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Everyone (cough, Doug DeMuro, cough) complained about the blank buttons on the 991, so Porsche got rid of the buttons. That was easy to see coming. I will say as a 993 owner the thought of going to an earlier manual HVAC control panel (as pictured) is very appealing. I always look at stuff and think “will this break before I die?” The 993 HVAC along with all the tech in the 992 I fear the answer is not a firm “no” whereas other than the stupid HVAC panel and the occasional alternator belt, I think the 993 will outlast me. I don’t have the same confidence in the 991.2 GT3, but it is modular enough I can swap out or delete the radio/nav and backdate the AC to heat and vent system from AC delete (which reminds me I need to order that control panel for my parts hoard). I mean what happens when the haptic screen stops working? What happens when one of the other screens stops working? Will Porsche maintain parts support? I mean Porsche is not like jag/merc/rover/audi/bmw where there are tons of parts cars around to get parts from. Hopefully there will be rebuilds/repair available (like 993 HVAC).
The bottom line is new tech fails, old tech does not or, if it does, it is cheap and easy to fix.
Porsche : Dont look at the “ fat America “ sized cup holder right behind it. We don’t cater to sports car drivers anymore , we are an SUV company and that’s exactly what our SUV customers demand , more utility whether they need it or not !
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I’ve seen complaints about the haptic touch center console. Looking at this pictures, it seems like there are physical buttons of some sort for most everything. Seat heat/cool buttons, temp control and fan speed toggle looking switches, transmission buttons. The only one I question are the ones for little top row for AC Max etc. Even then, not sure with the little bar underneath it. I know this is the bashing thread, but it doesn’t seem legit to bash something that doesn’t seem to be the case. Maybe I’m wrong about this though, who knows.
I do like what I’ve seen so far of the 992 so I’ll leave the rest of my comments in a different thread. No, it’s not perfect, but my 991.1 GT3 wasn’t either.
STG,
I'd laugh that off as wishful marketing if I hadn't flogged a 2018 Cayenne Turbo at a Porsche track event this summer at a track on which I have DE'd and raced extensively. I followed a Porsche professional instructor who was less familiar with the track than me and was sure he was trying to kill us. The porky SUV is no Porsche sports car when it comes to braking, but the acceleration and cornering performance bits are well justified marketing hype.
If you haven't done it you have no way of knowing how capable the porker is.
Yeah, it's a Turbo and VERY fast ... also handling VERY good for an SUV no doubt. Don't think there may be a better performance SUV. I'll give them that.
It's just using the sports car lingo for very model to sell anything is what is kinda laughable.
10-26-2018, 05:00 AM
OK got it - looks like another harakiri session 
