No complaints this?
01-25-2019, 03:14 PM
#16
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On a small console just for that would have been great. I think the unnecessarily huge and wide center console is the 992 interiors worst offense and if they had just eliminated it altogether it would have dramatically improved the interior. That console is a giant chunk of real estate for no real purpose other than some climate switches and a cup holder and overall it exhibits very poor function vs form ratio.
I love the idea of the PDK selector just being moved to the dash in a similar fashion to the 918 as that would have made a lot more sense but Porsche doesn't seem to be about making sense lately.
I love the idea of the PDK selector just being moved to the dash in a similar fashion to the 918 as that would have made a lot more sense but Porsche doesn't seem to be about making sense lately.
And there is a small patch of real estate there that would be perfect for the nubbin.
01-25-2019, 05:17 PM
#17
The difference is in the 918 the "nubbin" is kinda obscured behind the steering wheel so you don't really notice it. In the 992 that nub/shaver is sticking up right in the middle of the interior... so your attention is really drawn to it.
01-25-2019, 05:43 PM
#18
In addition to the points above, if they had put that on the center console where a gear shift lever is normally found, you might have heard some complaints.
As our X5 lease comes up, and as BMW has taken a significant turn for the ugly with their new gaping grill, we started looking for other options. The Benz GLE popped up as a candidate, quite a nice looking car overall with good motor choices/etc. Then I come to find that they use a column mounted stalk for the shifter. Right alongside the windshield wiper control, presumably. Needless to say, that thing is off the list. Maybe I'm in the minority, but there is at least one other potential purchaser that I know of that eliminated the GLE for the same reason.
For me at least, the shifter being in the proper location and of the proper size is a key requirement. I'm not ready to give that up.
Don't **** with our shifters, people!
Anyway, for that reason and others, my 992 will be a manual. Hopefully a 992 GT3T.
As our X5 lease comes up, and as BMW has taken a significant turn for the ugly with their new gaping grill, we started looking for other options. The Benz GLE popped up as a candidate, quite a nice looking car overall with good motor choices/etc. Then I come to find that they use a column mounted stalk for the shifter. Right alongside the windshield wiper control, presumably. Needless to say, that thing is off the list. Maybe I'm in the minority, but there is at least one other potential purchaser that I know of that eliminated the GLE for the same reason.
For me at least, the shifter being in the proper location and of the proper size is a key requirement. I'm not ready to give that up.
Don't **** with our shifters, people!
Anyway, for that reason and others, my 992 will be a manual. Hopefully a 992 GT3T.
01-26-2019, 08:39 AM
#19
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01-26-2019, 11:22 PM
#21
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The 992 nubbin does look a lot like a shaver, and I know, it just ain't fair - but if we had 50+ years of 918 history to reflect upon, I sure that we would have been comparing the 918's nubbin to a nose-hair trimmer.
02-06-2019, 04:43 AM
#22
Well, one key difference:
The 992 put said nubbin in the place of what used to be a tactile, ergonomic shifter. It makes more sense (albeit still pretty fingertip pokin' ugly) on the dash, at the very least.
Neither beats a good, grippy shifter though.
The 992 put said nubbin in the place of what used to be a tactile, ergonomic shifter. It makes more sense (albeit still pretty fingertip pokin' ugly) on the dash, at the very least.
Neither beats a good, grippy shifter though.