Heavy right foot club

[O2TheL]

They are low for sure. But car is outside at 32degF, so driving warmed will be higher

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[ciaranob]

They are low for sure. But car is outside at 32degF, so driving warmed will be higher

These EV beasts weigh a ton and then some! My car's recommended cold tire temps are in the 40's psi - and indeed will be higher when heated up - worry might be excessive sidewall bulge on cornering hard in lower psi state re potential punctures etc. but I'm becoming boring now !

 

[Raphie]

So who does stoplights without Launch Control?….

 

[Jasper4S]

What a refreshing thread. I’ve seen so many discussions on how to eke out the miles and I’ve just thought to myself ‘Why on earth are people spending all this money on an electric Porsche? A model 3 would give them at least 60 miles more range, a superior charging network and £40k to £80k in change!’

Haha exactly. Lets be best friends!!?

 

[O2TheL]

So who does stoplights without Launch Control?….

I do launch control off stoplights on a daily basis.
I think it's cute that people stress about this stuff

 

[Raphie]

Me too, I love the guys with the little tuned volkswagen Golf TDI, or BMW diesels
it’s just to funny. 9/10 times @60mph I’ve done 2x the distance. Tesla Model 3’s are good fun too.

 

[GtechRob]

What a refreshing thread. I’ve seen so many discussions on how to eke out the miles and I’ve just thought to myself ‘Why on earth are people spending all this money on an electric Porsche? A model 3 would give them at least 60 miles more range, a superior charging network and £40k to £80k in change!’

I’ve no idea what my range or consumption is but I do know that there’s a 3 mile stretch on my way home each day that provides an amazing set of bends with fabulous elevation changes (a real highlight is a long uphill straight just after a right hander with an adverse camber). I always switch on the sports sound and typically select Black Sabbath’s Paranoid as my soundtrack for that bit of my journey. I’d love to try and beat the 2:48 that the track runs for but sadly, it’s a farming area and I often encounter obstacles, (today it was a farmer on a quad-bike with a sheep dog and flock of sheep!) so, I have to take it safely. All the same, the car winds itself up, down and round so beautifully and the smile on my face is nothing compared to the smile inside!

One other thought though. The Turbo I drove on my experience day showed 178 miles for 95% when I got in it and if any Taycan is driven with complete disregard for range, it has to be the experience cars.

glad to be of service!

had a great moment on my drive last night - hauled off a red light on dual carriageway - immediately followed by a roundabout exiting at third exit. little damp but holy hell how the taycan grips (have the torque vectoring thingy and rws) and goes is truly astonishing.

that I had a tesla 3 try jump me off the lights and then disappear in the rear view mirror on exiting the junction only made it sweeter

 

[O2TheL]

OK stories....

I had a Tesla 3 sat in the outside (fast/passing) lane of the motorway, with 3 empty lanes to his left. I came up behind and gave a "friendly" headlight flash. Nothing.
So I pulled over to "undertake" him and as I did so he put his foot down. This a$$-move would work against an ICE. Not so much with against a Taycan.
Hopefully he is less arrogant next time.

 

[mcr21]

For me, being able to fully enjoy the performance without guilt is part of the EV appeal.

Putting my old Targa into Sport+ and wailing on it always gave me that tiny nag in the back of my head about how wasteful it was.

couldn’t agree more - as smooth and reactive Taycan is on relaxed drives, I am sorely missing those European highway stretches with three lanes+, minimal traffic density and no speed cameras to speak of

 

[Hirschaj]

So who does stoplights without Launch Control?….

I’ve seen so many people cross through the intersection late (my light has already changed to green) that I won’t risk it. For sure I would have ran into some of them. The drivers in Austin TX can be extremely bad.

 

[Trogdors_Peasant]

We found our Taycan used. It had lived life in the LA area for its first 24 months/11k miles. The "all up" trip report showed 3.4m/kwh. We've somehow gotten the overall average down to 3.2m/kwh in the 2,000 miles we've put on it. Our most recent road trip down to the Oregon coast last weekend came in at 2.2m/kwh. We still see 3.2 to 3.4 trip averages when in stop and go traffic.

Drive it and enjoy it!

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