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In 2018 my final short list was between a Panamera plug in hybrid ST and a Toyota Prius plug in hybrid. I chose the Toyota and still have it. It was 600kg lighter and had a much more elegant (but patented) hybrid system. It was also narrower and shorter and so better for UK parking. The only...

Spot on. In realities it is SUVs that are for fuddy duddies and people who don't like cars or driving ;) And yes they are generally more dangerous - though I don't know about electric SUVs. One of the tyre engineers I worked with when I was in Formula 1 told me they make lower grip tyres for...

It is called Blackberry in England, I specced it to go with Mamba and so have a Aurora Borealis colour way ;) I would have chosen the Blackberry/Crayon (chalk in the US) had it been an option then. I have decided not to buy a new Taycan since the gains aren't enough to offset the downsides for...

Lower pressures are worse if loaded and going at higher speed. I run my 21" tyres at the loaded recommended pressure for long runs.

The monthly fee wipes out a lot of the savings for me since I only do around 6000 miles per year.

I read the first 3 years production is already sold.

The interior is the important styling for me if I am an owner, the exterior I almost never see. I think the interior is brilliant, not sure about the exterior yet but I do quite like it not being samey. It is less like it was designed for a teenage boy's bedroom poster than quite a few recent...

Sadly doesn't exist, and may never as a pure optimised EV

I like the MG Cyberster styling. I may buy one since I like open 2 seaters. https://www.mgcyberster.co.uk/

I have just dumped OVO and am going to cancel Connect. It is taking the piss. My actual phone contract on GifGaf is £6.50 a month and I get more use from it. I would pay £10 per month but, not having any other car that can do anything remotely, it was a novelty I hadn't experienced before and...

Cost may be at issue but and EV is spectacularly less mechanically complicated than an IC engined car. The motor and transmission are much simpler and also run cool enough not to destroy their own lubricant, making mileage probably less of a reliable benchmark on deterioration. A battery module...

For some years the Chinese have been educating more engineers than the west and don't need to copy much any more. They are well ahead in some areas. When I was an apprentice the Japanese were always accused of cheap copies - no more - and China are on the same trajectory and if people continue...

It won its first race, Monza 1987 with Piquet who went on to be 1987 World Champion. The next generation had a hydraulic reservoir problem which couldn't be fixed in a timescale to satisfy sponsors and driver with the resources we had at the time so was converted back to passive. It was very...

Mine does sit up with his chin on the back seat headrest and look out for a while sometimes, but he can't see out when he is lying down. He hates the Taycan and has to get a lot of encouragement to get into it so we only "insist" for long trips since he goes with us everywhere. The Prius is his...

I only have winter on 19 and 20" rims, loaded and unloaded, and summer on 19, 20 and 21" rims also loaded and unloaded. I assumed it was so the App showed the correct deviation from running pressure so accurate corrections can be made. All seasons are not and option, but being different here to...

I think it is because he doesn't get a good view out. In the Prius there is a window below the spoiler and he lies with his chin on the tailgate ledge and can see through this window. In the Taycan he can only watch the world go by if he is sitting up.

FWIW the time I changed car before I bought my Taycan was 2018. I wanted a plug in hybrid and my final short list was Toyota Prius against Porsche Panamera PHEV. In the end the weight, size and complexity of the Panamera was not adequately compensated by any positive attributes so I got the...

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I change to winter tyres when the ambient drops consistently below 7C and change back to summer tyres when consistently above. Here in this part of England it rarely snows so winter tyres are probably less suitable than European type all seasons for winter here (North America tyres labeled "all...

I suspect it might. I have never been disappointed by mine and it certainly seems to get hotter if it is extremely cold.