Category: Articles & Commentaries

Discussions on topics of interest to drivers concerning things they may not understand about their vehicles as well as articles on the future of the auto industry.

Is keyless start truly an improvement on key start?

Keyless start I had two comments from the same viewer on our YouTube channel regarding his keyless start car. His first comment was “This did not work nor did the other two videos and my battery isn’t dead” and the second one was “Why don’t they just make cars with keys you could put into …

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Ram emergency entry and start page review finds no changes

Ram emergency start A complete review of 2024 and 2025 models results in no changes to the Ram emergency entry and start page. All Ram models use the tried and true “push the start/stop button with the back of the key fob” to start the vehicles. In fact all the Ram’s models have used this …

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Porsche symbols page is now up

Cruise Control Indicator Symbol

Porsche Symbols Our Porsche symbols page is at last finished and posted. It is automatically fully updated through 2025, but it the process, we added 32 warning symbols and indicators that were not previously in our system. As is more often than not the case, the majority of the symbols are simply unnecessary re-arrangements of …

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Porsche stability management makes for a new entry on our abbreviation

Porsche stability management Manufacturers are in love with the idea of creating new names for existing systems. But Porsche takes this to the highest level, putting the company name on systems, in this case Porsche Stability Management (PSM). This of course, turns out to be nothing more than stability control, which — thankfully — uses …

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Porsche manuals hold many more indicators in text

Porsche manuals We discovered a source for Porsche manuals and embarked on updating the Porsche dashboard symbols page. It was then that we discovered that we had never put up a symbols page for the company. So, we’re building one using the manuals that are now available and in the process we discovered that Porsche …

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Porsche emergency start page review finds two changes

Porsche emergency start A full review of Porsche emergency start or back-up start processes results in two updates. We found changes made to Panamera, Cayenne and Taycan models and the new Macan EV gets a Panamera match. Back start procedures are made necessary by the batteries in key fobs dying. Panamera and Macan EV The …

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Why do manufacturers keep adding new tech in cars? Because they can!

Streaming services

Because they can Automakers are in too many cases, adding technology and gadgets to cars that nobody wants or needs simply because they can. Bill Maher hit on this in a streaming rank during his show on Friday (2/7/25), starting with steaming is ruining football. You see, he used to be able to follow two …

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