peterp

Interesting to hear. Which model do you have? Both our Q5 and Macan (both 2.0t) took a very long time to warm up and for the heater to heat -- sport mode the first few miles made a big difference (the engine feels a lot happier too, at least when it's really cold (20ish degrees F)).

siberian

No issues with it warming up and TOWMBO who criticized the heated steering wheel as a waste of money, has in the past few -40sF/C days benn very grateful. Hasn't quite said it was worth the money though

siberian

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Spyerx

2 weeks in, don't "hate" anything. After I got over:

--majority of PCM / Porsche services are useless if you have car play
--disappointed you can't put other carplay items on the right side of the display or allow it to use the full display, and the limited widgets that are useful in that spot
--the car is too quiet (exhaust note)
--mileage kinda sucks on the S, but knew that would be the case

The car drives amazing, wife loves it.

Spyerx

So, there is a little hole next to the camera lens that had some washer fluid smell to it. We sure the 2020 Macan doesn't have a washer there? We have surround view...

mwar99

2018 Turbo w/ PP

siberian

Spyerx, it comes with surround view I believe

siberian

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I love nearly everything about my 2016 turbo that I bought with 13k (now have 41k after 14 months). I have driven it in nearly every possible condition- 80 miles of black ice, 80mph winds (at speed), 11,000 ft elevation, 250 miles averaging 115, near the limits on countless corners, etc. It is incredibly confidence inspiring, supremely comfortable, the power is exhilarating, and the Burmester (and the jukebox that seems to hold an infinite number of tracks) has thankfully reacquainted me with music because it sounds so good! My nitpicks are annoying because I know these features exist in the VW family. The sun visors in my gti and my wife’s Q5 were made to extend- incredibly useful when the sun is just in the wrong place. Simple, inexpensive and a safety feature. The other thing that would be helpful is a washer for the camera lenses ( I have the surround version) that would be automatically activated when shifting into reverse say. Not as simple, but doable and would make the cameras much more useful. I think my only other issue with the car is the stub key. Seems to me that it would invite a (not well Porsche versed) neer do well to break in because the key in the ignition looks like the car would be ready to go...

cometguy

I agree with you on all these. As I've said, my Panamera has the washer for the rear camera, which should be standard on all cars because those camera lenses are so problematical due to their location in terms of getting water and grime on them. Visors also are cheap to make much more useful, and really cheap brands manage to do it standard; heck, I'll even take it as an option in Porsches! I don't like "lazy entry" myself, so I opted out of that on my Macan, so there's no "dummy key", and it gives me a place to keep my key when driving (and I never forget my key fob in my Macan for that reason, like I always have problems with in my 2018 Panamera that has "lazy entry" standard with the dummy key in the ignition slot).

siberian

First thing I tried to do is swap the silly little sun shades for the ones in my Touareg. Alas, the Porsche engineers have me foiled as they changed the roof layout and made sure the little sun shades are so small that there is no real way of getting the Touareg ones to fit; I'm still looking for a way to do this... As to the rear camera, it's emplacement makes it useless as it's constantly covered with ice,snow or dirt. Should be above the third brake light.

siberian

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Forgot to mention that the gti had such a clever rear view camera embodied in the VW logo- it pivoted when reverse was selected and exposed the lens, otherwise kept the lens protected from road grime when driving. Also served as the hatch release. Almost never required cleaning. Quite a brilliant piece of design.

siberian

Ahh the many things my 2008 V8 Touareg has that my 2020 Macan doesn't... rear locking diff, tows 7,700 pounds, double sun visor, hatch mounted full spare...the only thing it's missing is a 7speed DSG; the 6 speed is a nightmare when towing.

siberian

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alanek

I have surround view. If you turn on the rear view camera and wash the rear window you can see the spray.

alanek

My Mercedes has the same design.

PJ Cayenne

We really like our '18 Macan SE. The only issue is the difficulty modulating the brakes at low speed. They tend to grab suddenly after some dead pedal travel while parking. Minor issue in an otherwise great car.

dak911

Yes I noticed that with our 2019 also....grabby brakes at very slow speed...