jkjjpc
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- John
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I have seen a few posts on the forum about members who have taken their Taycans on the Amtrak Autotrain between Lorton VA and Sanford Fl. I plan to take my Taycan 4S on the train this weekend. I am interested in any advice on prep of the car so that things go well and the car is is good shape when it comes off the train?
Should I raise the car when I drop it off? I can use Smartlift to hopefully keep the car lifted while loaded. I don't know if the Smartlift setting will still be active after the car is turned off and on a couple of times during the loading process. I can activate it when I arrive at the station in Lorton and leave the car "on" for the porters to move it to the lot, but the car will likely be turned "off" and then "on" again for the actual loading (the cars are first placed in a holding lot before loading on the train, which can occur up to a couple of hours later than when the car was dropped off).
Should I deactivate the interior monitoring? Will that selection "stick" through a couple of "of" and "on" cycles as described above for loading and then during the 14+ hour trip?
I read that one member had their driver window left down because of concern the car door may not open at the end of the trip (Amtrak leaves the keys inside each car). Has anyone else had this problem?
Any other prep to avoid any 12v battery issues?
Should I raise the car when I drop it off? I can use Smartlift to hopefully keep the car lifted while loaded. I don't know if the Smartlift setting will still be active after the car is turned off and on a couple of times during the loading process. I can activate it when I arrive at the station in Lorton and leave the car "on" for the porters to move it to the lot, but the car will likely be turned "off" and then "on" again for the actual loading (the cars are first placed in a holding lot before loading on the train, which can occur up to a couple of hours later than when the car was dropped off).
Should I deactivate the interior monitoring? Will that selection "stick" through a couple of "of" and "on" cycles as described above for loading and then during the 14+ hour trip?
I read that one member had their driver window left down because of concern the car door may not open at the end of the trip (Amtrak leaves the keys inside each car). Has anyone else had this problem?
Any other prep to avoid any 12v battery issues?
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