diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile index 0afd49b0..542191e5 100644 --- a/Dockerfile +++ b/Dockerfile @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -FROM alpine:3.20 +FROM alpine:3.21 RUN apk add --no-cache ikiwiki git COPY . /build diff --git a/blog/nicos-porsche-taycan-experience-part-8-power-system-failure.mdwn b/blog/nicos-porsche-taycan-experience-part-8-power-system-failure.mdwn index 19108237..4591d11d 100644 --- a/blog/nicos-porsche-taycan-experience-part-8-power-system-failure.mdwn +++ b/blog/nicos-porsche-taycan-experience-part-8-power-system-failure.mdwn @@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ If that was the first failure, I think I'd have been a bit mad. But being one in a long streak of failures, I can only reason that the build quality of the Porsche Taycan is poor. It's repeated failures of all sorts of systems make it the car with the worst reliability that -drove or know of. +I drove or know of. [[!tag porsche car]] diff --git a/blog/nicos-porsche-taycan-experience-part-9-broken-sport-sound.mdwn b/blog/nicos-porsche-taycan-experience-part-9-broken-sport-sound.mdwn new file mode 100644 index 00000000..a2d25b09 --- /dev/null +++ b/blog/nicos-porsche-taycan-experience-part-9-broken-sport-sound.mdwn @@ -0,0 +1,52 @@ +[[!meta title="Nico's Porsche Taycan Experience - Broken Sport Sound"]] + +## Introduction + +This article is part of the series of +[Nico's Porsche Taycan Experience](/blog/nicos-porsche-taycan-experience/). + +## Background - the Porsche Sport Sound + +Now this is a funny experience. Maybe because it is very ridiculous, +or because it is minor or because it is so absurd that Dali could not +have painted it better. + +Now, before going into what is broken, let's first look into, what +this is supposed to be. + +The Taycan has something called a Porsche Sport Sound which is a +glorified name for making sound in the inside and outside when +accelerating. It is an optional feature of the car and can be turned +on and off. + +Most EVs (probably with the exception of Tesla) in Europe +have some warning sound when rolling at lower speeds +so that people notice them. + +The Taycan also has that, but when enabling the sport sound, the +exterior sound is changed and interior sound is activated. + +This way you get a bit of acoustic feedback when accelerating. + +## Broken Porsche Sport Sound + +So how can this break? Here is how it manifests itself: + +* When you accelerate, the sounds gets louder, more intense (that is + correct) +* However in my case, when you accelerate a bit stronger, there is a + strong clangour in the sound. Like a broken speaker... + +The broken sports sound has been reported to the +The [Porsche Center +OZS](https://dealer.porsche.com/ch/obererzuerichsee/de-CH) +on **2024-06-03** and has not been solved as of **2025-05-24**. + +While this is a sound problem and sound problems can be excluded by +the warranty, the main function of the feature is to produce sound, so +I guess that this has actually to be covered under warranty. + +The last update I received was in June 2025 that the Porsche Center +OZS cannot reproduce the issue anymore. + +[[!tag porsche car]] diff --git a/blog/nicos-porsche-taycan-experience.mdwn b/blog/nicos-porsche-taycan-experience.mdwn index 44271392..8621b883 100644 --- a/blog/nicos-porsche-taycan-experience.mdwn +++ b/blog/nicos-porsche-taycan-experience.mdwn @@ -58,6 +58,9 @@ Now some of these really look like design bugs, whereas the seems more to be a regular defect. And to be fair, probably the most severe one you can fear when having an EV. +There are however also less severe things that can break on the +Taycan, such as the [funny sport sound feature](/blog/nicos-porsche-taycan-experience-part-9-broken-sport-sound). + More to come soon... ## List of Articles @@ -74,9 +77,12 @@ For easier access: wheels](/blog/nicos-porsche-taycan-experience-part-5-ticktack-wheels) * [Part 6 - Loud fan](/blog/nicos-porsche-taycan-experience-part-6-loud-fan) * [Part 7 - Water in the car](/blog/nicos-porsche-taycan-experience-part-7-water-in-the-car) -* [Part 8 - Power System Failure](/blog/nicos-porsche-taycan-experience-part-8-power-system-failure) +* [Part 8 - Power System + Failure](/blog/nicos-porsche-taycan-experience-part-8-power-system-failure) +* [Part 9 - Broken Sport Sound + ](/blog/nicos-porsche-taycan-experience-part-9-broken-sport-sound) * [The key battery replacement](/blog/nicos-porsche-taycan-experience-key-battery-replacement) -* Ongoing discussions with Porsche +* Current status: ongoing discussions with Porsche [[!tag porsche car]]