New owner questions….

[elricardo74]

My commute in the UK is between Suffolk and London. Anyone who knows this part of the world knows that that means the A12 and the dreaded M25. I’m not sure any car on earth can make those roads enjoyable.

I’ll let the S consume those miles and keep the Taycan garaged and lovely for the fun miles and to scare the wife…?

Your forum is a legitimate resource, and holds the key ingredient of honest real world testimony. Invaluable stuff all, thanks. ?

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[WasserGKuehlt]

So I've possibly given a slightly negative slant to my answer. As much as I find aspects of the Porsche unforgivable (particularly for the price) I love this car. Someone described it as like piloting a hovercraft. A really good looking, solid, great handling smooth riding hovercraft. I'm retired and road trip relatively often. Charger problems? So it takes an extra 15 minutes or I have to use one of my backup choices. The brakes? So disappointing but I'm pretty sure Porsche will have a solution by the time I take it in next. If you want easy EV transportation at a very nice price stay with Tesla. Want to really enjoy driving the car - every time you get in it, no matter the destination and pay more than you should have to? Taycan. Even given the flaws I am signed up for a .2 Turbo allocation as soon as my dealer has one.

I mostly agree (4 9s) with the points you raised, but felt compelled to respond on the brakes. I find this to be primarily a subjective issue - just not based on my own experience (22k miles), but also from having read a dozen threads on this topic here. The blending is objectively discontinuous - there is a transition at ~7mph (not 3), but how "jarring" or "noneventful" that really is seems to depend on the person. The brakes are fine. There is plenty of stopping power, clear feedback in the pedal, and the discontinuity, albeit quirky, is predictable. I can understand that not everyone would willingly accept that brakes may have 'quirks' - and that's entirely the point of this being a subjective issue. Doesn't bother me, and even on the rare occasion it catches me being absent-minded in traffic, it was never close.

I'm genuinely curious to read the first impressions of forum members who 'graduate' to gen2.

 

[gtm]

I mostly agree (4 9s) with the points you raised, but felt compelled to respond on the brakes. I find this to be primarily a subjective issue - just not based on my own experience (22k miles), but also from having read a dozen threads on this topic here. The blending is objectively discontinuous - there is a transition at ~7mph (not 3), but how "jarring" or "noneventful" that really is seems to depend on the person. The brakes are fine. There is plenty of stopping power, clear feedback in the pedal, and the discontinuity, albeit quirky, is predictable. I can understand that not everyone would willingly accept that brakes may have 'quirks' - and that's entirely the point of this being a subjective issue. Doesn't bother me, and even on the rare occasion it catches me being absent-minded in traffic, it was never close.

I'm genuinely curious to read the first impressions of forum members who 'graduate' to gen2.

"The brakes are fine." on your car, and apparently many others (but do you really want any "quirks" in a brake system?). The brakes are not fine on my car for some as yet unknown reason. From the numerous posts on this forum a fair number of other cars suffer from varying levels of this problem. The brakes felt perfectly normal on several test drive cars and on mine upon delivery. The rather disconcerting feeling of losing the brakes slowly developed. When my car was in for the battery test/recall the tech felt the problem and updated the PSM software. This improved the brake feel and made the application of the brakes consistent from stop to stop and he pronounced them "normal". If there was no problem a software update would have done nothing to change the feel of the brakes. The inconsistency has slowly returned. The TSB for this problem (90/21) has been changed multiple times from replacing components to doing a brake flush to software. Seems like Porsche acknowledges a problem but doesn't quite know what is causing it and is thus at a loss as how to fix it.

My statement regarding 3 mph is from Porsche's News Room. "At speeds below 5km/h, only the hydraulic system is used for braking." and that is right where I lose braking and have to depress the pedal further. Regen braking stops there and for whatever reason the hydraulic brakes have not been blended in. Press the pedal further and hydraulic braking is engaged.

I agree that the car will stop/slow just fine when it has to. High speed/emergency braking is impressive. It's the slow gradual stop that is an issue.

 

[WasserGKuehlt]

"The brakes are fine." on your car, and apparently many others (but do you really want any "quirks" in a brake system?). The brakes are not fine on my car for some as yet unknown reason. From the numerous posts on this forum a fair number of other cars suffer from varying levels of this problem. The brakes felt perfectly normal on several test drive cars and on mine upon delivery. The rather disconcerting feeling of losing the brakes slowly developed. When my car was in for the battery test/recall the tech felt the problem and updated the PSM software. This improved the brake feel and made the application of the brakes consistent from stop to stop and he pronounced them "normal". If there was no problem a software update would have done nothing to change the feel of the brakes. The inconsistency has slowly returned. The TSB for this problem (90/21) has been changed multiple times from replacing components to doing a brake flush to software. Seems like Porsche acknowledges a problem but doesn't quite know what is causing it and is thus at a loss as how to fix it.

