Do you keep your charger in your trunk at all times? What about spare blinker lights?

[SWORDER]

I replaced my front orange blinker lights, which dealer refers to as "markers," with white ones. Purely a cosmetic decision. I just think it looks a bit nicer. They gave me my old orange ones back in a bag before I left.

For those that have replaced your blinkers, what's the upside to keeping the old ones? It's a fairly cheap part after all.

There's also the matter of that heavy charger that comes in the trunk of every Taycan. It's not like I need the extra trunk room but it's hard for me to come up with an "edge case" where I'd actually use it; I only use public chargers. Or is it kind of the same concept as a "spare tire" where it's like, you'll probably never use it, but you don't want to drive around without one? I think the idea is that if I'm stranded in some place with no public chargers, but still had enough juice to do so, I could drive to a neighborhood and see if a random resident would let me trickle charge my battery from their outlet. But isn't that what Porsche Roadside Assistance is for?

Do you always keep yours with you? There's no right or wrong answer to this of course, just curious what standard practice is.

Not a terribly important question. I'm just kind of a minimalist so don't like carrying around extra stuff in my car, especially heavy stuff like the charger, that doesn't serve an important use case.

Thx!

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[kmcdonal]

I only bring a charger when I am on a long road trip where the charging options are limited. I have brought it with me maybe 3 times in 14 months. That said, I have a charger at my house and have a lot of public chargers near me.

 

[Kingske]

I am keeping my PMCC charger permanently mounted in the matching Porsche wall box on my garage wall while I keep a lightweight Mustart travel charger in the small below-floor compartment of my Taycan's trunk.

 

[atebit]

Well force of habit from the Teslas, where the mobile charger was much more compact, mine is still sitting in the soft-sided “steamer trunk” it came in. I should probably take out the essential parts & put them under the trunk divider at some point…assuming the PMCC & accouterments actually all fit under there.

Also: anyone interested in a brand new PMCC?

 

[Miwa]

I think I might bring the charger along if I went somewhere I could use it, but since that never happens it just sits in the garage in its bag. (I already had a ChargePoint EVSE installed years ago for wife's Bolt)

It's just extra weight, and I figured the Taycan was already heavy enough.

 

[PDACPA]

I only bring a charger when I am on a long road trip where the charging options are limited. I have brought it with me maybe 3 times in 14 months. That said, I have a charger at my house and have a lot of public chargers near me.

I hate the amber side markers. Always swap them out on my cars, but noticed many on here have the clear ones. Did Porsche start shipping US ones with clear markers?

 

[DGT]

I hate the amber side markers. Always swap them out on my cars, but noticed many on here have the clear ones. Did Porsche start shipping US ones with clear markers?

No - all are shipped to the US with the orange. Another nanny state thing. I swap them out whenever possible. Don't have the option for Cayennes and Panamera. Not sure about 718s.

 

[DGT]

I replaced my front orange blinker lights, which dealer refers to as "markers," with white ones. Purely a cosmetic decision. I just think it looks a bit nicer. They gave me my old orange ones back in a bag before I left.

For those that have replaced your blinkers, what's the upside to keeping the old ones? It's a fairly cheap part after all.

There's also the matter of that heavy charger that comes in the trunk of every Taycan. It's not like I need the extra trunk room but it's hard for me to come up with an "edge case" where I'd actually use it; I only use public chargers. Or is it kind of the same concept as a "spare tire" where it's like, you'll probably never use it, but you don't want to drive around without one? I think the idea is that if I'm stranded in some place with no public chargers, but still had enough juice to do so, I could drive to a neighborhood and see if a random resident would let me trickle charge my battery from their outlet. But isn't that what Porsche Roadside Assistance is for?

Do you always keep yours with you? There's no right or wrong answer to this of course, just curious what standard practice is.

Not a terribly important question. I'm just kind of a minimalist so don't like carrying around extra stuff in my car, especially heavy stuff like the charger, that doesn't serve an important use case.

Thx!

No need to keep the orange ones. The clear ones are orange when illuminated so they meet the US's dumb requirement for orange side markers.

 

[submatrix]

The Porsche default charger is indeed super heavy, not to mention it comes with a nearly unusable 8(?) foot cable. I bought the Tesla one which is much smaller, lighter, and comes with a 20 foot cable. I store this in the frunk at all times along with any charging adapters, my Teslatap, etc.

 

[kort]

back in the early days I always brought my EVSE on trips, now that there are so many places where finding chargers is fairly easy I do not bring it along.

 

[W1NGE]

Never took my PMCC with me (yet) but unless there is no chance of finding a charge point (plan ahead) then I would as a last resort. There are many charge points out there and just a matter of finding them by using reliable apps. Also carry a cable however just in case my charge point of last resort is untethered.

 

[whitex]

8 years of driving EV's here (all Teslas). Both my wife and I keep the mobile charger in our cars. NEVER used it, except once when I drove to visit relatives on the other coast, but that was pre-planned and they even installed a NEMA 14-50 in their garage just for out visit - could have packed it just for that trip anyways. Seriously considering just keeping them in the garage instead, but they are small enough that and there is just enough space in the trunk side cubby that it's not that much of an issue. From what I've seen, Porsche's is much bigger, so might just leave it at home (for when and if I get one, which depends on whether Porsche can get me a car sooner than I find an alternative I like same or better).

 

[W1NGE]

8 years of driving EV's here (all Teslas). Both my wife and I keep the mobile charger in our cars. NEVER used it, except once when I drove to visit relatives on the other coast, but that was pre-planned and they even installed a NEMA 14-50 in their garage just for out visit - could have packed it just for that trip anyways. Seriously considering just keeping them in the garage instead, but they are small enough that and there is just enough space in the trunk side cubby that it's not that much of an issue. From what I've seen, Porsche's is much bigger, so might just leave it at home (for when and if I get one, which depends on whether Porsche can get me a car sooner than I find an alternative I like same or better).

There is a separate hidden stowage area in the trunk for the PMCC / PMC+ and cable so no issues with storing in the car if needed.

 

[pedro66]

Bought a spare travel charger from Amazon has mains connections for class 1 and 2 so can be used anywhere plus I also got a Tesla adaptor for destination chargers bet we never need them

 

[Klepper]

Bought a spare travel charger from Amazon has mains connections for class 1 and 2 so can be used anywhere plus a Tesla adaptor for detention chargers bet we never need them

This is what I did as well. I bought the Mustart travel charger ($379), and it's much smaller than the PMC+/PMCC. It seems like cheap insurance to always have a way to charge when in a bind.

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