Malcolm E Box

5 hours ago, 224 Peter said:

Today I'll try and get CarPlay to work. The car should have CarPlay, but it refuses to talk to my phone. Or my phone refuses to talk to it.  Bluetooth works correctly......

 

Is there a USB connector in the glove box between the seats?

No chipping on mine in 2 1/2 years.

But then I have the arrive and drive thing so the key never leaves the pouch.

22 minutes ago, JurassicGTS said:

The 25 year that is for sale in Ireland looks good value for money?

 

Link?

zackly the same as mine

To answer the original question. No, never

Never had an issue with PVTS had it for years on 3 718. Works well IMO.

Yep.

Not used him myself but I have yet to see a bad report about him

Recall done. In and out in just under an hour.

15 minutes ago, ½cwt said:

That's got 2023 calendar written all over it, if the source file is good enough for the printing. @Malcolm E Box

100%

@944GS keep that photo in a safe place until October and then look for the submission thread 👍

10 hours ago, Stark9 said:

It will have Car Play. Mine is a 66 Plate. Use the USB in armrest and it works but not from glovebox 

That is not 100% the case. My previous 718 (a 16 plate) did not have carplay. My current 66 plate does. The majority will but not all of them.

2 hours ago, moonshine said:

In anticipation of collecting my (new to me) late 2016 718S next week, im trying to establish what maps are on the PCM

it has option 7UG Navigation Module for Porsche Communication Management (PCM), and If I’m correct, it has the PCM4.0 Nav, but doesn’t have Car Play capability.  

The dealer went out and checked with his phone last week  and couldn’t get it to work - It was built October 14, 2016 , so appears was right on the border of having it or not.

i doubt it has had a PCM map base map update since new - the dealer has said the latest SD card maps they have are dated 2020…. 

Is there any indication of if / when there will be a map update? I want to update the base maps but don’t want to do it now and find there is a mew update imminently expected..

also, any links / tips how to get CarPlay enabled on a PCM4 car that doesn’t have it enabled from factory? Dealer said Porsche cannot do it, but *ahem* there may be third parties that can…. Any suggestions / recommendations and idea on cost to do this ?

thanks in advance

Gerry

 

 

There is a lad that enables carplay remotely on the 718 forum. Done loads of cars and is really good apprently. I have car play in mine so can't vouch first hand.

The easiest way to look is if you have a USB port under the armrest between the seats. No USB no car play.

I had them done on my Cayman a couple of years ago and now have the same letter for my Boxster. Oh well hopefully they give me a decent loaner.

Try Googling E10 fuel problems. Stay well clear of the stuff

My previous 718 Boxster had Bose and this one does not.

Can barely tell the difference especially with the roof down.

Colour? Spec? What toys?

In August 2016 I bought my 2013/13 2.7 Boxster for £35000 from Leeds OPC.

Currently on Autotrader there is a 62 plate 2.7 Boxster for £35000 from a Porsche Indy.

My current 718 is £2000 more on WBAC than I paid for it 18 months ago.

Trouble is every thing else has gone up too and when it is change time in 2 or 3 years you can guarantee prices will have tanked leaving loads of people in negative equity.

I love my nutter button.

I would not buy another Porsche without it.

An absolute deal breaker for me.

26 minutes ago, Toeside said:

I do! I forgot about that! 👍 

The car has been fine and I recently moved to Indy servicing. Nearly 5 years of ownership

Do you still have yours?

No, I had it for around 18 months,

Changed in to a 718 Cayman, then a 718S Boxster and now a Miami Blue 718S Boxster.

Good to see you still have yours. 👍

2 hours ago, Toeside said:

I would stick with the Indy route After 5 years of ownership I don't rate the OPC servicing from personal experience and customer focus and care.

If some thing goes wrong simply pay for the repair of the issue.

I wouldn't bother with an aftermarket warranty either. The money can be put towards the repair, if it is ever needed ...........................  (IMHO) 

Do you still own the black one that you collected from Leeds the same day as we got ours?

Done and dealt in less than an hour.

3 hours ago, Patt said:

Don't be silly, us customers are not to be trusted with anything due to lack of any brain matter !

Has lockdown wiped your memory of the condescending attitude from their service staff. After all, the "Gold class Technician" needs to work on something 🤣

And if we do it ourselves they can't try to scam us with a "health check" where our nearly new cars all need £1500 of work doing.

4 hours ago, Paul P said:

Guesswork since I don't have one of the affected cars - but are they talking about the "real world" view I have sometimes seen in loan cars rather than the "schematic" view I am used to? - I assumed the real world view was a feature of having the online services enabled in newer cars.

As to "two hours vs two days" - ages ago I inquired about a map upgrade on my PCM 3 system - local OPC were quite open that basically it takes about 3 hours but involves swapping dvd's every 45 mins to an hour so they do it "between other jobs" - and they don't tie up a service bay - just hook the car to a charger and come back to it as and when. They also said, sometimes the DVD's fail to read and we have to have a few goes - so 3 hours becomes a day or two.... My local OPC have always been very good with loan cars and said I could have a car for as long as it took if I went ahead etc. all made sense to me - assuming loan cars were available.

Perhaps the 2 days "quote" is coming from historical work on these older systems and not taking into account that it sounds like its much quicker on newer units.

 

The letter from Porsche about it says it takes an hour and my OPC said none of them have taken longer than 45 minutes.

15 minutes ago, GulNawaz said:

Hi,

I received a letter from Porsche explaining the satellite map view of the navigation function is no longer available in the display of the PCM or in the multi-function display in the instrument panel.  Has anyone else received a similar letter or had their software updated? Any feedback would be appreciated. 

I have rang my local dealer and have been booked in for September as they have no courtesy cars available before then, they have said they will need the car for the day maybe two (the letter says it will take about an hour). 

Thanks

Nonsense. I am booked for Tuesday next week. 45 minutes while I wait.

It is something to do with Google Maps no longer supporting the Sat Nav system and it has messed it up so needs a software download and update.