992.2 - Initial Thoughts
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992.2 - Initial Thoughts
Hi RL, I wanted to provide some initial feedback on the new Carrera. I took delivery of my 992.2 about a week ago and have been driving it daily. I'm new to Porsche, and it's my first 911 so take everything I say with grain of salt. I come from heavy AMGs and Japanese muscle cars previously.
Notes below in no particular order:
- I've driven (but not owned) multiple trims of the 992.1, the 992.2 is a bit quieter on the interior, more GT-like. My sales agent also agrees.
- The front re-design looks much slicker with the turn signal inside the headlight.
- The drive feels more refined and torquey up to about 100mph than the 992.1 C2. As a daily, it's seems the right amount of power and playfulness. Tight steering and communication as expected of a 911.
- The push button and no-tach doesn't bother me, but that's what I'm used to. I like that I can put the nav map entirely on the dash like in Audis.
- I was worried about the driving nannies given the EU regulations. Fortunately there's no speed limit beeping or notification at all. Lane assist can be permanently turned off. Auto start/stop is still an issue, but rectified with driving in sport mode.
- There's a stylish groove in the piano black columns of the center console now, may make installing magsafe accessories an issue vs the previous flat surface.
- I can get 500+ miles per extended tank vs my previous ~300mile range on my previous heavier V8s
- Same carplay connectivity issues like my previous German cars. First start of the day --> 20 seconds to detect carplay. Park for groceries and start up again --> takes 5-10minutes to connect to phone even with USB. Very annoying, not sure how to resolve this.
Just my 2 cents.
Notes below in no particular order:
- I've driven (but not owned) multiple trims of the 992.1, the 992.2 is a bit quieter on the interior, more GT-like. My sales agent also agrees.
- The front re-design looks much slicker with the turn signal inside the headlight.
- The drive feels more refined and torquey up to about 100mph than the 992.1 C2. As a daily, it's seems the right amount of power and playfulness. Tight steering and communication as expected of a 911.
- The push button and no-tach doesn't bother me, but that's what I'm used to. I like that I can put the nav map entirely on the dash like in Audis.
- I was worried about the driving nannies given the EU regulations. Fortunately there's no speed limit beeping or notification at all. Lane assist can be permanently turned off. Auto start/stop is still an issue, but rectified with driving in sport mode.
- There's a stylish groove in the piano black columns of the center console now, may make installing magsafe accessories an issue vs the previous flat surface.
- I can get 500+ miles per extended tank vs my previous ~300mile range on my previous heavier V8s
- Same carplay connectivity issues like my previous German cars. First start of the day --> 20 seconds to detect carplay. Park for groceries and start up again --> takes 5-10minutes to connect to phone even with USB. Very annoying, not sure how to resolve this.
Just my 2 cents.
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Hi RL, I wanted to provide some initial feedback on the new Carrera. I took delivery of my 992.2 about a week ago and have been driving it daily. I'm new to Porsche, and it's my first 911 so take everything I say with grain of salt. I come from heavy AMGs and Japanese muscle cars previously.
Notes below in no particular order:
- I've driven (but not owned) multiple trims of the 992.1, the 992.2 is a bit quieter on the interior, more GT-like. My sales agent also agrees.
- The front re-design looks much slicker with the turn signal inside the headlight.
- The drive feels more refined and torquey up to about 100mph than the 992.1 C2. As a daily, it's seems the right amount of power and playfulness. Tight steering and communication as expected of a 911.
- The push button and no-tach doesn't bother me, but that's what I'm used to. I like that I can put the nav map entirely on the dash like in Audis.
- I was worried about the driving nannies given the EU regulations. Fortunately there's no speed limit beeping or notification at all. Lane assist can be permanently turned off. Auto start/stop is still an issue, but rectified with driving in sport mode.
- There's a stylish groove in the piano black columns of the center console now, may make installing magsafe accessories an issue vs the previous flat surface.
- I can get 500+ miles per extended tank vs my previous ~300mile range on my previous heavier V8s
- Same carplay connectivity issues like my previous German cars. First start of the day --> 20 seconds to detect carplay. Park for groceries and start up again --> takes 5-10minutes to connect to phone even with USB. Very annoying, not sure how to resolve this.
Just my 2 cents.
Notes below in no particular order:
- I've driven (but not owned) multiple trims of the 992.1, the 992.2 is a bit quieter on the interior, more GT-like. My sales agent also agrees.
- The front re-design looks much slicker with the turn signal inside the headlight.
- The drive feels more refined and torquey up to about 100mph than the 992.1 C2. As a daily, it's seems the right amount of power and playfulness. Tight steering and communication as expected of a 911.
- The push button and no-tach doesn't bother me, but that's what I'm used to. I like that I can put the nav map entirely on the dash like in Audis.
- I was worried about the driving nannies given the EU regulations. Fortunately there's no speed limit beeping or notification at all. Lane assist can be permanently turned off. Auto start/stop is still an issue, but rectified with driving in sport mode.
- There's a stylish groove in the piano black columns of the center console now, may make installing magsafe accessories an issue vs the previous flat surface.
- I can get 500+ miles per extended tank vs my previous ~300mile range on my previous heavier V8s
- Same carplay connectivity issues like my previous German cars. First start of the day --> 20 seconds to detect carplay. Park for groceries and start up again --> takes 5-10minutes to connect to phone even with USB. Very annoying, not sure how to resolve this.
Just my 2 cents.
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I had to spend 10 minutes at the dealer on delivery futzing with Carplay because it just didn't want to recognize my phone. Ultimately, we had to plug it in with a cable to force it. After that, it recognized it wirelessly. Since then, it has connected, albeit some days it takes up to 30 seconds for it to get around to it.
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So basically sequence of events are either:
Start in normal --> diamond dash to turn off auto start/stop
Start in normal --> sport mode
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I had to spend 10 minutes at the dealer on delivery futzing with Carplay because it just didn't want to recognize my phone. Ultimately, we had to plug it in with a cable to force it. After that, it recognized it wirelessly. Since then, it has connected, albeit some days it takes up to 30 seconds for it to get around to it.
Have you tried parking somewhere, taking the phone with you, and coming back within 10-15 minutes without a reconnection issue?
This seems to be a consistent German carmaker issue, never had this issue elsewhere...
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Just use individual mode and make one of its profile settings to turn off auto start/stop.
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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.
