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I think Porsche may have picked the wrong guy to head up the Charging & Timers department for their first electric car...

You should update your first post with the latest instalment.

That happens here in the UK for people using intelligent utility providers (eg Octopus Intelligent Go). These put their own custom charging schedules onto the car each time it's plugged in. First night it hits the stated charge. But if you don't unplug it, the next night it charges to 100%. No...

Very true. I think it's a concern when people get their first EV, and then they get used to it. And a lot of people are at that 'first EV?' junction in life. I had my Taycan over 3 years and did 23k miles in it. In that time I never once needed to charge it away from home. I did charge in the...

You can buy me a drink in due course, as I think it was originally my idea. https://www.taycanforum.com/forum/threads/ingenious-or-crazy-idea-to-fit-taycan-into-garage.21501/page-2#post-329620 ?

I would make sure there is definitely no damage to the battery tray underneath firstly.

There are a good few threads on warranty if you search for them. But this a recent one that probably covers most lines of thought. https://www.taycanforum.com/forum/threads/extended-warranty-again-or-just-see-what-happens.21351/

....but just beware you may get an Enterprise rental car doing it this way. AA to do the recovery/ Enterprise to do the courtesy car - at least that's how it used to be. When I did this when my heater failed the 1st time, I ended up with an Enterprise clapped out old Lexus hybrid for the week.

Out of interest, I am still on OIG, but don't use the intelligent bit. Just the cheap rate. I now have no devices assigned on OIG app, but still get the cheap rate. So, we have mine and wife's car set to 'immediate charge' and use the evse set to OIG times. It kicks on at 11.30 and stops when...

......and when Octopus IG is working right, it starts charging straight away when you plug in and then stops shortly afterwards once enodes are set. It then re-commences overnight. But it is all charged at the cheap rate. Sometimes if there is plenty of cheap electricity about (sunny days) it...

That is how it works. The Octopus one (called Enode) appears with a random time and replaces yours each time ypu plug in. They actually advise not to use your own timers if using Octopus IG. Then it will tend to stop and start a number of times overnight - usually in 30m slots reaching the set...

Where are things up to on this @Talisker?

What mileage had the car done ? And was it mostly home charging or rapid DC charging? Just out of interest.

What's the prognosis ? It does look like a fair old dent there.

It is tied in with the new cars warranty (3 years in UK). If you take the extended warranty after 3 years, you have the option to bolt it on at extra cost.

I always had issues with my car and Octopus IG. I would get lots of error messages (see pic) and in the morning it would usually be short or over my set charge. Or had not activated at all. It was down to the poor connection with the car where we live. Vodafone signal is non existent here...

This was my issue with Taycan ownership..... Things can go wrong, we all know that. But it's how they are dealt with when they do that matters. And my (first and last) experience with Porsche was paying a premium price for a REALLY substandard service. The word 'mug' alaays used to spring to...

Correct..... The Great Fire of London was in fact started by a very, very early Taycan prototype left outside a Bakers Shop on pudding Lane in 1666. The Porsche technician had just nipped in for a toasted Emmental Foccacia when his car suddenly exploded outside ....setting EV production back a...

I think the attached gives a general idea of new best practices when parking your car up for the night. pic 1 is good practice. Pic 2 is acceptable practice.

It may be worth looking at this thread.... https://www.taycanforum.com/forum/threads/underbody-protection-panel-damaged-batteries-and-coolant-lines-need-inspection-72-5k-replacement-labor-cost-dealership-is-tom-wood-in-indiana.20407/ Although you probably won't want to read all the dozens of...