jaspercrane
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I thought I would share my recent experience picking up my Taycan in Richmond, VA followed by an immediate road trip to southwest North Carolina. I have seen another thread or two on similar topics and wanted to share my thoughts in case they are helpful to anyone. I got Gentian Blue with body kit package and black interior with silver accents and carbon fiber package. I really like the combination.
The pros of the car are obvious... amazing looks, acceleration, and handling. I also really like the interior - it is not as good as the Panamera I traded in, but the curved screen is awesome (btw, the Panamera feels like a horse and buggy after driving the Taycan ha). The Taycan is unbelievably fun to drive not only on the interstate, where a push of the accelerator boosts you past anyone else - even in range mode, but also on the curvy mountain roads where we are now (Blue Ridge Parkway area). Definitely a great first drive! The engineering and build quality is top-notch - can't believe it is a 5000lb machine going around the corners and punching the "gas."
The cons I have found are: 1) I planned my route to stop at 3 Electrify America stations for fast charging - Greensboro NC, Hillborough NC, and Asheville NC. Only Asheville had working 350kw chargers - the others only had 150kw working and took 40 mins to charge. 2) To use the Porsche Navigation, it forces you to base your range on its very conservative estimates. I had to switch to Google maps to make it to 2 of the 3 Electrify America stations above as the Porsche Nav insisted on me making a U-turn and spending 5 HOURS charging at a level 1 or level 2 station to make it to Electrify America. That was frustrating. 3) The PCM is a downgrade from the Panamera and is clunky and slow... I was really looking forward to a PCM 3 years newer, but it somehow took a downgrade. I imagine this is due to Porsce taking a loss selling these cars now, and they are saving costs anywhere they can outside the driving experience (interior, electronics, etc.). As with all PCM I have seen, there are also many items buried deep in sub-menus, and it drives me crazy that the "next" button does not go to the next preset/favorite for the radio. This is the only car I have driven that "next" takes you to the literal next station - at least make it an option to go to your next fave (maybe just a pet peeve of mine that no one else cares about!). 4) After a few days of ownership, my main screen would not turn on for about 12 hours - only the curved dash and the lower screen. Eventually it turned back on, but that was not fun after only having the car a few hundred miles. My rep thinks maybe my car was mid-OTA update which caused it to not turn on- we are in the NC mountains with horrible cellular data and wifi.
All in all it is a great car, and hopefully OTA updates can fix a lot of the items above. I am very happy with the purchase.
I would also recommend adding the $0 option of the 25ft extension cable (which I did not do but wish I had now that I own the car), and FYI to sign up for free charging at Electrify America you need the "Charging America" app, which you link your online Porsche account to.
The pros of the car are obvious... amazing looks, acceleration, and handling. I also really like the interior - it is not as good as the Panamera I traded in, but the curved screen is awesome (btw, the Panamera feels like a horse and buggy after driving the Taycan ha). The Taycan is unbelievably fun to drive not only on the interstate, where a push of the accelerator boosts you past anyone else - even in range mode, but also on the curvy mountain roads where we are now (Blue Ridge Parkway area). Definitely a great first drive! The engineering and build quality is top-notch - can't believe it is a 5000lb machine going around the corners and punching the "gas."
The cons I have found are: 1) I planned my route to stop at 3 Electrify America stations for fast charging - Greensboro NC, Hillborough NC, and Asheville NC. Only Asheville had working 350kw chargers - the others only had 150kw working and took 40 mins to charge. 2) To use the Porsche Navigation, it forces you to base your range on its very conservative estimates. I had to switch to Google maps to make it to 2 of the 3 Electrify America stations above as the Porsche Nav insisted on me making a U-turn and spending 5 HOURS charging at a level 1 or level 2 station to make it to Electrify America. That was frustrating. 3) The PCM is a downgrade from the Panamera and is clunky and slow... I was really looking forward to a PCM 3 years newer, but it somehow took a downgrade. I imagine this is due to Porsce taking a loss selling these cars now, and they are saving costs anywhere they can outside the driving experience (interior, electronics, etc.). As with all PCM I have seen, there are also many items buried deep in sub-menus, and it drives me crazy that the "next" button does not go to the next preset/favorite for the radio. This is the only car I have driven that "next" takes you to the literal next station - at least make it an option to go to your next fave (maybe just a pet peeve of mine that no one else cares about!). 4) After a few days of ownership, my main screen would not turn on for about 12 hours - only the curved dash and the lower screen. Eventually it turned back on, but that was not fun after only having the car a few hundred miles. My rep thinks maybe my car was mid-OTA update which caused it to not turn on- we are in the NC mountains with horrible cellular data and wifi.
All in all it is a great car, and hopefully OTA updates can fix a lot of the items above. I am very happy with the purchase.
I would also recommend adding the $0 option of the 25ft extension cable (which I did not do but wish I had now that I own the car), and FYI to sign up for free charging at Electrify America you need the "Charging America" app, which you link your online Porsche account to.
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