The Pope

I don't see it on US-spec 992 cars. Hopefully, Porsche finally found a way to hide it?

STG

Might be hidden in the third brake light?

Would be good if that ugly thing was good for something.

captainkirk

I am betting the super ugly 3rd brakelight - you can see the extended plasstic bits....sucks, I will need to spend extra for third party solution to get the lights centered.....but it totally looks like Satellite bit is in there. I wish there is an option to have it removed, these days I don't even use satellite radio in the age of internet streaming

STG

Porsche USA has a contract with XM radio.

Don't even give you the option of not having it.

The Pope

That was my first thought as well...

The Pope

As in Pandora, Spotify, etc.? Is data less expensive than Satellite radio?

captainkirk

I have T-Mobile - oh yes...heck I get unlimited music streaming - "binge on" in my account - doesn't even get capped in my account. Best part is that I get to choose on what I want to listen; in XM, I basically listened to 2 channels mostly, and then again I can never choose the tracks that I want. For my use, XM became outdated super fast.

LexVan

I hope it's gone.

Guys in the GT3 Forum have been making efforts to remove the wart from their new 991.2s.

tgcrun

I happen to like satellite radio and use it almost exclusively. I grew up listening to radio, starting with the local AM stations in my hometown (WARM in Scranton) followed by progressive rock/album oriented rock FM stations (WNEW in NYC), followed by college stations (WFUV in NY and WKPS here in State College). I like the banter of the DJs and being introduced to new music. Anyway, I'm not a huge fan of the new brake light, but if they've integrated the satellite antenna into it, I'm all for it.

911boy

They can't make you subscribe to satellite radio. Pretty sure the car gets am, fm and Apple car play. Wart is probably at the base of new weird rear brake light as mentioned.

slc4s

Yeah if Howard Stern enters my car through that brake light I feel much better about the ... um... questionable design.

SkipSauls

I like most of the 992 design, but the third brake light just doesn't work for me. It looks like something that fell off of a bicycle or motorcycle and was accidentally laid on top of the grill! I'd prefer a "wart" like on my 991.1 cab over this. Yes, I'm sure we'll all get used to it, but this is the one styling element of the 992 that bugs me the most.

We need to find out the designer's name to see if a name like "Bangle Butt" can be used instead of the awkward "weird third brake light thing."

Hothonda

XM subscriber for over 10 years - multiple cars. Every year renewal cost is on the moon.
Call and threaten to say goodbye....this year they said OK we will cancel - I said OK and
hung up.

2 days later get an email survey....gave them all -0-'s and said was tired of their crap in my response
email.

Got a phone call a few days later....instead of $158 per car, now $99. They have specials on line where they offer
$60/yr but ask for your radio(s) ID. Enter the ID and they say only good for new subscribers.

Probably could have held out for a better offer but not worth the time.

This was 2 weeks ago (Jan/2019)

What a business model!

You can compare if data is cheaper I guess.........

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2015 991 TT

captainkirk

You are 100% right the wart is way better than the third brake light. I am surprised no video review is openly stating out on it really sticks out. Everytime I see a 992 picture or video the third brake light looks like a band aid stuck to the car. This is worse than the nubbin gear selector. When the very first 992 pics came online - I even mentioned that this where the XM receiver is (high probability guess).

With so much plastic there is so much room to spread the xm electronics and still have light aligned. Sloppy Porsche engineering here....there is no doubt about it.

slc4s

for what its worth when I saw the car in person the brake light was a non-issue for me.... I didn't even think about it until I walked away and thought about the fact that I didn't even really pay attention to it. In person its not as in-your-face as it seems in the pics.