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Originally Posted by porsche tech

I have a Honda Civic and obviously not as critical as you guys, as I find no fault with its operation…back and forth to the golf course, church, grocery store, etc. You are correct that there is no dipstick for checking the level but I believe that is becoming more and more the norm with many manufacturers. There is however a small 12mm headed check bolt that you remove to make sure it drizzles out when it’s full. As I recall Porsche had a similar setup, even requiring the tester be connected to monitor temperature when checking. Nothing is simple any more.

I watched (only half paying attention) this video a year or two ago and thought "that seems like a huge PITA". But it turns out that this video is 1) Changing Fluid and 2) clearing any adaptive learning.
https://youtu.be/1CFlrfwYw4o

But you're right, the fluid change bit isn't that big a deal. Drain the fluid, fill, run the transmission until the fluid is 95º, then add fluid while the car is running until it just trickles out. Hell, I can do that. And I will once I get a bunch of fluid.