Feeling Nauseous?

[Porsche-Guru]

I am prone to motion sickness (as a rear passenger) and a little prone when as a front passenger; however have never felt motion sickness as a driver. Regardless of the car... or speed of driving.

However, I had something similar in a BMW X4 M60 that I test drove.

I drove it like it was stolen.... and although while driving I was absolutely fine, no issues at all. Not even a hint of motion sickness or anything other than a wide grin.

However, after about an hour or so, I could feel some mild effects similar to motion sickness... and these did last until the next day.

I guess, it was due to the aggressive acceleration stop starts that I was doing, that probably messed with the fluid in my ears.
During driving, the adrenalin was there to counter it, but it showed its mild effects a few hours later.

Maybe the person is also more susceptible to sudden G-forces... and even mild driving (with the lack of exhaust note, engine sound) maybe causing this.

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[tomw00]

I can suffer from motion sickness driving my Taycan but only around a track. I suspect it is the lateral 1g+ force that is doing it.

To counter this I wear a scopoderm patch. This works really well for me.

 

[Amelio]

My wife felt this way in the Taycan Turbo we test drove. I wasn’t driving it aggressively or anything but she said she felt sick and we stopped for an extended lunch break at a restaurant. The SA called me and was a little concerned how long we have had the car but I told him she wasn’t feeling well, and we would make it back as soon as we could. It’s strange, but in the 4S for mwnyshe never felt this way.

I’m pretty quick with technology, but honestly felt pressured for time and couldn’t figure out if there was a softer suspension setting we could’ve used. Honestly navigating the menus in settings were a little frustrating they don’t seem all that intuitive. I know there’s buttons by the driver, but really couldn’t tell what they did other than the traction control
The brakes were very touchy and maybe that was the problem. I don’t think they were stock pads and felt very grabby. Maybe that’s what made her sick?

So bottom line is yes my wife felt sick in one of the Taycans we test drove. The others She was fine.

To be fair, we test drove a Tesla model s LR. It was no slouch, dual motor I think 681 hp? She felt fine in the car, but on a little John out on my own driving it harder than I probably should. I did feel a little nauseous Heading back home after a 10 km drive. On another drive in the Tesla, a nice, easy drive to camp, a youngster in the back said he felt a bit sick. I checked the suspension settings, and for some reason it was on the lowest ride height, and also a sport damping setting. I cranked up the ride height, softened the dampers and put the motor is in chill mode. He said he felt better in the backseat after then.

for me, the bottom line I think is how smooth driver is. Herky-jerky motions could make just about anyone (short of a professional driver) feel sick.

my friend took me for a spin in his 2018 911 cabriolet and well he drove fairly fast, he was smooth, and I never felt sick. What a beautiful car btw!

sorry for meandering off topic I just (really) enjoy car discussions and could do this all day!

 

[Tucson_Jim]

EMF sensitivity? Any studies done on magnetic field strength around an EV battery?

 

[BigBob]

Hi

Anyone here or their passenger feel nauseous from being in the car? And I don't mean when you floor and and drive it like a sports car. Just driving it normally or being driven in it normally.

A friend is looking at buying a Taycan and test driven it 2 times for a weekend and after getting out is feeling sick later in the day - for the rest of the day and into the next day

Car his test driving has the pana roof. Question is, does this go away, and if so was it weeks or months?

His never been in an EV before

Are you sure you hadn't just been watching the 5th Ashes test?

 

[Leverage]

Motion sickness shouldn't last until next day though..

 

[anonymouse]

In some advanced driver training recently the instructor encouraged me to practise "ease and squeeze" on the accelerator. EVs can be pretty punchy if you hit acceleration suddenly. Try suggesting that to your friend.

 

[LeftCoastElectric]

Wife gets sick in the car if the suspension is not in sport mode. So that's where we keep it. Normal is a bit soft and floaty.

My wife gets car sick as well. I’ve tried only driving in Range Mode with her to see if that helped. Didn’t really. I never though about going to Sport setting! I’ll try that next time and see if that helps.

 

[hifi239]

Sounds like he may be allergic to one of the cleaning products used to freshen up the demo car between clients. I have never experienced anybody getting motion sickness some time after they get out of the car.

I think it is more likely to be this. Any chance he could just sit in the stationary car with the conditioning on for 15 minutes and see if it happens? There are ppl who are sensitive to new carpet, etc. Could be one of the materials or it could be cleaners.

 

[Midlifecrisis]

This happened a while back to someone on the Macan forum. Turned out she only felt sick in cars with air suspension. Can you get your friend to try one without? Might have to be a RWD

 

[Electra Glide In Blue]

You might try deactivating the recuperation mode, and gauge the reaction. I had a Tesla 3 and a favorite passenger complained of motion sickness. I tempered the regen and the she felt better on the next outing. I have no huge need for recuperation in the Taycan, I am not using it.

 

[tbinmd]

This happened a while back to someone on the Macan forum. Turned out she only felt sick in cars with air suspension. Can you get your friend to try one without? Might have to be a RWD

Just put the suspension in sport mode, it will fix the floaty problem. The good thing is the suspension stays in sport mode even when the car is power cycled. 911s and Caymans do no do that.

 

[mikeyyn]

 

[Tighlines]

My first few drives in a tesla with the one peddle drive mode made me queasy and I never use the recoup in the taycan for that reason.
Was the car in the one peddle drive mode?
Motion sickness usually goes away when the motion goes away, def not lasting into the next day...

 

[Redhot2474]

Could be the way it delivers the power…

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