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I guess the TYD screen is correct, because it's showing my car en route to Emden somewhere in the vicinity of Dusseldorf. Hmm, satellite photos show there is a golf course near where my car is. Perhaps they are field-testing the number of golf bags they can fit in the trunk.

Not sure how much to trust TYD. According to the landing page, the current phase is "Your vehicle is now scheduled for production" as of 6/9. The previous phase -- order creation -- completed 6/7. If I click on the "Track Your Dream" button, it says the current status is "Production Completed...

Try buying a motorhome. It'll really make you appreciate how much better even the worst car dealer is. Edit: That's not to excuse the poor experience here. It's just to note that spending even north of a million bucks isn't enough to guarantee good QC, dealers, service, etc.

That's very similar to how I felt about the Y. It felt like a top-trim Ford Escape: a pretty basic car with all the basic components upgraded. Fit and finish was pretty comparable to an Escape, too. So I'd be a little more generous and say that, sans the powertrain, it should be a roughly $30k...

Nearly all dealerships will claim that they won't discount, and some actually won't. But most will. They just need to believe that you won't buy a car from them at MSRP before they'll start talking. I got 6%, for what it's worth, and I could've gotten better if I'd been more patient. (I chose a...

I suspect the main reason is that it's included in the premium package, which has probably the highest pick rate after the upgraded battery.

Yes and no. When building the car, you can only order it with both ALK and Innodrive. But if you order the car with ACC but not ALK/Innodrive, you can then get ALK and Innodrive separately from FoD. Check FoD in your country if you want to go this route. I believe that the availability of FoD...

Well... you're not supposed to ever let go of the wheel, or take your attention off the road. A Tesla may ding at you when it disengages Autopilot, but that won't matter if it doesn't disengage until it's five feet away from ramming a stopped semi. I suppose that if you are going to text and...

The temptation is there, to be sure, but for me, the lease numbers are just not even remotely compelling enough, even with the specials.

Yeah, when I placed my order, I resolved that I wasn't going to obsess about it because I knew it was likely to be delayed by at least a month. And yet here we are, not even scheduled for production yet, and I'm still refreshing TYD multiple times per day. So much for self-control.

The performance package is a no-brainer. The premium package is probably a good idea, but it does include some things that you haven't currently selected. But I think the package will still be cheaper than the a la carte options you've selected, so unless you are specifically trying to stay...

I emailed my salesman to ask him when I could expect the link. He never responded to me, but about an hour later I got the link. So I would guess that he did something on his end to trigger the process.

The feature's been turned off in all my recent US-spec BMWs, but my '79 924 had it, and I think my '06 M3 might have as well.

550i here, and I share your resolution.

Coming from an ICE, ordered a 4S. I agree with Mike in CA. For a car that's seldom if ever going to see a race track, the crazy acceleration is a gimmick. It's a really enjoyable gimmick, to be sure, but it's a gimmick nonetheless. My personal threshold for "good enough" 0-60 times is 4...

You wreck on a bike at 200mph, you probably don't even hurt anyone but yourself. You wreck on a 4500lb electric car with 2 kids in the back seat, and you probably kill or seriously injure at least 4 or 5 people.

I almost got myself in trouble with a 4S demo car on the highway. I wanted to move over a lane to my right, and to keep from cutting anybody off, I wanted to speed up a bit and get some separation before doing the lane change. I put my foot down, checked my blind spot, looked back in front, and...

Hah! Maybe when she's older and can mess with the controls herself.

Just to be really clear, no, not true. Electrify America is all 800V, and they generally have two speeds, 350kW and 150kW. You can use both of those at full speed with no additional options. Because EA is free for 3 years and because it is the fastest way to charge a Taycan, it's what you are...

Yup, and I figure (or at least hope) that they will also hold up better to the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune on the roads around here.