My statement regarding 3 mph is from Porsche's News Room. "At speeds below 5km/h, only the hydraulic system is used for braking." and that is right where I lose braking and have to depress the pedal further. Regen braking stops there and for whatever reason the hydraulic brakes have not been blended in. Press the pedal further and hydraulic braking is engaged.

I agree that the car will stop/slow just fine when it has to. High speed/emergency braking is impressive. It's the slow gradual stop that is an issue.

I literally said "I can understand that not everyone would willingly accept that brakes may have 'quirks' ". You also seem to agree that the car will stop, and it is the brake pedal feeling that is disconcerting. This being a 'new owner' thread, my intention was to add some color to your earlier statement "frequently (like almost every slow gradual stop) causes a loss of any braking that requires additional pedal travel." You could see how "loss of any braking" might be interpreted to mean "the brakes don't".

Regen cuts off at 12km/h; that's the 8mph I alluded to earlier, and where (in my case) I feel the transition from regenerative to hydraulic braking. (I rarely engage recuperation, which indeed would be yet another 'step' .) Hope you can get the issue afflicting your car fixed soon.

 

[Havine]

"over the air software updates" in theory yes, but major updates have required bringing the car to the dealer

"charging speed/rate at home" that would be more a function of the EVSE. On Level 2, the car will charge as fast as the EVSE provides.

"intuitive touch screen/tech" Taycan has beautiful, vehicle-rated OLED screens. Porsche solves alot with CarPlay. Porsche/VW are not known for awesome UI, but it works. Stuff you need to do while driving, like turn on the wipers, brights, etc are at least virtual switches and real stalks. There is a real gear selector. You cannot play video games on the Porsche PCM and use the steering wheel to control a go-kart. You cannot make fart sounds on external speakers. The Tesla UI is better, however, for many things that you might want that aren't real-time critical for driving.

"165k miles" that's great! original battery? Nobody knows yet for Porsche. I haven't seen what supplier the 2025 Taycan battery comes from. The Macan EV is now CATL.

"preheating/cooling" yes, takes a minute to figure out, but all that is there in the app and in-car PCM.

"scheduling and managing charging and booking service" you can book on line, but you can also call and talk to a real person! Porsche are concierge dealers and you should get much better service treatment (if parts are available!). My understanding is that Tesla service has some issues.

You didn't ask about Autopilot/FSD. For long highway drives, the Tesla is probably better on autopilot than the Taycan Innodrive. But I don't know for sure. Not at all talking about FSD here and not going there.

Porsche has blended braking with coast, not single-pedal driving. Both are good. Single-pedal is better for stop-and-go city driving. Porsche blended braking is better for spirited driving on curvy roads or highway.

The Taycan sedan has limited headroom / legroom in the back. Not good for four full-sized males going golfing, for example.
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The 2025 Taycan is better in every way, I'm told (except mixed feelings about the facelift).

You make some solid points here, especially when it comes to the Taycan's tech and features. Porsche really focuses on providing a high-end driving experience with the emphasis on performance and handling, which is what they're known for. The tactile feel of physical switches for things like wipers or brights is definitely a nice touch for those who prefer that over a fully touchscreen interface. The Porsche approach to charging speed is pretty straightforward as well, with Level 2 EVSE, as you mentioned, being the key to faster home charging.


I agree that the UI on the Taycan is functional, if not the most cutting-edge. Tesla definitely leads in that department with a more futuristic and intuitive interface, but Porsche’s CarPlay integration does smooth things out a lot. I also like that they still offer physical controls for things that are critical during driving, which makes the whole experience feel a little more balanced.


As for the battery and longevity question—yeah, that's something I'm curious about too. The Taycan's battery performance over time still seems to be a bit of a mystery, and it'll be interesting to see how the 2025 version holds up compared to the original.


And I totally agree with you on the headroom/legroom. The Taycan is not the most spacious car if you're looking to fit multiple tall passengers in the back. It’s definitely more of a driver's car than a people carrier. But hey, for spirited drives on winding roads, it really shines!

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