websites dedicated to their squirrels, such as these:

https://www.facebook.com/NotreDameSquirrels

http://www.michigansquirrels.com/about/


Some weeks ago, I had to drive my cousin from O'Hare to Notre Dame, and she begged me not to kill any squirrel with the wide tires of my C4S. Squirrels were all over the campus, and they didn't seem to fear people. Some students are said to keep them as pets and to don them with cute hats and outfits.

kaution321

Maybe a price drop on the outgoing last model years due to end of lifecycle to increase price gap of the new 991.2 vs. 991.

Scorponok

fugetaboutit!

chuck911

Dunno about MB. My cloud comment is based on Koenigsegg. They already have a system that tracks and stores performance on the cloud. When one of their cars has done a circuit (or road) the data generated can be downloaded by any other owner which will then give his car the optimal settings.

Cloud comments start about 5:45, and at about 9:30 specifically shows how they use cloud downloads for track settings.

StudGarden

What gets me is that it's a zero cost item for Porsche. If anything it might be slightly more expensive to color match exactly but whatever. I can see black interior having black stitching standard, though I'd prefer pebble/agate/etc. But beige absolutely needs a brown stitching, blue a gray stitching and platinum a black or dark gray. Wouldn't cost them one penny and would add a much higher level of finishing.