Impressions/thoughts after buying a used 2022 Taycan RWD in the USA (long)

[tchavei]

to add to this list just a wee bit: 1A. the proper seat position is one that enables the driver to fully floor the brake pedal with a little knee bend/flex still left available, ie. not fully straightened.

That's usually how I start i.e bottom up

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[annieland]

I think something will always be obstructed with so much info over such a large area.
For me it's the RH side of the 3 tubes (lift position etc). But I'm used to it now.

To set seat/steering wheel for proper control in any car, was always as follows:

1. Set your seat so the peddles feel right and visibility is optimised.
2. Sit in your seat with your back firmly against the back rest.
3. Put your arms straight out in front of you.
4. Adjust the wheel so your wrists rest on top of the wheel.
5. Make any minor tweaks to improve controls visibility.
6. Leave it! Don't forever be adjusting (back ache etc) let your body get used to one position.

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Ok bookmarking this for the next time I get in the car . I ended up arriving an hour early somewhere and used the opportunity to mess around with settings some more. After a while my thighs started to hurt a little (I haven't driven long distances yet) and I made the (duh) discovery of the little button that extends the seat. That was freaken magic!! I haven't even played with lumbar support yet! Such a newb.

 

[magnitude]

Thanks @Fish Fingers, @WasserGKuehlt, and @dtich. I followed all of that advice, and it's very different now. I can definitely see most of the dashboard.

I think I was used in much more "lying down" from my Boxster. I'm sitting much higher now and it seems better.

 

[Eric]

I purchased one of the very few pre-owned Taycans out there that was not a CPO from a Porsche dealer. Indeed, the 2022 CPOs are great deals and many have warranties effectively longer than a new car. I've had zero problems with the car and it is so much fun to drive. The build quality is evident.

- I have the steel suspension. It seems I have just the right depression at my driveway entrance to cause the front to touch unless I come at it just right. I got curb ramps until I can get the asphalt added. Sleeping policemen, and all other driveways I've gone over - no problem.

- Probably upon uneducated dealer recommendation, the car has both the 19KWAC and the 400VDC charger options, which, I now understand are pretty much useless and dead weight. It also has the mobile charger connect - also not needed because I can talk directly to the car about how it should charge from my phone, even when it is connected to a dumb L2 charger.

- I was surprised at the cheapness of the base steering wheel w/o the chrono option. Its the primary car-human interface and this is a Porsche not a Subaru. They should not have offered this cheap of a wheel as the default. It is thin and unexciting. I am considering trying to have it upgraded.

- This is my first car with electric steering. I find it doesn't feel as good as hydraulic at low speeds and on the highway while making fine adjustments . But I'm getting used to it. Of course that's required on all EVs.

- The Porsche navigation, especially voice guidance, is surprisingly good. But this is a mixed blessing because I also really like waze on carplay for the social messaging (a.k.a. police reports).

- The apple and spotify "streaming over LTE" music options are a strange feature. It seems maybe an attempt to copy the full Tesla connectivity that is their replacement for carplay. But the Taycan has carplay. What adult in 2023 out there has $100K for a Taycan but doesn't have a great phone and plan to stream into carplay or over bluetooth? To top it off, the connection isn't fast enough to reliably stream anyway. Probably some promotional arrangement like the stale Sirius radio.

- Speaking of media, the car seems to forget what I was listening to and starts each time with a "loading" message, and ends up at some starting point where I have to click a few times to get back to where I was when I parked last night. Why?

- The wireless charging dock is just a laughably dumb design. It requires perfect alignment, burns up the phone, and is hidden in an un-air-conditioned cubby. I have forgotten my phone 100% of the time getting out of the car. What I want is to put my phone on a console recess where I can see it, drive, and then grab it and get out. Not fumble trying to clip it in a place I can't even see from the driver's seat and then forget it is there after I close the armrest. I did read that other cars also haven't solved the wireless charging heating problem. But why? Wireless works great at home.

