Things that make me super-hate my Taycan (nits and rants)

[DerekS]

I'd pay to see Jack Nicholson offering anger management classes to @DerekS.

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[Leccy61]

There's one weird issue I do have.
Most of the time when I enter the car and press the brake the ignition switches on. I'd say 8/10 times it's like that.

Other times I have to manually press the power button. I have no idea why. Dash just does not turn on for some reason.

On our Cupra Born (MEB) this functionality works perfectly every time. Have never needed to use the power button manually ever.

Mine does that and our ID3 (MEB) doesn’t.

 

[rim23]

Some of you must think about getting a suv for easier in/out. I enjoyed my x5 because of that

 

[Kev946]

I have a Lotus Exige too. Trust me the Taycan is easy to get in and out lol

 

[Lee Chiacos]

How about when Porschy gets confused if my wife has her key fob in her purse and the car can't figure out which master to obey. Way too many bells and whistles on these things.

 

[RBGtaycan]

How about when Porschy gets confused if my wife has her key fob in her purse and the car can't figure out which master to obey. Way too many bells and whistles on these things.

When I first got the car it drove me crazy that I would lock the car and then it would quickly unlock itself..finally figured out it only happened when my wife was with me carrying her key. I got her a faraday pouch for it and the issue stopped.

 

[DerekS]

Some of you must think about getting a suv for easier in/out. I enjoyed my x5 because of that

No way. Taycan is already too big for me.

 

[whitex]

Most of the time when I enter the car and press the brake the ignition switches on. I'd say 8/10 times it's like that.

Other times I have to manually press the power button. I have no idea why. Dash just does not turn on for some reason.

Same here. Tried to figure out why, but there doesn’t seem to be a consistent reason for why only 8/10.

 

[chun]

Same here. Tried to figure out why, but there doesn’t seem to be a consistent reason for why only 8/10.

If I put the keyfob in one of the cupholders it works 10/10 times.
If I have it in my pocket, it's more like 6/10 times.

 

[whitex]

No way. Taycan is already too big for me.

Macan EV is smaller, but easier to get in/out of.

 

[DerekS]

Macan EV is smaller, but easier to get in/out of.

I can't drive such a big car. SUVs are road elephants.

 

[whitex]

I can't drive such a big car. SUVs are road elephants.

But in this case you'd be driving a baby elephant, so smaller than what you drive today (except for height, which is what makes the entry/exit easier).

 

[sufcrusher]

Ingress and egress. I despise getting in and out of this car, something that has only worsened over time. Exacerbating the problem, I have to manually move the wheel forward and seat back when I get out, and reverse when I get in. (I've programmed seat memory buttons 2 and 3 for this purpose.). So annoying

What's your procedure?

All my life in any previous cars, I put in one leg first, sit down and then bring in the other leg.

This turned out to be impossible in the Taycan for me. A few awkward tries initially and then I trained my self to just keep two feet on the ground, sit down (side ways) and then rotate bringing both legs in.

I do have the stupid comfort entry turned off. I hate it. It always induces images of my laptop or a passenger being crushed behind the seat. But it also makes the above way of getting in/out actually harder because you end up behind the pillar.

 

[whitex]

What's your procedure?

All my life in any previous cars, I put in one leg first, sit down and then bring in the other leg.

This turned out to be impossible in the Taycan for me. A few awkward tries initially and then I trained my self to just keep two feet on the ground, sit down (side ways) and then rotate bringing both legs in.

I do have the stupid comfort entry turned off. I hate it. It always induces images of my laptop or a passenger being crushed behind the seat. But it also makes the above way of getting in/out actually harder because you end up behind the pillar.

Why do you have comfort entry enabled then?

 

[DerekS]

What's your procedure?

All my life in any previous cars, I put in one leg first, sit down and then bring in the other leg.

This turned out to be impossible in the Taycan for me. A few awkward tries initially and then I trained my self to just keep two feet on the ground, sit down (side ways) and then rotate bringing both legs in.

Similar. Sit down sideways and rotate. I pull the legs in one at a time due to a hip issue on the left.

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