They sold a product that was deactivated due to DOT regulations. The simple solution would have been to ever offer the option here, but they sold it and now there are no restrictions on its functionality
I’m still not sure what difference that makes? Porsche was very clear that they operated as a single light source. If someone bought it under the assumption it would be activated later, that’s on the buyer.
Exactly; amazing how much people don’t seem to be aware of the responsibility of a buyer to know what they are getting (or not getting). The product was not misrepresented in the material and therefore they have no legal responsibility to update exiting cars. Pretty sure the original notice material would have been placed by Porsche’s legal counsel.
I’m one of the ones that brought them for the look - in black …. I knew what I was and was not getting and had no expectation that I would see this change after the fact.
This is interesting! I have the Matrix option that also includes PDLS+. Matrix works fine but none of the PDLS+ features work. My car was delivered December 2021 and is MY22. I have complained to my local Porsche dealer and they say that they can't find anything wrong with the lights. They even borrowed it overnight to test it on the road at night. I am not satisfied with their conclusion and will continue to complain!
Last night we drove to a new section of road, which was not lit very well. There were 3 street signs right after one another. As we approach each sign, it lit up significantly then you clearly see it flickers down as you’re about to pass it, and the next sign litted up. It felt exactly like how I would flip between high and low on a dark road except it’s off to side and way up high on the signs. No changes straight ahead though. Once I happen to call for high beam so I see farther ahead then I notice the sign quickly got dim so it looks like they can’t be used simultaneously. I don’t see the auto high beam working even though the setting is on, but that’s ok because it was really annoying when I experienced that while driving my mom’s Lexus once.
No pun intended but the comparison between matrix and led is night and day.
The Department of Transportation has written the final rules for matrix/laser lights for the US. Of course they are different than EU rules and most companies are trying to decide if they should bother to code them on for the US, or just leave them as is. I believe the max lumens is lower in the US than allowed in the EU.
That is a separate issue. AFAIK Porsche is not even enabling matrix on brand new cars being produced today, which would be a precursor to enabling it in existing cars.
I wonder why? Probably to be different, justify their paychecks. It may end up being the red turn signals story all over again - technically amber is allowed, but rules different than the rest of the world plus ambiguous in places, so most companies stick with red for NA even though they have amber, which has been proven safer, everywhere else in the world.
