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I was at the Porsche Museum at Zuffenhausen today where they have a cutaway rear Taycan motor that I thought folks would be interested to see. Unfortunately it was in a display case with lighting pointing directly at it – so it was very reflective. They also had a battery cell in the display...

Introduction After an enjoyable trip to Norway in winter – it is now September and we're heading back to Switzerland and surrounding countries to experience how our performance orientated Taycan Turbo S handles the alpine passes. Our planning has been completed and we get underway tomorrow...

https://newsroom.porsche.com/en/2023/innovation/porsche-engineering-focus-on-the-essentials-33203.html Porsche discovers continuous integration (CI) and you'd swear they'd landed on Jupiter the way they are banging on about it! It's interesting though that this article explicitly focuses on...

I know this has been mentioned before – but I don't use this feature too often and have only realised how poor its become. I was on a long trip at the weekend and wanted to listen to BBC World Service (to follow the dramatic news coming out of Russia) – and it was nowhere to be found. Nor any...

My wife is close to pushing the button on a new Fiat 500e (model: La Prima BY BOCELLI – aka. all the things) as a city run-around. Range/battery size not a major concern – other then at 42 kWh (37.5 kWh usable) it's a little small from a degradation perspective. She'll be moving from a Peugeot...

Introduction After an enjoyable ']trip to the alps in autumn – it is now February and we're heading back into the winter wonderland that is arctic Norway and the Northern Lights. Our planning has been completed and we get underway on Wednesday (Feb 8, 2023) afternoon. We're taking a different...

What's the current thinking on the "Battery-saving fast charging" option? I'll be picking up my second Taycan in early January – and its likely to be one that I keep for a while. I'm contemplating activating this option from Day 1. But I am also wondering aloud if it really makes any difference...

Looks like Circle K has rolled out a new app that they are now pushing people to use: The issue I have is that the app is only available to folks with a Norwegian Apple account. When I'm charging in Circle K in Norway, I've always just used RFID fobs that I have registered against my web...

During my winter trip to the arctic circle earlier in the year – I was very impressed by the performance of the Pirelli P Zero winter tyres. I didn't experience any wheel slip in nearly 5000 km of snow and ice driving. However, what I hadn't appreciated is how good electric motors are good at...

Introduction After a challenging trip to Scandinavia in February, 2022 – this one will be a little calmer – with more two day stop-overs and some overlap with our first road-trip in 2021. Our planning has been completed and we get underway at an early 06:00 tomorrow morning. We won't...

I was impressed by these numbers after 42,000 km – 32,000 km on the tyres (10,000 km on my winters) on my 4S. The thread remaining figures are in mm – new is usually 8 or 9 mm and legal minimum in EU is 1.6 mm – so these tyres are just over 50% worn after 32,000 km. The wear is also even across...

CEO forced out after supervisory board vote will be replaced by Porsche chief Oliver Blume https://www.ft.com/content/f73ee239-8c2a-4344-b042-2d78c646506b "Blume, who will remain Porsche chief executive once he takes over Diess’s job, has overseen the development and market launch of the...

Why, via courier in an enormous package, of course! That contains a tiny windscreen sticker.

It hit 30.5C today – which is very warm for Dublin, Ireland. For context, the highest temp ever recorded in Ireland is 33.3C and that was back in 1887 – 135 years ago! Share pictures of your Taycan in warm weather.

Looking forward to this – during my next autumn road-trip and good to see that they are back running them again after the pandemic shutdown. Anybody else been on it already?

I wasn't aware of the dashcam pre-wiring option – which doesn't appear to be available in European configurators. Interestingly, it mentions front and rear cameras.

https://www.audi-mediacenter.com/en/press-releases/audi-adds-apple-music-to-a-wide-range-of-its-models-14666 This was something I never though to ask/wonder if the eTron GT had an Apple Music integration. I see no mention of Apple Podcasts.

Got this message on loading latest Charging app today. The progress towards "one app" continues.

Saw Mahogany Metallic for the first time in my local Porsche Centre. It had the Black/Chalk Beige two-tone Leather Interior which seemed to complement it perfectly. Wow, what a colour! Very rare here in Ireland – think it is the only one. Its not a colour for me – but the configurator does it...

After a year of Taycan 4S ownership I am in the early stages of a Turbo S purchase – which will be a MY23 car delivered in Jan 2023. I am unsure when my configuration will lock – but likely around August. I still prefer to have as accurate and acceptable order spec in place – so should it lock...