Taycan24
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- First Name
- Nate
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- Mar 13, 2021
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- California, USA
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- 2021 Taycan RWD due in June
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A whole 10 days and 250 miles in - Listing all my “upgrades” (and non-upgrades) and rating each from a 1-10 with 1 being “angry at myself for specking this” and 10 being “wow this was the absolute right decision:”
RWD: 8. Much quicker than I thought it would be based on this forum, not a 10 cause of course now I can only imagine the wild acceleration on the other 3 models. But as a daily driver I’m glad I went with the RWD over stretching for the 4S.
Carrera White: 8. Still my favorite of the non-special colors (on this car only, as usually not a fan of white), but I still think spending the extra cash for “chalk” or Ice Grey could have been worth it.
Mission E’s: 10. Even better in person, beautiful wheels.
Rims painted in body color: 10+. Makes no sense to do Mission E’s and not body color IMO - that’s what gives the surreal effect that turns so many heads and everybody comments on.
Sport Design Side Skirts: 10. I’d have paid more for the effect they bring when combined with mission’s E’s in body color.
Gloss Black Window Trim: 7. It’s nice, but I wonder if the matte black would have looked that much worse? Still glad I did it rather than take the chance. Kind of feel like it should have been a cheaper option.
Side Mirrors Base Gloss Black: 7, same as above.
Folding Side Mirrors: 9. I actually regretted this after lock, but now happy with it considering the price. This forum led me to believe they didn’t look good folded, but I disagree. Super cool to lock the car and watch the mirrors fold up.
Porsche Crest on Front Headrests: 3. I thought it was a no-brainer based on price, but can hardly see them and doesn’t add to the elegance of the interior IMO - gets a 3 cause of price.
Ambient Lighting: 3. It’s fine, but I literally never drive at night so should have skipped this - can’t see it during the day except for when I turn on the car as I’m still in my garage.
Rear 2+1 Seats: 4. Guess I have to have it just in case we ever need it. But I can count on zero hands how many times we used the 5th seat in the last car.
8-way seats (non-upgrade): 9. Still has memory setting for different profiles. Side mirrors electric, and comfortable. Only downside is manual adjustment of steering wheel…but that’ll likely never be adjusted other than the first time I adjusted at the dealer so I’m good with it, glad I saved the $.
Lane Change Assist: 3. My wife wanted this as a safety feature for when she’s driving. I probably wouldn’t spec otherwise but I do think something like this should come standard. Too expensive for what it is.
Surround View: 9. Another safety ask of my wife, but I much like it since the standard rear view camera is trash. Will certainly ensure I avoid curbing the Mission E’s, no regrets at all and would spec again even without wife’s insistence.
Panoramic Roof: 6. I did it for the look of the car on the outside considering the white/black color scheme I had, and am happy with it. Wouldn’t have done it if I had a dark color. Zero value add from the inside IMO, unless I specifically look back/up. But at least my toddlers will enjoy the view from the back I guess.
Taycan logo in gloss black: 7. After lock I regretted not just deleting (thus saving $270) considering I just had a base model, but after delivery think it looks clean and adds to the exterior.
On-board 150kw charger: 1. Clearly a 1 if you live in the US, but I didn’t learn that until after lock - I was sure to let my salesperson know it’s not needed in the US so hopefully I save a poor soul or two from speccing through him in the future.
Bose: 8. Very happy, but still slightly less kick than what I was coming from.
Steels Springs (non-upgrade): 6. Fully happy with the ride quality and how the car sits. But, since I never test drove an Air-Suspension and everybody on this forum raves about it, I can only help but imagine if there really is some vast difference. Would at least test drive an air in the future before making the decision.
Standard battery (non-upgrade): 10. I’ll simply never need the extended range as the standard gets me about 220 miles as currently specced. This forum makes it feel like you “must” check this box, when in reality I think most do it because they’ve never owned an EV and thus are afraid of range anxiety. Standard battery gets more real world range than my previous 2013 Tesla Model S, which actually had more than enough range than I needed already. If you NEED the extra 30 miles or money is no object, go for it - but don’t feel as if it’s a “must.”
Standard Steering Wheel (vs Sports Chrono): 3. Chrono makes little sense to spec in a base model which also has no Sports Sound, but then why do I regret not speccing?! Steering wheel feels…empty and now I wish I had the dial and clock. Shocked that of all boxes I left unchecked this is one that I somehow regret.
Not speccing Electric Sports Sounds: 6. Glad I didn’t spec in itself, but if I were to get Chrono (see above) would make sense to get the sound for full experience. Without Chrono I certainly don’t want this sound as I’m a “blast the music” kind of guy.
