Ron R
Well-Known Member
- First Name
- Ron
- Joined
- Oct 17, 2018
- Threads
- 1
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- 106
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- 74
- Location
- Massachusetts
- Vehicles
- 2014 Porsche Cayman
Ok. I appreciate your explanation, and I see your point of view. Where you and I differ is I don't view the tradeoffs that Porsche made as "fundamental mistakes". I'm an engineer; I pay more to own things that are over-engineered. Where some may think that Porsche (and most likely Audi) didn't know how to design a car that gives comparable range to a Tesla, I view it that they are much more conservative in the way they are handling battery management compared to Tesla.Ron, the Tesla isn’t “better” engineered, but it may be “more appropriately “ engineered for most people’s tastes and needs. Sure the Taycan will repeat full acceleration 20 times in a row, and handle the race track better, but at the price of 35% less “normal driving” range and that’s wasted engineering at a very high cost, as it applies to my needs. I want a highly spirited driver with the ability to create occasional adrenaline producing acceleration, If I could wave a magic wand, I would reallocate some of that German engineering towards the ability to drive my family on the occasional weekend road trip ( far outside of urban areas) and not be limited by range anxiety. To answer your question of why I am buying this car , I’m buying it because of it’s beautiful design, it’s performance, it’s exclusivity, it’s quality of materials and construction. I think Porsche built an incredible car, but that doesn’t mean I’m blind to fundamental mistakes made by the design and engineering team in what priorities they chose to emphasize and at what costs.
I think it's great that consumers are given options on EVs rather than Tesla being the only game in town.
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