No cup holder in 992
#77
Rennlist Member
If your goal is to design a high-end road car that consumes hundreds of miles of asphalt at a time while keeping the driver fresh, alert, and engaged, you are simply not doing your job by neglecting human factors. You might as well go back in time and try to use the same argument to convince the Europeans to give up their ashtrays.
The cup holders in the previous gen cars are perfectly suited for the exception or rare instance where it's somehow necessary. It's only our American mentality "busy on the go" with a fashionable beverage in hand nonsense that demands and considers these cup holders to be a necessity.
#78
That's hardly reasonable. The car exists to serve me, and not vice versa.
If your goal is to design a high-end road car that consumes hundreds of miles of asphalt at a time while keeping the driver fresh, alert, and engaged, you are simply not doing your job by neglecting human factors. You might as well go back in time and try to use the same argument to convince the Europeans to give up their ashtrays.
If your goal is to design a high-end road car that consumes hundreds of miles of asphalt at a time while keeping the driver fresh, alert, and engaged, you are simply not doing your job by neglecting human factors. You might as well go back in time and try to use the same argument to convince the Europeans to give up their ashtrays.
I think that ashtrays are also stupid and that they should be removed for a number of reasons.
Humans are not meant to consume hundreds of miles at a time without stopping to take a break, eat or DRINK and use the bathroom, smoke etc. That's how a driver remains fresh, alert and engaged.
#79
Three Wheelin'
#80
So any word on whether Porsche is planning on fixing this for those who already have their cars ordered?
#81
Rennlist Member
I've said it before but the tiny gearshift nubbin next to the huge elevated cup-holder just didn't look too great in an otherwise wonderful looking interior (to my eyes). I think most people would have taken out the cup holder insert anyway to use the more flexible open cubbyhole for phones, wallets etc. Glad to see it can hold drinks reasonably well too...
#83
Rennlist Member
#84
Of course having no cup holder for THE DRIVER is annoying. I assume Porsche will fix this even before 992.2.
#85
Drifting
The cup holder has now become a crumb holder. Take it from me, I (erroneously) went without the smoking package in my GTS. I oped for the smoking package in my GT3T. The smoking package in my Touring is now mission control for my laser jammer/radar detector (pictures to follow in another thread).
#87
I received a letter from Porsche GB asking car to be taken in for a porsche central console refitting for a 3 hour appointment. Anyone heard anymore and any piccies ?
#88
Racer
I asked my SA directly about the cup holder here in Switzerland. He responded:
“Dear James. Don’t worry, your car will definitely have a cup holder. There were indeed issues about the position of it but this was solved.”
My car is due end September. We’ll see then.
“Dear James. Don’t worry, your car will definitely have a cup holder. There were indeed issues about the position of it but this was solved.”
My car is due end September. We’ll see then.
#89
Three Wheelin'
I like the cupholders in my 991 turbo and I especially like the fact that they're completely hidden from view when not in use. But my full leather dash has a few scuff marks on it in that area from my fingernails hitting the leather above where you push to reveal the cupholders.
#90
Race Director
This has to be one of the funniest comments ever, about a brand new $150-ish world class sports car.