Standard Charge Port (non-upgrade): 5. I still go back and forth, sometimes I like the clean look as it, others I’m like “hummm, that black line and functionally might have been kind of cool.”
RWD: 8. Much quicker than I thought it would be based on this forum, not a 10 cause of course now I can only imagine the wild acceleration on the other 3 models. But as a daily driver I’m glad I went with the RWD over stretching for the 4S.
Carrera White: 8. Still my favorite of the non-special colors (on this car only, as usually not a fan of white), but I still think spending the extra cash for “chalk” or Ice Grey could have been worth it.
Mission E’s: 10. Even better in person, beautiful wheels.
Rims painted in body color: 10+. Makes no sense to do Mission E’s and not body color IMO - that’s what gives the surreal effect that turns so many heads and everybody comments on.
Sport Design Side Skirts: 10. I’d have paid more for the effect they bring when combined with mission’s E’s in body color.
Gloss Black Window Trim: 7. It’s nice, but I wonder if the matte black would have looked that much worse? Still glad I did it rather than take the chance. Kind of feel like it should have been a cheaper option.
Side Mirrors Base Gloss Black: 7, same as above.
Folding Side Mirrors: 9. I actually regretted this after lock, but now happy with it considering the price. This forum led me to believe they didn’t look good folded, but I disagree. Super cool to lock the car and watch the mirrors fold up.
Porsche Crest on Front Headrests: 3. I thought it was a no-brainer based on price, but can hardly see them and doesn’t add to the elegance of the interior IMO - gets a 3 cause of price.
Ambient Lighting: 3. It’s fine, but I literally never drive at night so should have skipped this - can’t see it during the day except for when I turn on the car as I’m still in my garage.
Rear 2+1 Seats: 4. Guess I have to have it just in case we ever need it. But I can count on zero hands how many times we used the 5th seat in the last car.
8-way seats (non-upgrade): 9. Still has memory setting for different profiles. Side mirrors electric, and comfortable. Only downside is manual adjustment of steering wheel…but that’ll likely never be adjusted other than the first time I adjusted at the dealer so I’m good with it, glad I saved the $.
Lane Change Assist: 3. My wife wanted this as a safety feature for when she’s driving. I probably wouldn’t spec otherwise but I do think something like this should come standard. Too expensive for what it is.
Surround View: 9. Another safety ask of my wife, but I much like it since the standard rear view camera is trash. Will certainly ensure I avoid curbing the Mission E’s, no regrets at all and would spec again even without wife’s insistence.
Panoramic Roof: 6. I did it for the look of the car on the outside considering the white/black color scheme I had, and am happy with it. Wouldn’t have done it if I had a dark color. Zero value add from the inside IMO, unless I specifically look back/up. But at least my toddlers will enjoy the view from the back I guess.
Taycan logo in gloss black: 7. After lock I regretted not just deleting (thus saving $270) considering I just had a base model, but after delivery think it looks clean and adds to the exterior.
On-board 150kw charger: 1. Clearly a 1 if you live in the US, but I didn’t learn that until after lock - I was sure to let my salesperson know it’s not needed in the US so hopefully I save a poor soul or two from speccing through him in the future.
Bose: 8. Very happy, but still slightly less kick than what I was coming from.
Steels Springs (non-upgrade): 6. Fully happy with the ride quality and how the car sits. But, since I never test drove an Air-Suspension and everybody on this forum raves about it, I can only help but imagine if there really is some vast difference. Would at least test drive an air in the future before making the decision.
Standard battery (non-upgrade): 10. I’ll simply never need the extended range as the standard gets me about 220 miles as currently specced. This forum makes it feel like you “must” check this box, when in reality I think most do it because they’ve never owned an EV and thus are afraid of range anxiety. Standard battery gets more real world range than my previous 2013 Tesla Model S, which actually had more than enough range than I needed already. If you NEED the extra 30 miles or money is no object, go for it - but don’t feel as if it’s a “must.”
Standard Steering Wheel (vs Sports Chrono): 3. Chrono makes little sense to spec in a base model which also has no Sports Sound, but then why do I regret not speccing?! Steering wheel feels…empty and now I wish I had the dial and clock. Shocked that of all boxes I left unchecked this is one that I somehow regret.
Not speccing Electric Sports Sounds: 6. Glad I didn’t spec in itself, but if I were to get Chrono (see above) would make sense to get the sound for full experience. Without Chrono I certainly don’t want this sound as I’m a “blast the music” kind of guy.
Standard Charge Port (non-upgrade): 5. I still go back and forth, sometimes I like the clean look as it, others I’m like “hummm, that black line and functionally might have been kind of cool.”
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I am willing to give both options a solid 10 (and Chalk paint is a solid 20)
