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Michelin CrossClimate2 if you want it to do double duty as a winter tire. Otherwise, Continental DWS 06 Plus.

Wow:

I would usually excuse that at age 89, but if you're still able to get into and out of a Taycan, then you must still be in better physical condition that many lift-served downhill skiers I see out there!

If you're not an aggressive driver (at any age -- although I'm especially impressed by anyone still driving a Taycan who is a full three decades older than me!), then any performance edge of a summer over all-season is going to lose on a total year-round basis by having to run your winter tires...

Yes, that was a subject of widespread discussion, but the specifics were always lacking. When I set this NEVI db: https://evstates.org/awards-dashboard/ ... to include the categories of Conditionally Awarded, Awarded, Under Construction, and Open, total funding is $572.5m and Tesla's share is...

I can see how that would have worked as an inducement at some ski resorts in the early years of EV adoption. Now though, reliability would be a bigger draw. But I don't know of any ski resorts in northern New England with a decent chance of getting a plug on a weekend. Even on a weekday, this...

Certainly make sense in that context. In my context: The choices are kind-of-slow L2 vs even-slower L2. Nobody there cares in general, especially since given the free charging I suspect it's used almost exclusively by people who just want free kWh, rather than by people who really need it for...

Three advantages from all this: I am no longer wondering if the noticeable decrease in charging speed is somehow unique to my Taycan. (I knew it wasn't unique to my EVSE, since I noticed the same decrease at two different places with two different brands of hardwired 48a EVSE models.) When I...

This sure seems like a pleasant surprise. Pre-ADAS, I had some windshields replaced at my house. But ever since then, Safelite had me to come to the shop to recalibrate the ADAS -- this was for VW Arteon and Audi A6ar. IIRC, various posters have claimed that something about the Taycan is...

I'm at about half your lifetime tally, but similar experience with repair vs replacement: whenever I've thought that repair might be a feasible for a relatively small and stable crack, the inspector upon examination has always deemed it too large to repair, and hence replacement. (In my state...

Stopped at Ionna again this afternoon -- love it! Even used the trash bin and the windshield washer squeegee, what amenities. (Also used the bathroom of the adjacent restaurant. Wasn't sure how they view that, but the desk at the entrance wasn't staffed, so didn't really find out.) Perhaps not...

"If you get decent fast charging sites in VT and NH, you'll have nothing left to post about in the forum...." Thus wrote a fellow forum member to me, hah! Well, I stopped there again Sunday night -- so much fun. See, I can write about how non-Tesla DCFC actually works well in northern New...

For you Europeans, yes. For us Americans … TBD? (Please please pretty please yes!) Question: will four motors provide better traction on snow? Or are the differentials on each axle already so sophisticated on good cars that it won’t make any difference?

MSRP for building a 2026 with my options is $157,457. MSRP for my actual 2022 4CT was $136,350. The original owner also paid for PPF (which works quite well) and window tinting (which seems odd for a Seattle driver). I paid $97,345 in August 2023 with 18,375 miles. I'm now at ~66k miles. So...

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@MoniqueDenver Please accept my condolences on your ski season. We in New England have been monitoring that quite closely. Mainly for the purposes of gloating -- hey, we don't get to do that very often, so we're enjoying it while we can, hah! Anyways ... yes, that is quite the drive from...

Yes, you mentioned earlier that your 20’ setup has winter tires. But your earlier description of your winter driving seemed like a perfect fit for the CC2. I probably drive more in snow than any Taycan owner in the U.S. yet I’m perfectly happy with the CC2 (and on my A6ar too). Also, note that...

That model receives universal rave reviews. In the three German car forums I’ve frequented in recent years, I’ve never come across a detractor. Even copes with light snow reasonably well for an all-season tire.

Replace your current winter tires with Michelin CrossClimate2 and run them the entire year. Sell your 21’ setup.

^ The iX3 battery is substantially bigger than that of the J1.1 or J1.2, and even setting that aside, an interesting calculation is miles of range gained per, say, 20 minutes over the most optimal SoC range.