AmpedUp
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- First Name
- Ryan
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- Mar 24, 2021
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- Location
- Mesa, Arizona
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- Taycan Turbo S, Toyota 4Runner
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I haven't bought a new car since 2000... in fact, I haven't bought any car since 2000. I was living in Manhattan for more than a decade, but on top of that, I'm not a "car guy". However, I do appreciate them. I think in the back of my mind, I've simply been waiting for a car that captured my imagination. For me, the Taycan represents my priorities for BEV (vowed never to buy an ICE ever again), all-around performance, looks, luxury, and technology (in that order). So I ordered my first car in 21 years!
If you order a car that infrequently and you have the means, why look at the price of options, right? Right!?!?! Back me up here... I have a wife (I joke... she's the one that pushed and pushed for me to buy this car I've been drooling over. Hmmm, suspicious now that I think about it... maybe she wants a new one? lol).
I contacted two local dealers and got on the waitlist for a Turbo S allocation. That was in February. After several months, they both called to indicate they were done with the Turbo S builds for 2021 MY. However, I really wanted the 19.6kW AC charger, which was pulled from the 2021 MY selector and returned for the 2022 MY, so all worked out in the end. One of them called in July to inform me I finally had an October build.
The order below went in this week. Thank you to this community for helping me figure out some looming questions. The dealer was sadly worthless. In fact, the dealer gave me a lot of bad information, such as "you'll never be able to utilize 19.2kW of charging at home because that's several houses worth of power". In fact, I have 400 amps of service in my garage. I had to educate him on amps, volts, kW, and kWh... come on Porsche, training!
I did not spec everything... even in one case where it actually cost extra to do so (more on that at the end). I ordered exactly what I wanted... my all-black dream.
Without further ado:
Taycan Turbo S
- Jet black metalic
- Ceramic composite brakes painted black
- Dynamic Chasis Control Sport
- SportDesign Package in carbon fiber
- Taycan Excl Design Wheels with carbon fiber aeroblades
- Exterior mirror trim in carbon fiber
- Power folding exterior mirrors
- Puddle lights
- LED matrix headlights in black
- Rear light strip in black
- Thermally and noise insulated glass
- Model designation in jet black (I seriously thought about deleting altogether, but if I ever resell her, the buyer probably wants the model designation somewhere); matching the paint will make it slightly more difficult to see
Interior
- Olea Club leather in Basalt Black (upgraded mainly because it includes leather seat backs)
- Guards Red stitching
- Interior accents in dark silver
- Storage package
- Inner door sill guards and B-pillar in leather (the big downside with this is that the door sill guards will likely scratch, but I pretty much only wear chucks... which any true chucks superfan knows is technically a slipper; it's true, look it up).
- Seat consoles in leather
- Rear seat storage tray in leather
- Rear tunnel storage tray in leather
- Door trim package in leather (yes, I know you can't see any of it with the door closed, and many would not spec it... but doors do open and this is my YOLO build, lol)
- Center console trim in leather (there is a lot of bad info out there on what surfaces this covers, including the information I got from my dealer)
- Heated steering wheel in matte carbon fiber
- Ventilated 18-way seats (note I did NOT spec massage seats... this isn't a spa)
- Porsche Design subsecond clock
- "Smoking package" (always get this folks... it costs nothing and is useful for other things, like tucking away a charger out of sight!)
- Peddles and footrest in aluminum
- Keys painted jet black, with leather key pouch with guards red stitching to match
Climate:
- Advanced 4-zone climate control
- Ionizer
Tech / sound:
- Night vision assist
- Burmester surround sound
- Surround view
- Technology Package (includes passenger display, heads-up display, park assist, lane keeping, and adaptive cruise control)
- Innodrive upgrade
Charging:
- 19.2 kW on-board charger... I have an actual need to top up quickly while at home during the afternoon
- On-board 150 kW / 400V DC charger (hopeful the Tesla network will open up, which would be extra useful heading to our cabin)
- Intelligent range manager
So, you might be asking, "what the f#@& didn't you get"??? Here is the list of non-conflicting options (i.e., would not replace any existing selections) I passed on and some of my reasoning:
- Pano roof... I like the look of the regular roof better plus I live in an extremely hot climate. It would have been cheaper to include because I could have optioned the "premium package" for less than the other items in the package totaled "a la carte"... so in my mind, I actually paid to "upgrade" from the pano roof to the metal one
- Massage seats (as mentioned earlier, not there for a facial and back rub)
- Leather sun visors (it simply makes more sense to match the roof than the seats... I'm tall and so I rarely use sun visor anyway)
- Interior crest / model inlays (I actually want less branding, more incognito, which is why black light strip and model designation jet black)
- Mobile charger connect (it's a terrible charger that should not be purchased by anyone, and wouldn't make sense with 19.2kW capacity)
- Rear 2+1 seat... who would ever try to fit 5 people in this car?
