weeks - LOL - 100’s of weeks.

 

And after that, VW will gladly charge you a hefty fee

 

It has to take them a long time because they not only have to figure out how to turn them on but also have to decide how much of an exorbitant price they can get away with charging us to activate the feature we already paid for.

 

Let’s get a pool going—on how long it takes to get a response from Porsche corporate on enabling PDLS+ full functionality. One week—two weeks—two months??

I’m in for $5..... 😜

 

6 months, $600

 

The first member here in the US with activated with PDLS+ will be on May 15th, this year, and the charge will be $475

 

I wonder if we can all submit a question here (1-2 submission will not go anywhere) and push them a bit to say something about it either publicly or through the dealers: https://www.porsche.com/usa/dialogue...ion/contactus/

 

Good idea. Worth a try. Done.

 

I'll take the over on both.

 

never - cost will be MSRP of a new Cayenne post North American “activation” from the factory…

 

I also submitted a query.

 

I’ve submitted an inquiry.

 

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/18/b...e=articleShare

NYT article today - news is not all good - only US Gov't could pass a rule intended to bring us up to par with the rest of the world, but they still managed to screw it up. They are limiting high-beam intensity to standards of the 1970's rather than accepting the global standard. So presumably that will mean more engineering and programming on the part of auto manufacturers to comply with the US regulatory island. Over/under bet another 2 years before we see these in my view...manufacturers will have to figure out "how" and then "certify"...

 

I am unable to read the story without a subscription but what I don't understand is what does it matter if the intensity is high? The headlights steer around oncoming cars and cars you are following, so there is no risk of blinding other drivers. I have tested the PDLS+ lights on a dark undivided 2 lane highway and did not get a high beam "flash" from oncoming drivers nor did I see the headlights shine on the rear of the car in front of me as the distance closed. They are truly remarkable from an anti dazzle perspective.

All I can think of is maybe the steering feature is impaired when the windshield is dirty so the US officials feel the headlights shouldn't be as bright in case the feature doesn't work as intended? If that is the case, I'd just skip the option. In my view anything that reduces the brightness of the headlights is a bad tradeoff for the convenience of not having to switch the high beams off manually when approaching an oncoming car. That's my $0.02 worth.

 

I believe this is a non-issue. The 1970s-eta rule limiting headlight brightness applies to our current headlights just as it would to the same headlights if matrix adaptive was functionality is adopted. In other words - the rule already applies to our headlights.