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  1. gkellogg

    Another Munro teardown video: Base Taycan

    Came across this summary and perspective on the Monroe teardown: https://www.theautopian.com/manufacturing-experts-tear-down-electric-porsche-taycan-and-discover-yet-another-bowl-of-spaghetti/. If VW/Audi ever finish their second generation EV platform (planned for the Macan), I would expect it...
  2. gkellogg

    October 2023 Deliveries

    After almost exactly four months waiting in port, I picked up my Taycan GTS yesterday. I had previously driven a base, and a 4S back in 2020. The GTS is seriously quick, and the "Sport Sound" gets pretty angry when the accelerator is floored. I find the ride quality and overall comfort quite...
  3. gkellogg

    Is there still major delays at port?

    Mine’s been stuck in Benicia since early June, with a bogus delivery time of August 29th now, I’m sure it will be three months sitting in Benicia before I’ll see it, and it sat in Emden for six weeks before it sailed out.
  4. gkellogg

    August 2023 Deliveries

    Sadly, no. TYD just updated again to expected delivery date of August 29th. I don't believe it, and expect it will be in September, but at this rate, could be October. It arrived in Benicia June 13th, having just missed the March 31st transport out of Emden to leave on May 5th. I understand...
  5. gkellogg

    August 2023 Deliveries

    My GTS has been in Benicia since June 14th, with a Hold Sale waiting on a software update. Also going to Porsche Marin. Last date to transport is July 26th, which hasn’t changed on TYD since. There are thousands of cars waiting on an update I’m told, and they’re not being processed quickly. I’m...
  6. gkellogg

    July 2023 Deliveries

    TYD keeps pushing me out, now July 27th, but at least I got an answer as to why: It ends up, it is a "hold sale" condition and it needs a software update before it can be released. I had heard this, but didn't understand why the long delay (from early June). Ends up, they just released the...
  7. gkellogg

    July 2023 Deliveries

    Congratulations!
  8. gkellogg

    July 2023 Deliveries

    Perhaps venting to Porsche NA would have helped, but I presume that it won't be far behind. Presumably, they're doing arbitrary delays. As it happens, I'm traveling for the next week, anyway.
  9. gkellogg

    July 2023 Deliveries

    No update on my GTS sitting in Benicia headed for Porsche Marin. TYD still shows July 11 to be en-route for a July 12 delivery. It seems like they're undoing a log jam in batches. Congratulations on yours coming through.
  10. gkellogg

    July 2023 Deliveries

    I had waited since February 2022 for a GTS ST allocation that never came.Went with the GTS sedan configuration after giving up on the ST when the dealer had a (then April) allocation. No complaints on wait to build, although it was delayed a couple of times. Just missed a March 31st boat out of...
  11. gkellogg

    July 2023 Deliveries

    Similar for me, ordered January 3rd 2023, build complete March 21, at Emden March 31, Left May 5th, arrived Benicia June 13th (after inexplicable delays), now due to me July 12th. Excuse was "Software update", but likely some other unspecified issue (how long can a software update really take?)...
  12. gkellogg

    July 2023 Deliveries

    Yes, indeed, July 12th. I don't expect that date is any more reliable than any other date given in TYD. May be sooner or later.
  13. gkellogg

    June 2023 Deliveries

    My SA told me it was a software update, but I often have more up to date information than he does. My guess is that "software update" is shorthand for "issues we don't really want to discuss further; you'll get the car when we're ready to hand it over."
  14. gkellogg

    July 2023 Deliveries

    TYD just pushed me into July, from June. Car has been in Benicia since June 13th, and I originally expected delivery by tomorrow (June 24th), but apparently it needs a software update, and that takes several more weeks. Car built in March, and has had a long saga waiting in different places...
  15. gkellogg

    June 2023 Deliveries

    TYD updated for me too. Car's been in port in Benicia since June 13th, and I was told I'd see it soon, but later that it was needed a software update (no Stop Sale, anyway). Now scheduled for July 11th. I can't imagine that it takes that long for a software update. Original allocation was for...
  16. gkellogg

    June 2023 Deliveries

    Looks like the end of this week, at the earliest, which is what TYD says; no stop sale, but it needs a software update before it can be released to the dealer. Build was submitted January 3rd, and completed manufacturing on March 28th. Didn't get shipped until May 5th, and spent longer than...
  17. gkellogg

    June 2023 Deliveries

    Just when I was about to think something was seriously wrong, it shows as arriving in Benicia on the 13th, which tracks with my independent tracking of the vessel, but has it at the dealer on the 14th, which clearly didn't happen. SA expects it early next week, though. The TYD site is really...
  18. gkellogg

    June 2023 Deliveries

    Although TYD hasn't updated for me just yet, the Glovis Superior made it to Benicia last night, having missed its scheduled arrival on June 9th (which was after the predicted June 4th arrival). It spent several days anchored off of San Francisco for some unknown reason, probably missed its...
  19. gkellogg

    June 2023 Deliveries

    I'm on the same boat; Based upon predicted lag, earliest is June 19th, then whatever else it takes based upon potential Stop Sale. I don't think they'll really know until it's actually at the dealer. Mine finished manufacture on March 28th, so hoping nothing much is left for a hold.
  20. gkellogg

    June 2023 Deliveries

    The Glovis Superior, which left Emden on May 5th is now in the Pacific and en-route to Benicia, Expected to arrive June 9th, four days later than the TYD site originally indicated.


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