I have determined the single most useless feature on a Porsche.

Cruise Control. Utterly useless. These are the first cars I've ever owned that I didn't use the cruise control, at all. Like, ever. The cars are simply too much fun!

Ever taken a 650 mile road trip? It's pretty useful for that. If you really want to know what the most useless option is, that would be the voice control. Original buyer of my car ( 981 ) paid $700 for that option. It's completely useless.

yeah...but Entry on Drive is 100x more worthless than cruise control!

Oh man, I hadn't even heard of that before! Yeah, that's utterly and completely useless on a whole other level.

I drove the wife's Cayman home 5 hours through the mountains of WVa. Never hit the cruise once!

No way. Used the cruise control for 13 hours straight while relocating to Fl from Pa. Most useless feature now? Heated seats.

Made many 1200 mile trips each way, from PA to FL and back in past years. Trip was typically made south in November and north in April and a couple times, in-between trips as well. Did it for 6 years, many of which were straight thru for 19-20 hours each. Cruise control on the interstates was a god send.

Cruise control on a Porsche IMO is an excellent anti speeding device, that’s what I use it for on a trip anyhow. That way when I pass I’m hyper aware I’m “ rockin in the free world”.

I have a lovely 981 GTS but it doesn’t have cruise control that I had expected.

I think many would agree with me that cruise control is indispensable for long trips, no matter the car. I'd say that sport chrono (lap times) and the OEM NAV map integration is likely up there on the list for arguably useless. I love my SC clock I put in on my 981 Outlaw, as it's a fantastic looking clock. But as it only functions as a timer on the 987, I've never bothered to retrofit.

I believe the GTS package includes it by default. If this is your first Porsche , you might not recognize it. There stalk on the bottom left that controls it. Push the button on the end to turn it on. Flip the lever back to set/increase the speed and forward to decrease the speed. Down to disengage. Up to reengage.

I did use the OEM Nav map once when I was in the mountains in Shenandoah Valley and my phone wasn’t getting any service. Got us from the restaurant back to where we were staying. Otherwise it’s been pretty useless haha.

I am actually surprised no one said the auto stop-start feature. I am glad that I can turn it off and keep it off whenever I start the car back up. I have to turn it off manually everytime I get in the Jeep which is tedious.

Actually, Porsche took that away around 2016, and latest 981 / 718 you have to reset A/S/S every time. I'm sure it's all about regulations/fuel ratings. Because that's what people by Porsche sportscars for But our Memory Module that will take care of your settings for you: Memory Module for sport modes, auto start stop and more for Porsche 911, 991, 981, 718, 958, Boxster, Cayman, Cayenne, Macan, Panamera Accessories and Mods for your Porsche 911, 991, 981, 718, 958, GT4, Boxster, Cayman, Cayenne, Macan, Panamera. Memory module remembers setting for Auto Start Stop, PSE, Sport modes. t-design9.com

to Hirestes 9: I intensely dislike the start stop feature and love that the 987.2 lacks that nonsense as well as retains the cabled E brake which makes brake service a breeze and works fine when used and maintained correctly.

Not sure if this qualifies as a ‘feature’, but the Emergency Frunk Release is the most asinine, nearly useless and hardest to access part of these cars equipped with it. So, one comes out of a bar/restaurant, it’s dark, torrential downpour, late at night only to find you have a dead battery . Can’t open the frunk to jump the battery , because hey, the battery is dead. Duh! One only needs to jack up the left front wheel, (oh, that’s right, there is no jack), remove the lug bolts, (oops, there is no lug wrench) remove a few wheel well liner fasteners, (if you happen to carry a few hand tools to accomplish that, as long as they are not in the now non-accessible frunk or trunk) and then locate the tiny nub of cable protruding from the upper wheel well. And since it takes a major pull on this nearly hidden cable end, you better have some vise grips or similar to complete this difficult task. Now where are those vise grips I carry? Oh, that’s right, they’re in the frunk/trunk.

m My previous car was a Miata and I never figured out how to use its cruise control. Before that I had a Panamera with adaptive cruise which was very useful, especially when leaving the Autobahn and hitting the 50 kph limit. It allowed me to be slowed down by the car in front as we approached traffic lights. I havent needed cruise on my new 981 yet: I didnt have it on my 924S and never felt a need for it. The absolutely useless feature, as far as I am concerned, is PSE ... David

I love my 981 to no end but I do think it should have a proper e-brake and I really miss a good ole hydraulic power steering. The thing still darts in where you point it but I miss that feel of knowing what the tires are doing. Only two things I would change on it but its not enough to keep me up at night.

Ha, I love PSE , it’s great to go quiet on the highway. I dislike that PSE adds no performance and that its magical balance point between civilized and raspy is not rowdy enough. I’ll vote for “ fancier dead pedal” as a waste of cash, I would have skipped that.

Back to the original - I used cruise control frequently, in what might seem a rather odd place: our local suburban streets. The streets in our town, except for two county roads that go through town, have a uniform speed limit of 25mph. It seems like overkill, but there are numerous kids around, ebikes, driveways, and cross-streets. It's not an unreasonable speed limit (there is one road I'd suggest 30MPH on, but that would just confuse people.) People come into town from the highway that passes to the west of us, doing 50 mph down the 25 mph streets... until they meet me. I set the cruise at 27mph, which, according to all the radar speed warning signs, is exactly 25 mph. There are regular rants on our town FB page about the speeders in town. The response from the law enforcement is that the speeders are mostly residents. I would question that, as it becomes much more of a problem during the summer tourist season. My only complaint about Porsche cruise-control is couldn't Porsche make up their mind which side of the steering wheel it belongs on? It's on opposite sides between my Cayenne and Boxster . So often when I go to set it, I end up changing the information display in the dash. Or turning the wipers on. They couldn't decide which side to put that lever on either. And my wife's Genesis - all of that stuff is relegated to a host of steering wheel buttons, which also require thinking to operate. 1st world problems.. bahhhh..

Drove 24hrs from Arizona to Northen Minnesota... very useful then.

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Maybe they won't judder...

Amen