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- 2020 Porsche Taycan 4S, 2013 Porsche 991C2
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Well i have now been driving my Taycan 4s - gentium blue for the past two months. It took awhile to get used to driving a sedan (for the past 20 years I have had a 911 and different SUVs - current 991 & e-tron suv audi)).
What I would have ordered different:
- longer charging cord. I have 220 plug on the wall in my garage the car is parked beside and the cord can't reach the front of the car. What a joke! I have to use my standard cord i got with the etron which seems to be about 5 feet longer. The plug is at the back tire and the cord can't reach. Rediculous, the dealer wanted $600 for a longer cord but it is free when you order the car.
- the turbo aero wheels - the most disappointing part of my build - they look almost like glass and don't have real spokes, almost like covers over the wheel. I would go into dealership and look at them. I should have gotten the mission design wheels (they come with light grey color or body color not white - white is only available on white color body) or the standard wheels and get an after market which there are a couple now and they look better. i didn't like porsche upselling me brakes to get the mission wheels but in retrospect would have saved some money on different things below
- All season wheels - they are inferior, speed rating is 70 km/h less than the regular tires. I should have gotten the standard tires and bought some winter tires.
- Gentium blue - I like the color but it is identical to every tesla out there and so paying 50% more for a similar style car, i would like it to stand out a little more, saw the volcanic grey (close to black) and it looked great, would order that in retrospect.
What I would probably not have ordered - unless you don't care about how much you pay:
- sports sound - i never turn it on. The car by government regulations has some sound so you don't come around the corner and kill someone, the sports sound is very gimmicky. The cool factor goes away after a few times having it on. Most of the time I would prefer to have it quieter or have the stereo on so it stays off.
Sport Chrono - the car is electric, no idea what this does other than cost 1500 for a clock and a knob. Without it you can select different modes on the dash instead of knob - probably porsche's highest profit margin option - electric car doesn't work differently with it - i got caught up from my 991.
LED matrix lights - i read later in North America governments don't allow the matrix to work and so you get a single beam, which means you pay 2500 for an option you can't use...you think they might mentioned that in the configurator
Intelligent range finder - haven't used yet and looks like it probably will never get used especially if you spend 85% of your time in a city
- 18 adaptive seats, i would have gone into dealership and tried the 14 comfort seats - i have not tried them so 18 might be best, but in retrospect i should have
What I would order again:
- side skirts in body color - I had not ordered it, however the car took 2 months to be delivered after it was built so I asked the dealer to order and install it for free so I had the chance to see the black and the side skirt - side skirt makes the care look better IMO.
- Bose stereo, it seems this is in every car manufacturer including our old infinity suv, however the sound is good, not awesome, but solid.
- I have the thermal glass, which probably makes the car quieter, sound better from bose, although i have not tested both
- two tone club leather black/atacama beige - love it, looks amazing in car - my happiest selection
- Black trim on windows vs. chrome - ORDER THIS otherwise the car looks like a tesla.
- I also changed the brushed aluminum to black on the door sills and interior accent package to dark silver from the gold color
- my early model came with panoramic roof and extended battery - i would order these again, especially the battery, the range is around 350km with the extended range
Good luck!!
What I would have ordered different:
- longer charging cord. I have 220 plug on the wall in my garage the car is parked beside and the cord can't reach the front of the car. What a joke! I have to use my standard cord i got with the etron which seems to be about 5 feet longer. The plug is at the back tire and the cord can't reach. Rediculous, the dealer wanted $600 for a longer cord but it is free when you order the car.
- the turbo aero wheels - the most disappointing part of my build - they look almost like glass and don't have real spokes, almost like covers over the wheel. I would go into dealership and look at them. I should have gotten the mission design wheels (they come with light grey color or body color not white - white is only available on white color body) or the standard wheels and get an after market which there are a couple now and they look better. i didn't like porsche upselling me brakes to get the mission wheels but in retrospect would have saved some money on different things below
- All season wheels - they are inferior, speed rating is 70 km/h less than the regular tires. I should have gotten the standard tires and bought some winter tires.
- Gentium blue - I like the color but it is identical to every tesla out there and so paying 50% more for a similar style car, i would like it to stand out a little more, saw the volcanic grey (close to black) and it looked great, would order that in retrospect.
What I would probably not have ordered - unless you don't care about how much you pay:
- sports sound - i never turn it on. The car by government regulations has some sound so you don't come around the corner and kill someone, the sports sound is very gimmicky. The cool factor goes away after a few times having it on. Most of the time I would prefer to have it quieter or have the stereo on so it stays off.
Sport Chrono - the car is electric, no idea what this does other than cost 1500 for a clock and a knob. Without it you can select different modes on the dash instead of knob - probably porsche's highest profit margin option - electric car doesn't work differently with it - i got caught up from my 991.
LED matrix lights - i read later in North America governments don't allow the matrix to work and so you get a single beam, which means you pay 2500 for an option you can't use...you think they might mentioned that in the configurator
Intelligent range finder - haven't used yet and looks like it probably will never get used especially if you spend 85% of your time in a city
- 18 adaptive seats, i would have gone into dealership and tried the 14 comfort seats - i have not tried them so 18 might be best, but in retrospect i should have
What I would order again:
- side skirts in body color - I had not ordered it, however the car took 2 months to be delivered after it was built so I asked the dealer to order and install it for free so I had the chance to see the black and the side skirt - side skirt makes the care look better IMO.
- Bose stereo, it seems this is in every car manufacturer including our old infinity suv, however the sound is good, not awesome, but solid.
- I have the thermal glass, which probably makes the car quieter, sound better from bose, although i have not tested both
- two tone club leather black/atacama beige - love it, looks amazing in car - my happiest selection
- Black trim on windows vs. chrome - ORDER THIS otherwise the car looks like a tesla.
- I also changed the brushed aluminum to black on the door sills and interior accent package to dark silver from the gold color
- my early model came with panoramic roof and extended battery - i would order these again, especially the battery, the range is around 350km with the extended range
Good luck!!
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