- When are high-end cars going to come with factory power taps at the mirror? I always drive with a dashcam and a detector. I'm afraid of going in there with the trim tools, but I will have to.

- "Optimized charging" doesn't do anything in the US.

- The charge profile/schedule system is confusing to program, but I realize what it's for. My power is the same price 24/7 and I have amps to spare, so I don't use it.

- There is no way to automatically stop DC charging at a particular SOC. So you have to keep an eye on it if you don't want to go over 85%.

- The car sat at the dealer for a while (we got a good price), and they let some rust form on the brake disks. It has taken a long time for the "first drive of the day - no regen" function to shiny up the disks. Still not sure they will ever break in correctly.

- It had fat 21" wheels, which I now see are really a cosmetic option, at least for the RWD. They look cool, but have shorter range, the tires wear out faster, the tires are more expensive to replace, and the wheels are easier to damage. They feel weird turning at low speeds. I downgraded to the 19's and stored the 21s, although it seems I'm the only one who likes the 19" aeros.

yes you are pretty much the only one who likes those aero wheels.When I bought my 4S i was shocked how the aeros looked on my 130k car.I hastily replaced those with a set of 20 inch Panamera wheels i found on Ebay.I still have the 19 inch aero wheels with unused tires and if you need a spare set I can sell those to you

 

[SergeyIndy]

This thread is about impressions, so after driving a Base loaner last week for 750 miles round trip, and now watching this video, which is so entertaining, so that is why I am sharing, I am wondering now, why am I getting anything but the RWD, as it seems it is getting better and better over time.

 

[Archimedes]

Thanks. Agree with all of these comments, except this. I’m talking about DC fast charging. Not home overnight. For DC charging, the car will charge to 100% as fast as it can regardless of profile or timer settings.You have to stop it manually at 85% if you want that limit. For home, I just set general profile to charge to 85% with no associated timers and it will stop at 85 because there are no further instructions to follow.

My guess is they set it up this way on purpose, under the assumption that people will typically want to charge up to 100 percent on a fast charger and don’t want to be inconvenienced by forgetting to change the threshold and having to restart when they return to the car to top it off.

Also, I love the wireless charging dock. Use it everyday and never have heat issues unless I leave the phone in there for hours and hours. Conversely, the tiny console space is ridiculous.

 

[magnitude]

Conversely, the tiny console space is ridiculous.

That's been a problem (depending on who you ask, but I think it borders on pretentiousness) of the sporty Porsches forever. My Boxster 981S had practically no storage spaces to speak off, except for the door pockets, the glove box (which is as tiny as in the Taycan), and an extremely shallow storage box under the arm rest. Much smaller than on the Taycan. It fit a phone and a few cards, basically.

I think the idea they are trying to sell is that the Boxster is a sports car, so leave your phone locked away (connected to the USB inside the cubby though), and "drive". Unfortunately, most of these cars work really well as daily drivers, too.

Do you have the storage package on your Taycan? At least then you can use the area under the middle display in the center console, because it adds an actual tray. If you don't, it's basically useless space unless you want to glue something on it.

If not, I suggest adding a tray somehow, with double side tape maybe?

 

[Chas1]

yes you are pretty much the only one who likes those aero wheels.When I bought my 4S i was shocked how the aeros looked on my 130k car.I hastily replaced those with a set of 20 inch Panamera wheels i found on Ebay.I still have the 19 inch aero wheels with unused tires and if you need a spare set I can sell those to you

I like the look of 19” wheels too. It seems to strike a good visual balance, 21” have a pimped up ride look that isn’t to my taste. All the advantages laid out by the op and less prone to pothole a kerb damage. Definitely considering 19” to replace the 21”.

 

[Chas1]

My guess is they set it up this way on purpose, under the assumption that people will typically want to charge up to 100 percent on a fast charger and don’t want to be inconvenienced by forgetting to change the threshold and having to restart when they return to the car to top it off.

