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I am hoping others can help explain the best way to use Porsche Intelligent Range Manager (PIRM). Coming home to DC from Philly yesterday, I was running both Waze via CarPlay and PCM navigation with PIRM. Following a horrific charging experience (my first in over a decade of owning EVs), I...

I'm going on a road trip this weekend, and I am trying to decide whether to swap out my winter tires and rims for my summer tires and rims. Temps for the weekend will vary from 65 to 45 F, so no need for winters but not so hot that it's a real issue. Changing them before the trip would be a...

https://www.forbes.com/sites/thomasbrewster/2023/07/17/license-plate-reader-ai-criminal/?sh=6b4a0bf03ccc Driving it like you stole it takes on a whole new raft of consequences now . . .

DC (among many places) today is experiencing poor air quality due to the wildfires in Canada. I have the ionizer option but have not needed to think about it until today, so I looked it up in the well-written, comprehensive, easy to search, and clear manual. Yup. Ok, so why wouldn’t one just...

HBO just released the new season of "Painting with John", which I like a little too much. https://www.hbo.com/painting-with-john I actually have a few of his prints. Hilarious and creative. I like this eclectic content. Anyone else a fan or know of similar content? Of course, I also like...

Porsche just released the 718 Spyder RS: https://www.porsche.com/usa/models/718/718-spyder-rs/ I want it. I want it almost as much as I want the GT3 RS or the 718 Cayman GT4 RS or the 911 Dakar or even just the GT3 Touring. For each of these cars, I would want to load them up with the...

I’m about to remodel my garage, and I wanted to hear from others about things that you have done to your garage that you really like, things that you have done that you regret, and things that you wish you could or would have done. I’m thinking flooring types, wall types, car door protection...

So, I saw this article about the charging times for a Lucid Air (https://insideevs.com/news/567714/lucid-air-fast-charging-comparison/amp/), and it seems to show that it makes no real difference whether you are charging at 350 kW or 150 kW. Has anyone done a similar comparison with the Taycan...

Has anyone else ever used the Porsche configurator to build other models using roughly the same options as you have on your Taycan build? I know that, obviously, some models are closer to the Taycan than others, but, as you fellow Porsche owners know, the options and technology (aside from EV...

So, I'm pretty obsessive about changing out summer tire/rims for winter tire/rims. For the 911, that's of course no problem. But EVs are so heavy that I haven't trusted normal hand jacks, so I took my previous Tesla Model X to the shop to swap out the tire/rims. That process was such a hassle...

I pulled the trigger on Porsche OEM Taycan 21 inch rims with winter tires for 5,629 Euros, which is about 1 to 1 right now. Seemed like a pretty good deal. I almost went with 19 or 20 inch rim for range reasons and the fact that you don't have to be as careful to curb the rims, but I just like...

In preparing for my first longish road trip, I noticed that the time savings shown by Navigation was a mere 10 minutes for a 7 1/2 hour trip, which was surprising to say the least. I searched the forum for "Range Mode" and found a fair number of posts saying that it is not worth using and that...

I know there is a lot of information and tried searching, but could not really find what I seek (could be user error). I remember my first long road trip in the Tesla nearly 7 years ago and it was pretty nerve wracking as I knew so little about EVs and charging (and the Charging network for...

So, DC is boiling today. I have the sun and sound insulated glass, and as I was walking away, it struck me as odd to use my sunshade when my entire roof is glass. Does it help enough to bother with this? For my Model X, I have a sun mesh in a wire frame that slips into ceiling glass and really...

Interesting article here: https://apple.news/AEJNZII-9Rampp5YCsoYn5g When my twin boys attended the British School of Washington, they were taught that ICE cars were bad and electric cars were good. They decided that they were against my 911 and in favor of my Tesla. I tried to explain that...

So . . . I was misbehaving a bit yesterday. I was taking a smoothed-out right-hand 90 degree slightly off-camber corner at about 50 mph and accelerating gently as I approached the apex. I was in individual mode, which is based on Sport BUT I had adjusted the suspension setting back to normal...

Years ago, I used to race SCCA and PCA club races. I stopped because it took too much time away from family. My children are now all off to university, so I am deciding whether to jump back in. I have a big choice here between (1) entering another spec racing class or (2) buying a simulator...

Hi all, I very much like the individual driving mode and have been trying different settings. For driving around DC, I like normal suspension settings with regular ride height (roads can be rough in spots and normal suspension actually handles pretty well and certainly well enough around town)...