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The Cleaner Vehicle Discount is still in place. It is being withdrawn on 25 December 2025.

Get a decent OPC (not one that regularly overcharges) to look. I was told by one OPC that I needed a new undertray because there was a hole; another OPC said “everyone has holes and scratches, don’t worry”. It is pretty hard to drive a Taycan without scraping on a driveway or speed bump somewhere.

I had the same thing a few weeks ago. The moment we locked the car, the alarm sounded. Frustratingly, it was when we were parked in a not very nice car park about to go to a concert. Leaving the door very slightly ajar eventually allow us to walk away from the car without the alarm sounding...

Porsche, despite promises to the contrary, still seems to be running on an "old world" business model. Once a car leaves the factory, it is gone. Compare with Tesla (or Apple) -- your car is still part of the fleet and regularly maintained. I've had just one software update, and that required...

That is one of the lowest quotes we have seen here. Ask them how they handle drain checks. it seems that the expensive ones quote for disassembling the car "just in case". The cheaper ones just pour a bit of water down ... but if they are blocked then they will take the car apart for an...

Yes. When I brought my car to High Wycombe for a simple software job, without asking me they ran it through a machine which checks wheel alignment etc and photographs the underside. From a safety perspective that's generally a good idea, but I felt that I was then going to be pressured into...

... who were also the winners of the highest quote for a first service, £1500 - and didn’t improve despite two requests. They appear not to use common sense when pricing. I think they are conning you when they tell you there is a warranty risk. I had my dash cam installed by an excellent...

well I think things ARE getting better: - several players including IONITY are investing heavily, with rapid rollouts planned and real progress - regulations introduced in recent years will put all charge point providers on a path to credit card acceptance (PAYG) which will be mandatory -...

I have certainly done A few spectacular U-turns with my RWS-equipped Sport Turismo. It is a huge car. I’ve not done a comparison though, as I got it bundled into the car. Suggest you borrow one with and one without from the dealer and tell us what you find! (I did though do a proper comparison...

yes I believe it is not only part of Innodrive, but only available in factory fit rather than feature-on-demand Innodrive. at least in the previous model Taycan.

Do please search the forum for the 500 previous posts on options, many of which contributors have written up in detail. Meanwhile: Rear Wheel Steering? 7 if you live somewhere needing tight U-turns etc. 3 otherwise Massage seats? 3 InnoDrive incl adaptive cruise control? 10 -relaxed highway...

Here’s an example: on the M5 to preempt some traffic congestion ahead they reduced 70 in fast flowing traffic to 60 with an overhead sign. 99% of cars were flashed by the camera on the same gantry as the sign because they had not yet begun to brake sufficiently. Innodrive would (admittedly not...

Sure, let's see the sums :-) I am just saying that a full business case to run a decent sized set of chargers might be surprisingly expensive. Remember that they need a lot of high power infrastructure, which may require rights to run high power cables over other properties (who may in turn be...

That is my understanding. In addition, Innodrive will slow you as you approach a speed limit sign, so you are going at the correct speed when you pass the sign. (Not even Teslas do this :-) ). That means you are driving legally; and in the UK can save you from particularly mean speed cameras...

The retrospectively added Innodrive does not have all the features of the factory option, presumably because sensors are needed. I think we have previously worked out that the main difference is omission of cross-traffic detection/alert. It is another thing that is useless 99.9% of the time …...

I use Innodrive almost all the time. In Porsche’s implementation it provides a good secondary support to your driving - it will brake if you have missed something in a moment’s inattention - while being instantly overridable with more ease that Tesla’s autopilot. But more importantly, as you...

which by the way is another dumb Porsche design choice based on thinking like ICE cars. You can use a Tesla as an all-day air conditioned office but the stupid Porsche shuts down with a big thump every 30 mins.

IONITY is a special case, though, because it is part owned by Porsche - think of 30p as an in-house discount constructed to make EV driving cheaper for all the manufacturers in the club (and 74p for outsiders). They also got a lot of EU funding to accelerate growth (although recent funding for...

well people say that but I’ve not yet seen anyone actually expose the business case for installing, maintaining, and operating a sizeable charging station. It is possible that it genuinely needs pricing of 55-79p/kWh to generate adequate returns. I don’t know.

EVs are fabulous to drive and the Taycan even better. For your driving pattern you can ignore all the noise about “range” from ICE owners and consumption-obsessed social media warriors. Just drive it like a Porsche, ignore the guessometer telling you numbers of miles. And take it to a twisty...