I'll post some photos when it arrives in December or January.
If you order a car that infrequently and you have the means, why look at the price of options, right? Right!?!?! Back me up here... I have a wife (I joke... she's the one that pushed and pushed for me to buy this car I've been drooling over. Hmmm, suspicious now that I think about it... maybe she wants a new one? lol).
I contacted two local dealers and got on the waitlist for a Turbo S allocation. That was in February. After several months, they both called to indicate they were done with the Turbo S builds for 2021 MY. However, I really wanted the 19.6kW AC charger, which was pulled from the 2021 MY selector and returned for the 2022 MY, so all worked out in the end. One of them called in July to inform me I finally had an October build.
The order below went in this week. Thank you to this community for helping me figure out some looming questions. The dealer was sadly worthless. In fact, the dealer gave me a lot of bad information, such as "you'll never be able to utilize 19.2kW of charging at home because that's several houses worth of power". In fact, I have 400 amps of service in my garage. I had to educate him on amps, volts, kW, and kWh... come on Porsche, training!
I did not spec everything... even in one case where it actually cost extra to do so (more on that at the end). I ordered exactly what I wanted... my all-black dream.
Without further ado:
Taycan Turbo S
- Jet black metalic
- Ceramic composite brakes painted black
- Dynamic Chasis Control Sport
- SportDesign Package in carbon fiber
- Taycan Excl Design Wheels with carbon fiber aeroblades
- Exterior mirror trim in carbon fiber
- Power folding exterior mirrors
- Puddle lights
- LED matrix headlights in black
- Rear light strip in black
- Thermally and noise insulated glass
- Model designation in jet black (I seriously thought about deleting altogether, but if I ever resell her, the buyer probably wants the model designation somewhere); matching the paint will make it slightly more difficult to see
Interior
- Olea Club leather in Basalt Black (upgraded mainly because it includes leather seat backs)
- Guards Red stitching
- Interior accents in dark silver
- Storage package
- Inner door sill guards and B-pillar in leather (the big downside with this is that the door sill guards will likely scratch, but I pretty much only wear chucks... which any true chucks superfan knows is technically a slipper; it's true, look it up).
- Seat consoles in leather
- Rear seat storage tray in leather
- Rear tunnel storage tray in leather
- Door trim package in leather (yes, I know you can't see any of it with the door closed, and many would not spec it... but doors do open and this is my YOLO build, lol)
- Center console trim in leather (there is a lot of bad info out there on what surfaces this covers, including the information I got from my dealer)
- Heated steering wheel in matte carbon fiber
- Ventilated 18-way seats (note I did NOT spec massage seats... this isn't a spa)
- Porsche Design subsecond clock
- "Smoking package" (always get this folks... it costs nothing and is useful for other things, like tucking away a charger out of sight!)
- Peddles and footrest in aluminum
- Keys painted jet black, with leather key pouch with guards red stitching to match
Climate:
- Advanced 4-zone climate control
- Ionizer
Tech / sound:
- Night vision assist
- Burmester surround sound
- Surround view
- Technology Package (includes passenger display, heads-up display, park assist, lane keeping, and adaptive cruise control)
- Innodrive upgrade
Charging:
- 19.2 kW on-board charger... I have an actual need to top up quickly while at home during the afternoon
- On-board 150 kW / 400V DC charger (hopeful the Tesla network will open up, which would be extra useful heading to our cabin)
- Intelligent range manager
So, you might be asking, "what the f#@& didn't you get"??? Here is the list of non-conflicting options (i.e., would not replace any existing selections) I passed on and some of my reasoning:
- Pano roof... I like the look of the regular roof better plus I live in an extremely hot climate. It would have been cheaper to include because I could have optioned the "premium package" for less than the other items in the package totaled "a la carte"... so in my mind, I actually paid to "upgrade" from the pano roof to the metal one
- Massage seats (as mentioned earlier, not there for a facial and back rub)
- Leather sun visors (it simply makes more sense to match the roof than the seats... I'm tall and so I rarely use sun visor anyway)
- Interior crest / model inlays (I actually want less branding, more incognito, which is why black light strip and model designation jet black)
- Mobile charger connect (it's a terrible charger that should not be purchased by anyone, and wouldn't make sense with 19.2kW capacity)
- Rear 2+1 seat... who would ever try to fit 5 people in this car?
I'll post some photos when it arrives in December or January.
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