DerekS
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- Derek
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I recently sold my 2023 GTS and acquired a new 2025 GTS.
I flew to Ontario (California, not Canada) and drove it back home to Los Gatos.
I was very impressed with the range improvements. Shockingly so.
First, the trip report:
I started the trip with a visit to Starbucks down the road, where friendly forum member @Zcd1 met me for a great chat about EVs, life, the universe, and everything. Thanks for meeting me!
Fueled up with caffeine I started the drive home and was surprised to see the PCM routed me through…a Tesla Supercharger! Electrocute America was next door, but I decided to tough out the Supercharger out of curiosity.
This is how that charge session went:
Of note:
- The charge was initiated with the My Porsche app
- Speeds were comparable to the J1 with 150kW/400V option
- I tried to see if Plug and Charge worked, maybe I didn’t wait long enough but it didn’t look like it was getting past “initializing.”
- This session was not free, so the free Porsche Charging Service does not extend to partners.
But that was it! This was my only charge of the trip.
Things I miss from the J1
- Active Lane Keeping. It’s a poorly implemented, dangerous feature…but I didn’t realize how much I relied on it for highway drives until I lost it.
- The old cruise control stalk. I’ve got muscle memory against the old one across two cars, so there was a bit of a learning curve getting used to the new one. The gestures perform different actions. Not a big deal but took some adjustment.
Improvements I like in the J 1.2
- Charging information. There is much more info about what rate you should be getting, battery temp, etc. When a charger is throttling you, it tells you.
- Fast charging deeper into the curve. I tested an EA station after dinner tonight and went from 11% -> 85%. I was quite shocked at how long it held 260kw+ (which was station-limited). It held that rate all the way to 70%.
- Longer range. It really is no joke how much better the range is. So much so I’ve suggested to a few Taycan shopping friends they should skip the bargains on J1 and just for the J1.2.
- Cooled center console. The center console still requires contortion to get into, but it pipes AC in there so the phone doesn’t overheat. This means you can actually charge your phone in there successfully now, which I did.
- Lit PORSCHE logo on the rear. I always felt like this should be lit and I’m glad it is.
- Soft-close doors. This is a really nice touch as I don’t need to get people to slam the doors any more - just close it a bit and it will do the rest.
- Charging planner improvements. I noticed a few new changes such as “prefer plug and charge” and “ignore minimum charge at destination when navigating home.”
Reviews on new-to-me features that were also available in J1
- Burmeister Audio - Maybe I need to give it more time, but honestly this is kind of a disappointment for the cost. It has more “soundfield” modes, but overall doesn’t sound any better than Bose to me…at least not enough to justify the cost. It might even have a little less subwoofer bass than Bose did.
- Power Charge Port Doors - I always wished I had these, especially when I’d forget to close the charging door. I like this feature a lot.
- Tintable glass roof - Kind of a gimmick. Given my roof glass history on the J1, all I can think is “even more cost when it breaks.” Neat I suppose, not sure I will use it much.
- Heads up display - Mixed bag for me. Having it in my face did save me from missing a couple of turns, but I found switching my focus between traffic and the HUD distracting. I ended up wiring the joker button to toggle it, which seemed to work pretty well.
- Night vision assist - We live on a mountain with several families of deer, so I’ll be using this when coming up at night. Seems useful, a little hard to get to as you have to scroll the center tube to bottom-1.
Here some side-by-side pics of the two cars.
I flew to Ontario (California, not Canada) and drove it back home to Los Gatos.
I was very impressed with the range improvements. Shockingly so.
First, the trip report:
I started the trip with a visit to Starbucks down the road, where friendly forum member @Zcd1 met me for a great chat about EVs, life, the universe, and everything. Thanks for meeting me!
Fueled up with caffeine I started the drive home and was surprised to see the PCM routed me through…a Tesla Supercharger! Electrocute America was next door, but I decided to tough out the Supercharger out of curiosity.
This is how that charge session went:
Of note:
- The charge was initiated with the My Porsche app
- Speeds were comparable to the J1 with 150kW/400V option
- I tried to see if Plug and Charge worked, maybe I didn’t wait long enough but it didn’t look like it was getting past “initializing.”
- This session was not free, so the free Porsche Charging Service does not extend to partners.
But that was it! This was my only charge of the trip.
Things I miss from the J1
- Active Lane Keeping. It’s a poorly implemented, dangerous feature…but I didn’t realize how much I relied on it for highway drives until I lost it.
- The old cruise control stalk. I’ve got muscle memory against the old one across two cars, so there was a bit of a learning curve getting used to the new one. The gestures perform different actions. Not a big deal but took some adjustment.
Improvements I like in the J 1.2
- Charging information. There is much more info about what rate you should be getting, battery temp, etc. When a charger is throttling you, it tells you.
- Fast charging deeper into the curve. I tested an EA station after dinner tonight and went from 11% -> 85%. I was quite shocked at how long it held 260kw+ (which was station-limited). It held that rate all the way to 70%.
- Longer range. It really is no joke how much better the range is. So much so I’ve suggested to a few Taycan shopping friends they should skip the bargains on J1 and just for the J1.2.
- Cooled center console. The center console still requires contortion to get into, but it pipes AC in there so the phone doesn’t overheat. This means you can actually charge your phone in there successfully now, which I did.
- Lit PORSCHE logo on the rear. I always felt like this should be lit and I’m glad it is.
- Soft-close doors. This is a really nice touch as I don’t need to get people to slam the doors any more - just close it a bit and it will do the rest.
- Charging planner improvements. I noticed a few new changes such as “prefer plug and charge” and “ignore minimum charge at destination when navigating home.”
Reviews on new-to-me features that were also available in J1
- Burmeister Audio - Maybe I need to give it more time, but honestly this is kind of a disappointment for the cost. It has more “soundfield” modes, but overall doesn’t sound any better than Bose to me…at least not enough to justify the cost. It might even have a little less subwoofer bass than Bose did.
- Power Charge Port Doors - I always wished I had these, especially when I’d forget to close the charging door. I like this feature a lot.
- Tintable glass roof - Kind of a gimmick. Given my roof glass history on the J1, all I can think is “even more cost when it breaks.” Neat I suppose, not sure I will use it much.
- Heads up display - Mixed bag for me. Having it in my face did save me from missing a couple of turns, but I found switching my focus between traffic and the HUD distracting. I ended up wiring the joker button to toggle it, which seemed to work pretty well.
- Night vision assist - We live on a mountain with several families of deer, so I’ll be using this when coming up at night. Seems useful, a little hard to get to as you have to scroll the center tube to bottom-1.
Here some side-by-side pics of the two cars.
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