Also, I love the wireless charging dock. Use it everyday and never have heat issues unless I leave the phone in there for hours and hours. Conversely, the tiny console space is ridiculous.

Interesting point with regard to DC charging. I would expect most Taycana will charge at home and DC fast charging will be on a longer trip therefore the driver will be with the car when DC charging and can stop charging at the level of charge they wish. But it’s does seem a bit of an omission by Porsche.

 

[f1eng]

This thread is about impressions, so after driving a Base loaner last week for 750 miles round trip, and now watching this video, which is so entertaining, so that is why I am sharing, I am wondering now, why am I getting anything but the RWD, as it seems it is getting better and better over time.

The video just confirms how different use cases dictate different priorities, as well as personal taste IMO.

The guy says most people will be driving down the highway and keeping an eye on range remaining and so recommends innodrive as an essential option and recommends one of the less powerful models.

During my 5 months ownership I have done a longish journey on a “highway” ie just over half the journey on motorway, on 2 days. That is just over 1% of my time with the car.
I didn’t even option adaptive cruise control since I find it doesn’t do what I want too often and is exasperating. So for me I had already decided against innodrive as something I wouldn’t need or want. The car would actually be worse for me with it.

The others are, obviously, taste. I dislike glass roofs, for example, he calls it a must have option.

When I ordered my car in July 2021 the CT4S was the sweet spot in the range for me.
Looking at my spec now the only thing I miss is matrix lights which had been dropped as an option when my order was fixed. Green is no longer an option so no incentive to buy a new one at all.

 

[magnitude]

The video just confirms how different use cases dictate different priorities, as well as personal taste IMO.

Yeah, I agree. For example I’m again quite different (I specced the ACC as a must have, had the car for barely a week now, and was so glad to have ACC after work yesterday), but the video doesn’t speak to me at all.

I rarely have the car in range mode, because I charge at work, and if I run out anyway, there are lots of fast chargers that I can just use while shopping.

The turbo (or 4S) is great not because it accelerates from 0 to 60 in 3 seconds, but because it does the same while you’re already at speed. You just zip through everything with it, and it’s that extra bit of fun while already going. That’s the great thing about EVs, the power is always there.

 

[Eric]

I like the look of 19” wheels too. It seems to strike a good visual balance, 21” have a pimped up ride look that isn’t to my taste. All the advantages laid out by the op and less prone to pothole a kerb damage. Definitely considering 19” to replace the 21”.

I have 20 inch Michelin tires and the they are not low profile tires unlike the Pirellis so curb damage is not an issue

 

[Chas1]

I have 20 inch Michelin tires and the they are not low profile tires unlike the Pirellis so curb damage is not an issue

Would these be similar for the 21" wheels? Would you mind sharing the type of Michelin tyres that you have on your car?

 

[Jenner]

Would these be similar for the 21" wheels? Would you mind sharing the type of Michelin tyres that you have on your car?

Tire brand does not determine profile, tire size does. Not sure what Eric was trying to say. He should be comparing 20" tire sizes (which would have more sidewall due to 1" smaller wheel) to 21" tire sizes. Again NOTHING to do with Michelin vs Pirelli.

A 265/35R21 front tire and 305/30R21 rear tire are roughly the same across all brands.

 

[WasserGKuehlt]

Tire brand does not determine profile, tire size does. Not sure what Eric was trying to say. He should be comparing 20" tire sizes (which would have more sidewall due to 1" smaller wheel) to 21" tire sizes. Again NOTHING to do with Michelin vs Pirelli.

A 265/35R21 front tire and 305/30R21 rear tire are roughly the same across all brands.

@Eric might have meant that the sidewall of the tire has a lip/protrusion which extends in the vertical plane beyond the edge of the rim, thus protecting it from scrapes. That may be manufacturer-specific, and is not related to the standard dimensions of the tire. (Even the contact patch is not the same for tires with identical dimensions.)

FWIW my 20" Contis do have the same feature, as do, I suspect, most of the tires in production today.

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