It’s snowing …..

[McgR]

I am worried to drive my RWD (with winter tires). It’s gone be my first real km’s and tomorrow.

I haven’t had any problems with my past BMW’s RWD with winter tires in snow. Was difficult to let it spin on fresh snow. Shouldn’t be a problem for you. if you have winter tires.

AWD is only for accelerating most important thing in snow is braking. And realizing the Taycan is a heavy car.

Most dangerous are Audi drivers in snow thinking Quattro eliminates the laws of physics.

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[simcity]

Trouble is in the UK 1mm of snow and people cant drive......

Tomorrow morning will be fun. I have an 87 mile drive early doors. Shall we lay bets on the level of carnage?! ??

 

[W1NGE]

I haven’t had any problems with my past BMW’s RWD with winter tires in snow. Was difficult to let it spin on fresh snow. Shouldn’t be a problem for you. if you have winter tires.

AWD is only for accelerating most important thing in snow is braking. And realizing the Taycan is a heavy car.

Most dangerous are Audi drivers in snow thinking Quattro eliminates the laws of physics.

I use recuperation for braking in snow. Works a treat.

 

[captainlk]

Reminds me why I chose my Avatar...

It's an edited version of the Venum logo isn't it? I've seen you around on the forum and wondered what the story is. Do tell.

 

[Fish Fingers]

It's an edited version of the Venum logo isn't it? I've seen you around on the forum and wondered what the story is. Do tell.

As soon as the Taycan came out and I saw the front end, the lights and side vents reminded me of something and I couldn't think what.
I then saw the Venum logo on some gloves or wraps or something and bingo - that was it.
The eyes match the lights and the fangs match the vents.

Edited about with it when I joined here. ?

 

[MTGBUK]

I use recuperation for braking in snow. Works a treat.

This. I was out last night letting the auto regen braking do most of the work. Not knowing if the brake light comes on while regen braking so lightly having the foot on the brake saves having someone rear end you. Biggest annoyance being an EV and not having an engine? No residual heat from the engine to defrost the sensors blocked by the snow. The damn things would self activate everytime you would come to a near stop.

 

[f1eng]

No problem with driving in -3.5 this morning but a combination of that cold and a preheat meant 15% battery depletion for a 13 mile round trip!
The bulk of that was the preheat though, the actual driving was 2.1 miles/kWh.

I had switched off the setting, which is probably a default because the car came with it on, which puts the heating on for 5 minutes when you unlock the car. That used a LOT of the battery in winter without going anywhere at all if, like me, you tend to use the car as a wardrobe.

 

[abrookesuk]

Have noticed the same that the pre heat has been killing the batter6y - but I am averaging 0.4 kwh/mile....must be too much use of the heated seat and steering wheel

 

[f1eng]

too much use of the heated seat and steering wheel

Aren’t they the lowest power consumption “warmers” - by far I would have thought.

 

[W1NGE]

Aren’t they the lowest power consumption “warmers” - by far I would have thought.

They are.

Porsche recommend seat and wheel heating given their low consumption.

Preheat is a real 'necessity' this cold snap!

 

[f1eng]

Preheat is a real 'necessity' this cold snap!

Yes and we are away and parked outside last night so 600kg? of battery to warm up a bit probably makes cabin heating pale into insignificance anyway.

The preheat function is a much appreciated luxury!

 

[simcity]

Tomorrow morning will be fun. I have an 87 mile drive early doors. Shall we lay bets on the level of carnage?! ??

A12 and M25 clockwise were surprinsgly carnage free. No snow in eastern Suffolk but 4 inches in central London. Go figure.

 

[simcity]

The preheat function is a much appreciated luxury!

When the heater is working! An electric car with preheat via app is a revelation, no ICE ?

 

[W1NGE]

When the heater is working! An electric car with preheat via app is a revelation, no ICE ?

Volvo (and others) offered preheat years ago on their ICE cars (cars possibly had dual 12v batteries) and in the last 10 years Volvo had an app to manage on their ICE cars. Downside was that you ran the risk of scaring a few pedestrians if you fired up the engine remotely to preheat!

Not a revelation but an entirely useful feature which we can sort of assume is kind of kinder to the environment.

 

[McgR]

Volvo (and others) offered preheat years ago on their ICE cars (cars possibly had dual 12v batteries) and in the last 10 years Volvo had an app to manage on their ICE cars. Downside was that you ran the risk of scaring a few pedestrians if you fired up the engine remotely to preheat!

Not a revelation but an entirely useful feature which we can sort of assume is kind of kinder to the environment.

Volvo and also BMW and probably others had an auxiliary little engine (Webasto) running on fuel out of the main tank. I had this on one of my BMW. Same as now on the BEV / PHEV I could pre heat the car. It was also active when starting the car at cold temperatures to heat up the engine and car itself. But you can’t use it inside. Not the same as remote engine start.

I think pre conditioning in Volvo PHEV when not plugged in is still on fuel. It’s optional. Not sure.

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