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What about Victorville? It's the next available charging point after Hesperia heading toward Vegas. I haven't had the pleasure of stopping in Victorville but it always strikes me when driving through that they have a dentist and palm reader in the same complex. If you make it past Barstow, your...

Oh wow, you definitely get more attention from the Hesperia locals than I do! Oh, I just realized that you're female so that might be part of it? I've gotta ask though, why would they ask if you're vaccinated? That's so hilarious!

Hi, I use Waze for navigation because it helpfully points out police, roadkill, hazards, etc. Unfortunately, Waze and the Taycan don't share information so Waze wouldn't know, for example, how many kWh I have left. It doesn't take elevation into account either. All it knows are my current...

Yeah, I think I generally have the AC set to 70. So it was definitely working and taking its toll on the battery!

TLDR I ran my battery to zero and had to be towed. A few insights and questions follow. Background I make the trip between San Diego and Las Vegas quite frequently. The first leg of the eastbound trip is from my apartment in San Diego to an Electrify America in a little town called Hesperia up...

For those of you with a car on that ship, my condolences. I remember how excited I was watching my ship (Viking Queen) come to San Diego from Germany. To wait all that time and then lose the vehicle in transit is like a punch to the gut. :( ...an interesting quote from the Fox article: The...

CarPlay almost exclusively. The apps I use while driving are Waze, Spotify, Telegram, and Apple Message. And CarPlay supports them all. I feel it's pretty much essential to be able to see where the cops/hazards are. Waze plus a top-notch radar and laser detector are pretty essential. Thing is...

Man, I'm shocked to see this. Every time I chat with fellow chargers at Electrify America, it seems to be well established fact that EA is the worst charging company in the business. So many horror stories. Contrast that with my Tesla-owning friends who have rarely if ever experienced a...

Got into an discussion about whether or not Taycan is "weighed down" after being fully charged, similar to how an ICE vehicle becomes heavier after filling the tank. I'm not a science guy but vaguely remember from high school that electrons have no mass. So it seems, in theory at least, that...

Go to the Charging screen from the Home page and click the three dots in the lower right corner. The following screen will appear: You want to make sure that the Activate Plug & Charge checkbox is checked. If the option doesn't appear at all or is greyed out, making it inaccessible, it means...

Hi Glenn, The PnC should work with your 2021 Taycan post-update, provided they followed the steps indicated here and earlier in the thread. If you don't see the PnC checkbox on the battery configuration screen, it means the update wasn't applied properly. Don't even bother driving it off the...

It's funny. In twenty years, I've never seen a single customer buying any of the overpriced Porsche jackets, watches, etc. here at the San Diego dealership. But if you head north to South Coast mall in Costa Mesa, there are plenty of people milling about in the Porsche store wanting to buy...

Yeah, similar situation with the Harley motorcycle crowd in some cities. It's just so cringeworthy to watch because they're clearly begging for attention, but they've somehow convinced themselves that they look cool while doing it. You know who I hold responsible for this pseudo-cool madness...

Porsche mailed me a Taycan pen: Interestingly, you can't use it for writing. There's no ink in it. On a somewhat related note, the Taycan is equipped with a pen holder in the glove compartment. The holder successfully holds all pens except the Taycan pen. The Taycan pen pops out because the...

There may be some truth to this. Prior to the TTS, I drove various 911 Turbos/S's exclusively for twenty years. It's not that I had a problem with the 911's sound per se. It was loud. People made jokes about how they could hear me coming a mile away, etc. The noise would often set off nearby...

Seriously. Silence is golden. The first thing I did when setting up Individual mode was to nix that silly Sport Sound. I was kind of embarrassed for Porsche, that they'd introduce such a silly gimmick, and even make it the default in Sport Plus mode. That one would design a naturally quiet...

Greetings gentlemen, Six months in and still loving the TTS! I'm one of those poor souls who doesn't have access to a home charger, so I rely exclusively on Electrify America, and sometimes EVGo and ChargePoint. I've only done DC charging through the passenger-side port thus far. Not too...

Wow, dude. That's horrible. There is something about car dealerships in general that attracts employees who are sexually aggressive (and smokers), even if they are in the minority. I'm not sure what it is that draws them in. My girlfriend used to work for a Land Rover dealership in a wealthy...

I brought this topic up earlier in my post "Is it just me, or did your Taycan come with an unrequested, always-on tracking device called StarGard?" TLDR: I got ripped off for $1,000 for a tracking device that I never ordered. It was installed by the dealer, not Porsche, and without my...

Correct. Electrify America doesn't offer a dedicated physical card that you can hold up to the screen. What you can do though is use your credit card at the charger. This is something you'd only do if your EA Plug and Charge isn't working, obviously. I've used this technique successfully a few...