Boss Hogg
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Inspired by @tigerbalm and his European tour, I thought I’d post some details and observations from our first trip in the Cross Turismo. Two adults, two dogs and a pile of stuff for a week self-catering in the remote location of North Uist, Outer Hebrides, Scotland.
Car swallowed up all our gear no problem, the frunk useful for smelly stuff like walking boots, dog beds etc.
A few ferries were involved reaching the island and for a day trip to the neighbouring island of Harris. Lift function worked well, zero scraping despite the steep slip roads and chunky ferry ramps. Remembered to activate the ‘transport mode’ from the Connect App to avoid any calls from Vodafone vehicle tracking.
Charging was a mix of 44/50kW DC, 22kW AC and granny charger at the house. Chargeplace Scotland is an extensive network, essential to explore Scotland, but the RFID card is crucial due to the very limited (mostly no) cell phone reception rendering the app useless. For a remote part of the world there was good charger cover, mostly 22kW AC but more 50kW DC than I expected. The DC units can charge one car on DC and one on 22kW AC at the same time (cannot charge two DC at the same time). I used 22kW as much as DC so glad I took the option (we also have 6x 22kW AC chargers installed at work).
Porsche charge planning was not effective where I was, most/all of the chargers were not listed, I found Zap-map was best to find chargers. On other occasions when travelling on the main motorway network for business the Porsche charge planner has been excellent.
I managed to lose the speed limit display a few times on small roads where no navigation data was found, you know that you are remote when this happens.
The car forgot my login a couple of times and the navigation occasionally turned into German. It was a not a significant problem, I put it down to no cell phone coverage upsetting the PCM.
With so many small single-track roads, a few gravel tracks and grass fields to navigate the Gravel mode was useful. The 10mm lift helps but more importantly it also stiffens the suspension notably, feels a bit like sport or sport+ setting, helpful to stop bottoming out or scraping over lumps and undulating roads. 20inch alloys with the bigger rubber gave a bit more confidence quickly diving into passing places -the locals don’t take any prisoners.
Some of the white and fluffy road users were particularly difficult to deal with but they did know how to use the passing places, I was impressed.
Unlike cyclists who generally do not hear you coming, even with sport sound on, so peeping the horn was the only option to get past them on single track roads.
The smooth power delivery, beautiful ride and quietness made touring around the countryside while soaking in the views a really great and relaxing experience.
Local food not too bad either….
Very happy with the car and looking forward to the next trip.
Car swallowed up all our gear no problem, the frunk useful for smelly stuff like walking boots, dog beds etc.
A few ferries were involved reaching the island and for a day trip to the neighbouring island of Harris. Lift function worked well, zero scraping despite the steep slip roads and chunky ferry ramps. Remembered to activate the ‘transport mode’ from the Connect App to avoid any calls from Vodafone vehicle tracking.
Charging was a mix of 44/50kW DC, 22kW AC and granny charger at the house. Chargeplace Scotland is an extensive network, essential to explore Scotland, but the RFID card is crucial due to the very limited (mostly no) cell phone reception rendering the app useless. For a remote part of the world there was good charger cover, mostly 22kW AC but more 50kW DC than I expected. The DC units can charge one car on DC and one on 22kW AC at the same time (cannot charge two DC at the same time). I used 22kW as much as DC so glad I took the option (we also have 6x 22kW AC chargers installed at work).
Porsche charge planning was not effective where I was, most/all of the chargers were not listed, I found Zap-map was best to find chargers. On other occasions when travelling on the main motorway network for business the Porsche charge planner has been excellent.
I managed to lose the speed limit display a few times on small roads where no navigation data was found, you know that you are remote when this happens.
The car forgot my login a couple of times and the navigation occasionally turned into German. It was a not a significant problem, I put it down to no cell phone coverage upsetting the PCM.
With so many small single-track roads, a few gravel tracks and grass fields to navigate the Gravel mode was useful. The 10mm lift helps but more importantly it also stiffens the suspension notably, feels a bit like sport or sport+ setting, helpful to stop bottoming out or scraping over lumps and undulating roads. 20inch alloys with the bigger rubber gave a bit more confidence quickly diving into passing places -the locals don’t take any prisoners.
Some of the white and fluffy road users were particularly difficult to deal with but they did know how to use the passing places, I was impressed.
Unlike cyclists who generally do not hear you coming, even with sport sound on, so peeping the horn was the only option to get past them on single track roads.
The smooth power delivery, beautiful ride and quietness made touring around the countryside while soaking in the views a really great and relaxing experience.
Local food not too bad either….
Very happy with the car and looking forward to the next trip.