Steve48

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fugifighter

From a daily driving perspective, +1 to the PDLS and auto dimming mirrors. These cars are definitely low to the ground and the headlights from other cars (most of the time not aimed properly) can be too bright. Since you are in Texas, the vented seats may do well for you. I wish my cayman had the option for lane change assist. There is a blind spot for me on the passenger side of the car that no amount of head turning will help with merging to the right on highways. .

billwot

...plus rain-sensing wipers!

vracer

I just bought a used, (of course) 981. For 'around town' daily driving, I was hoping to find 'Park Distance', or whatever it is called. Another one I was hoping to get, (and did) was the "reduced steering effort" at low speed. And that one is cheap. I agree with Sport Chrono, but was talked out of PASM on this board unless you're planning on serious track time.

vracer

Fugi, is your mirror adjusted properly? You should NOT see the side of your car, in fact, I keep a two-three foot blind spot out there. It may be tough on motorcycles, but I see cars. They look clunky, but we put some little convex mirrors on my wife's Tesla. It has a bad C pillar too. I was in a Ford Fusion Uber today; it had them integrated into the outside mirrors - very cool.

jimmuller

I've had my 718 Cayman since July so take this for whatever it is worth. When I was looking I couldn't figure out easily which features were standard or bundled into packages or just stand-alone options. For example, do any cars not come with auto-dimming mirrors or PDLS? So I'm not sure how to answer this question.

I am glad I ended up with: PDLS, auto-dimming mirrors, zillion-way adjustable sport seats (you sit in it 100% of the time), Bose audio, Porsche Connect (for Apple CarPlay), auto windshield wipers (nice but not at all essential for us old-timers who know how to operate manual controls), the Jukebox, simple cruise control, heated seats (faster to warm that waiting for engine heat), dual-zone automatic climate control (my wife likes her own temperature controls), Bluetooth connection to my phone (don't they all do that?).

I wish my car had: Navigation (though a good smartphone does just fine), right-side lane change assist (though there is an alternative but that's another discussion), voice input (for when Siri isn't there) and text-to-speech (convenience items but unknown in the 20th century and we got along just fine then).

I'm sure I've forgotten something. Like I said, I have a hard time separating what was optional from what they all have anyway. And if I don't have something I don't know about I wouldn't know that I'm missing it, now would I?