AWD has never been needed where I live, so I have never bothered - not worth the weight. But with regenerative braking I liked the idea of AWD for all wheel braking so didn't stick to my 50 year experience of only 2WD cars.AWD is not a must with how heavy this car is but if your in a certain region it makes sense.
You know the Taycan barely uses the disc brakes? I suspect you'll be doing well to wear them out over the life of the car, let alone melt them. Though there have been a few reports of Porsche wanting to change them at 1st service and then back-peddling....PCCBs (I’ve managed to melt quite a few steel sets),
Not barely, as it turns out, especially at higher speeds. Braking hard from 200kmh is quite an event for regular steel brakes.You know the Taycan barely uses the disc brakes? I suspect you'll be doing well to wear them out over the life of the car, let alone melt them. Though there have been a few reports of Porsche wanting to change them at 1st service and then back-peddling....
Firstly they are cast iron, not steel. A common mistake but steel isn’t a good material for brakes.Not barely, as it turns out, especially at higher speeds. Braking hard from 200kmh is quite an event for regular steel brakes.
Completly offtopic, but I love these little anekdotes, haha. Makes me feel like such a young fish .We went to Carbon composite brakes in Formula 1 in the early 1980s, I was one of the engineers involved in running the development materials on our car.
The fact is the composite brakes gain by being lighter rather than better braking, in fact it took years and huge investment to make composite brakes close to as consistent as cast iron and even now the performance gain on a F1 car is weight not braking performance.
I chose cast iron brakes based on decades of engineering experience on Formula 1 braking systems. I was not prepared to pay extra for a weight reduction on a car weighing more than 2 tonnes which does a substantial proportion of its braking using its electric motors.
Pardon my ignorance then I’m often on high speed roads and braking is a big deal for me. Carbon Ceramics (at least what I felt) don’t fade as quickly as cast iron brakes do, they maintain their performance and consistency for much longer after a few hard braking events, not to mention the looks of that 420mm caliperFirstly they are cast iron, not steel. A common mistake but steel isn’t a good material for brakes.
We went to Carbon composite brakes in Formula 1 in the early 1980s, I was one of the engineers involved in running the development materials on our car.
The fact is the composite brakes gain by being lighter rather than better braking, in fact it took years and huge investment to make composite brakes close to as consistent as cast iron and even now the performance gain on a F1 car is weight not braking performance.
I chose cast iron brakes based on decades of engineering experience on Formula 1 braking systems. I was not prepared to pay extra for a weight reduction on a car weighing more than 2 tonnes which does a substantial proportion of its braking using its electric motors.
I know composite brakes can be a bit better in some temperature ranges, and for a track car they make sense but I shan’t use a heavy car for a fun track day, personally.
F1eng never fails to deliver.Completly offtopic, but I love these little anekdotes, haha. Makes me feel like such a young fish .
Not really, I enjoy occasional track days with my fellow Porsche companionsIf you’re getting brake fade from driving on a public road, then your driving style must be seriously dangerous…!