992.2 - Initial Thoughts
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FYI, maybe it’s just in my car (21 gts), but I had a terrible time connecting AA to my car, wirelessly and wired. I fixed the issue after deactivating the onboard Wi-Fi. Now it connects immediately without issue. It does show a prompt to reactivate the Wi-Fi for the hotspot from time to time, but better than waiting for the AA to connect.
Following up on this. I think I found a fix for the carplay reconnection issue. Basically set the "911_5Ghz" wifi on iOS to autoconnect, and disable any auto connect for dash camera wifis. So far, it's worked for quickly reconnecting carplay.
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Today I took my 992 GTS to the local Porsche dealer for the 2 years car service and I finally had the chance to see 4 992.2 in real life (3 coupè, 1 cabrio). My 2 cents:
- Sport design is a clear "no go" for me, I found it completely out of place. It looks "wanna be" without being sporty
- Standard front bumper sits pretty high and it is less pronounced vs 992.1 base, can't see the need for FAL (I have it on my GTS)
- The look of standard lights is nice, can't see why upgrade it to Matrix (that I currently have on my GTS).
- Changes to central dashboard are totally irrelevant
- No need to comment on "start/stop button" or on the hideous plastic protuberance underneath the back lights, it is really beyond my understanding why they took those decisions.
Overall, I left the dealer not excited at all and this without taking in consideration the price of the car as a nicely specs base costs pretty close to the cost of my 992 GTS (contract signed Feb 22). For the time being, no intention whatsoever to move to 992.2.
- Sport design is a clear "no go" for me, I found it completely out of place. It looks "wanna be" without being sporty
- Standard front bumper sits pretty high and it is less pronounced vs 992.1 base, can't see the need for FAL (I have it on my GTS)
- The look of standard lights is nice, can't see why upgrade it to Matrix (that I currently have on my GTS).
- Changes to central dashboard are totally irrelevant
- No need to comment on "start/stop button" or on the hideous plastic protuberance underneath the back lights, it is really beyond my understanding why they took those decisions.
Overall, I left the dealer not excited at all and this without taking in consideration the price of the car as a nicely specs base costs pretty close to the cost of my 992 GTS (contract signed Feb 22). For the time being, no intention whatsoever to move to 992.2.
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I went and compared the .2 the other weekend as all this talk concerned me with my order. I left unsure what all the car-fuffle is about. There is a more pronounced ledge on the tail lights (I noted the .1 has one as well about half the size) but the main difference is where the lettering sits. There are a few pics here that make the .2 ledge look horrible. I found no offensive view when walking around the car. I like the look of the rear end a lot more on the .2 in general. It feels more imposing with the flatness of the bumper. The license plate section with a plate on it really isn't bad. Yeah for the base it is crappy plastic. Probably should be paint matched for all but I have vanadium on order so probably won't look too bad. As for the most polarizing choices, I like the fully digital dash over having a dash with two gauges that can't be seen. I live in an area with deer so night vision is ordered. Might never need it but the one time it helps would make it worth it. I am considering it insurance. Starting the car is like 1% of the experience so whatever on the twist vs push.
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I went and compared the .2 the other weekend as all this talk concerned me with my order. I left unsure what all the car-fuffle is about. There is a more pronounced ledge on the tail lights (I noted the .1 has one as well about half the size) but the main difference is where the lettering sits. There are a few pics here that make the .2 ledge look horrible. I found no offensive view when walking around the car. I like the look of the rear end a lot more on the .2 in general. It feels more imposing with the flatness of the bumper. The license plate section with a plate on it really isn't bad. Yeah for the base it is crappy plastic. Probably should be paint matched for all but I have vanadium on order so probably won't look to bad. As for the most polarizing choices, I like the fully digital dash over having a dash with two gauges that can't be seen. I live in an area with deer so night vision is ordered. Might never need it but the one time it helps would make it worth it. I am considering it insurance. Starting the car is like 1% of the experience so whatever on the twist vs push.
