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I bought it and have already used it to replace a front tire ruined by a stealthy pothole. With Mission E wheels going for $2000+ apiece it seemed like a smart investment. Like many dealer add-ons done at the time of sale the price can be negotiated; I was able to get over $600 off Porsche's...

As mentioned, you're not going to put out a battery fire with an extinguisher. But for general purpose use the Element Fire Extinguishers are great to carry in a car. They will provide fire suppression for 50 or 100 seconds (depending on the model) which is much longer than a standard 2 pound...

According to a recent test posted at "InsideEV's" the Kia EV6 returned over 250 miles of range at 70mph. Kia EV6 AWD Exceeded 250 Miles In 70 MPH Range Test (insideevs.com) Whether that's consistently reproduceable or not, it would seem that an average of 143 miles would likely be on the very...

I wasn't able to actually read the article either due to the paywall so I have a couple of questions for anyone who has. If the author drove 2013 miles and charged 14 times; that's an average of 143 miles between charges. The Kia EV6 has a projected range of 310 miles. Why so many stops? Also...

Massage seats are great. We have them in my wife's e-tron SUV and my Ford F250. They really help on long trips. Unfortunately, they weren't available with the 18 way seats so I don't have them in the Taycan.

We're really talking now about two different things. I fully understand the need to engineer to a cost; I dealt with that for 30 years. OTOH, if you gave me a clean sheet of paper and an unlimited budget I would likely come up with a different solution than one that was based predominantly on...

Fair enough. Adding cost into the equation is a separate issue as is the requirement for safety and reliability. You wouldn't engineer a suspension made from balsa wood. :) But all else being equal, for maximum performance a chassis engineer will create the lowest mass design suitable for the...

Ok, I freely admit this is just a pet peeve of mine and nothing personal, but can we at least agree that the word is "brakes" not "breaks"? ;) I'm not treating un-sprung weight as an absolute. If there was an engineering or performance downside to un-sprung weight reduction, I might agree with...

In addition to weight, the main reason that F1 cars use carbon brakes is for their superior fade characteristics and their performance at very high temperatures. I don't think I'm taking anything out of context and I appreciate his (and your) POV. The bottom line, though, is that according to...

So, you're saying that un-sprung mass has virtually no effect (or "makes very little difference" in your words) on handling, turn in, steering feel or performance? Almost makes one wonder why anyone would bother with lightweight wheels, brakes and suspension components. If you search the...

Your experience notwithstanding, to keep things in perspective, the 15-16" cast iron brake rotors used on modern Porsches, including the Taycan, are actually larger and heavier than the wheels of the F1 car you tested on the chassis dyno. At around 35 pounds apiece the larger Porsche cast iron...

Probably because IMSA brake regulations (Section 2.4.1) do not allow for carbon ceramic rotors on the 911 GT3 Cup. TR-PCCNA-2022-Technical-Regulations-REDLINE-02232022.pdf (imsa.com) I don't think anyone is suggesting that un-sprung weight is the Taycan's biggest problem, only that reducing...

Nice vid! Some people will say that because the Taycan is so heavy saving weight with PCCB's is irrelevant but for reasons the video explains, reducing unsprung weight and inertial mass will provide benefits even for a 5000lb vehicle. And carbon ceramics do look cool as hell!

I'm as sure as I can be; just checked my account online and it still shows the EV-A rate plan and not EV2-A. Quite a while back (maybe a year or so?) I received a letter from PG&E indicating that they would be switching me to the new EV2 plan unless I responded positively and told them that I...

Sorry you're having a problem with the free charging and the Audi app. On occasion the app doesn't connect and update the car's status right away if I'm not with the car which can be annoying. That said, although I've only tried to use the free Electrify American charging 6 or 7 times that...

I won't attempt to psychoanalyze the buying public; I'll leave that to the experts. ;) As previously stated, my answer to the question posed at the top of this thread is, not anytime soon. My thoughts generally on 1000 (or other ridiculous number) horsepower street cars has already been...

Oops, looks like someone struck a nerve.

I get your point. But by your logic, why not have 2000HP street cars? 3000HP? 200HP in a 4000lb EV will get you around town but won't be much fun to drive for those of us that are performance minded. 500HP+ in a 5000lb EV like the Taycan provides a very satisfying experience. 1000HP? I can't...

My EV rate plan has been grandfathered and I'm not sure what the details are around the latest EV plan that is available. I will say that at true up time I actually get money back. Two years ago, it was almost $400 and last year it was around $150. Since it doesn't cost anything to change rate...

My apologies for not reproducing and responding to everything in your post...a lot of this stuff is subjective anyway. But just to clarify, I never said Porsche wasn't interested in straight line performance. What I said was that they weren't interested in building cars with the highest...