Jasper4S
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Hi everyone! My Taycan ST is 6000km old and is used for a multiple trips with the wife, kids and bicycles (in random order). When I was doubting to buy the bicycle carrier, I really missed a good review on this forum, so here is mine! I hope it will help anyone making the decision
First a little background: When I convinced my wife to get a Taycan one of the first questions I got was how are we going to take our bicycles with us. I live in the Netherlands and we use our bicycles a lot! Grocery shopping is mainly a bicycle thing, kids are going to school by bicycle etc. So without looking at the prices I bluffed that it was easy and cheap to get a carrier. Way into speccing, I got familiar with the options I had; 1) Use the roof 2) use the tequipment bicycle carrier. I liked the carrier over the roof solution because I was scared to scratch my car when mounting the bikes to the roof. And by looks, it felt that the range is better since the bikes are not on the roof catching a lot of wind. I have no real data to support this thought, but it was a gut feeling.
Last februari I received my Taycan, a week later the bicycle carrier. I learned that the carrier was out of stock everywhere, and the carrier was on order for over 9 months already. When I shared my disappointment with the SA, he did everything to get me the carrier. I picked the carrier up at the local Porsche Centre a week later, my first thought was, damn, this thing is heavy and big. It came in a big carton box which didn't fit in the trunk. So I have to remove the kid seats and fold the back chairs to fit the carrier.
Back home I tried to mount the carrier. The carrier comes with a handy manual. Pictures and a short description guides you through the mounting process. The mounting process can be done by yourself, the thing is heavy, but it is doable. I will not bore you all with the process of mounting any further. In a nutshell it is; 1) remove the plastic bumper covers. 2) place the steel supports. 3) mount the carrier on the steel supports. 4). connect the socket for lighting to your car. 5) place your bicycles. The first time I spent 15-20 minutes figuring out how to mount it to the car. Last week after a couple of tries and road trips I did the process in 5 minutes.
Pros
- It feels solid and robust.
- It integrates well with the car. When mounted the park assist knows and will turn off, same goes for the lane change assist.
- Easy to mount
- I has a tilt option, so you can access the Trunk when bicycles are mounted
Cons
- It is really expensive. Here in the Netherlands it leans towards the €2k - €2.5k. For any other car you can find carriers from €150.
- It is a Taycan only carrier. So when I want to sell my car I have to sell the carrier too. So deprecation is probably really high on this one.
- You need a ST or CT with the rear carrier preparations before you can use the carrier
With the knowledge and experience I now have I would buy it again. It is too expensive for what it is, but it is a must to have.
First a little background: When I convinced my wife to get a Taycan one of the first questions I got was how are we going to take our bicycles with us. I live in the Netherlands and we use our bicycles a lot! Grocery shopping is mainly a bicycle thing, kids are going to school by bicycle etc. So without looking at the prices I bluffed that it was easy and cheap to get a carrier. Way into speccing, I got familiar with the options I had; 1) Use the roof 2) use the tequipment bicycle carrier. I liked the carrier over the roof solution because I was scared to scratch my car when mounting the bikes to the roof. And by looks, it felt that the range is better since the bikes are not on the roof catching a lot of wind. I have no real data to support this thought, but it was a gut feeling.
Last februari I received my Taycan, a week later the bicycle carrier. I learned that the carrier was out of stock everywhere, and the carrier was on order for over 9 months already. When I shared my disappointment with the SA, he did everything to get me the carrier. I picked the carrier up at the local Porsche Centre a week later, my first thought was, damn, this thing is heavy and big. It came in a big carton box which didn't fit in the trunk. So I have to remove the kid seats and fold the back chairs to fit the carrier.
Back home I tried to mount the carrier. The carrier comes with a handy manual. Pictures and a short description guides you through the mounting process. The mounting process can be done by yourself, the thing is heavy, but it is doable. I will not bore you all with the process of mounting any further. In a nutshell it is; 1) remove the plastic bumper covers. 2) place the steel supports. 3) mount the carrier on the steel supports. 4). connect the socket for lighting to your car. 5) place your bicycles. The first time I spent 15-20 minutes figuring out how to mount it to the car. Last week after a couple of tries and road trips I did the process in 5 minutes.
Pros
- It feels solid and robust.
- It integrates well with the car. When mounted the park assist knows and will turn off, same goes for the lane change assist.
- Easy to mount
- I has a tilt option, so you can access the Trunk when bicycles are mounted
Cons
- It is really expensive. Here in the Netherlands it leans towards the €2k - €2.5k. For any other car you can find carriers from €150.
- It is a Taycan only carrier. So when I want to sell my car I have to sell the carrier too. So deprecation is probably really high on this one.
- You need a ST or CT with the rear carrier preparations before you can use the carrier
With the knowledge and experience I now have I would buy it again. It is too expensive for what it is, but it is a must to have.
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