Things I hate about my Taycan

[BjörnfromHamburg]

Thinking again and again about what I "hate" about this beautiful racer lets me get along with all the issues decribed here and can live/ drive with them very happily as the advantages are clearly weighing in heavily.

BUT: reversing in the dark and truely seeing NOTHING at times annoys me at every occurrence and I won't get used to that.

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[f1eng]

Thinking again and again about what I "hate" about this beautiful racer lets me get along with all the issues decribed here and can live/ drive with them very happily as the advantages are clearly weighing in heavily.

BUT: reversing in the dark and truely seeing NOTHING at times annoys me at every occurrence and I won't get used to that.

Try using the hazard flashers, it shouldn't be needed but does light up the rear a bit - a tip from somebody who learned to drive before any car had reversing lights and was taught to use the indicator to see a bit. Emergency flashers didn't exist either so now we can at least have twice the light of an indicator.

 

[whitex]

Try using the hazard flashers, it shouldn't be needed but does light up the rear a bit - a tip from somebody who learned to drive before any car had reversing lights and was taught to use the indicator to see a bit. Emergency flashers didn't exist either so now we can at least have twice the light of an indicator.

I'd suggest starting with rear fog lights.

 

[BjörnfromHamburg]

I'd suggest starting with rear fog lights.

Didn't have to use those for like 15 years.
Gotta try that.

 

[f1eng]

I'd suggest starting with rear fog lights.

They may work, we didn't have them back then either!
Over here the fog lights are red and indicators amber which tends to be brighter. Worth trying both

 

[whitex]

They may work, we didn't have them back then either!
Over here the fog lights are red and indicators amber which tends to be brighter. Worth trying both

Absolutely, more light is always better, even if intermittent.

Taycan is the first car I've owned with dual rear fog lights, most of my prior cars didn't have any, the German ones had a single one until Taycan. I actually used my Taycan rear fog lights twice during driving too, both times on my way home after picking up the car. Once was a really thick fog, the other heavy snowstorm - both real low visibility on an interstate highway, so I was glad I had the rear fog lights.

 

[F1Ruaraidh]

I think a fish with swollen eyes might see better than what these cameras show. It takes me 10x longer to back into spots with my Taycan because of the bad rear camera(s) than it does to back in my Volvo (with far superior cameras). No excuse for Porsche's bad cameras. The new Macan EV has better cameras, but not a lot better.

My negatives regarding the Taycan are a little different. (1) The center console storage area is perhaps the worst in the auto industry; the door and access are just dreadful. Porsche brilliantly designed one of the best center-console areas in the industry in the new Macan EV: great center-console storage bin under the armrest, better cupholders recessed down low so you can't knock into your cups accidentally, and a really nifty lower storage bin in front of the cupholders with a much better situation for placing and charging your phone. Why couldn't Porsche copy that great center-console design in the newly refreshed Taycan?

(2) I hate the Taycan's exterior door handles; Porsche corrected that mistake in the new Macan EV by putting regular door handles back. Why the extra complexity of electronic receding door handles, and extra cost, with something that can break or not work properly? It certainly doesn't reduce air drag by much (not as much as large wheels and roof glass do). Electronic door handles were a "solution" to a problem that didn't exist.

(3) One thing that Porsche made a mistake in the Macan EV was not correcting the mistake of frameless doors that we have in the Taycan. Structurally, frameless doors are less safe. Practically, they can cause problems if they don't retract properly when opening the door, and I find myself always reaching for the glass when pulling the door open (normally one reaches for the door frame surrounding the glass). Just bad design.

(4) I may be in the minority here (probably not amongst those Taycan owners who've had broken roof glass), but I dislike roof glass. Why do Europeans get to have an all-metal roof standard, but Americans can't choose? At least in the new Macan EV (where Americans must get the roof glass whether they want it or not), there's a closing cloth cover to cut out unwanted sunlightl. Roof glass adds weight (reducing range), unwanted sunlight, and cost; is prone to crack/break; is difficult to keep clean; and is less safe in terms of a rollover.

(5) I vastly prefer the physical switches for climate controls that Porsche wisely brought back in the Macan EV (to the haptic switches in the Taycan). But more importantly, nobody likes piano-black shiny, sun-glare-reflection-prone, fingerprint-prone surfaces on the interiors of cars. Porsche has that in all its current 4-door cars, sadly. It's one of the biggest complaints of car owners today, and it begs the question as to why automakers don't just make matte-black non-reflective surfaces standard inside all vehicles?

(6) the lack of dual sun visors for both front-seat occupants is bad -- not corrected in the Macan EV either, which also suffers from the single sun visor not going back far enough (and being unable to slide back) on the side window. Porsche has dual sun visors in the Cayenne, so why not in all of its 4-door vehicles???? I think this should be required by regulation to be standard in all vehicles, as solar glare is a huge safety issue responsible for many accidents.

(7) the frunk opening button on the key fob is annoying; I have accidentally opened the frunk more than once when pushing the lock button on my key fob. And, the Macan EV has a frunk that opens all the way when you push the button (vs. the Taycan, where it's a two-step process, with you having to fiddle with the frunk latch after unlocking the frunk).

(8) can't get heated windshield in Taycan (like you can in Cayenne and Macan); this is a great feature to have (clears windshield of frost, condensation, etc., faster than blown-air defrosters and without the noisy air blasting).

(9) no one-pedal driving.... This is one of the biggest complaints that Porsche gets about its BEVs (and it hasn't put it into its Macan EV, either). Porsche should put in the option so that drivers can use it if they want to (and don't have to if they don't want to). I even have one-pedal driving in my Volvo PHEV, and would like to see it in the Porsche PHEVs, as well. It's a great feature to have in stop-and-go traffic.

(10) electronic air vents; they did correct this in the Macan EV (where they went back to manual air vents).

And I haven't even mentioned the frustrations with the infotainment/instrument-panel software. ... It's ok, but I note that the maps, navigation voice controls, and digital displays are not as good as they were in Porsches five years ago, which is disappointing. My former Macan ICEV had a dial to zoom in and out quickly on the map, which is a great feature to have and one that I used often. That same old Macan also had a spare wheel/tire under the rear cargo area, which I did use once in 3 years; I wish that the Porsche BEVs were made with space in the frunk for a spare wheel/tire that owners could optionally request.

Also, "ct4s Bob" noted in this thread that Porsche should be reading comments here to get good design ideas from actual owners of their cars. I think that any automaker's CEO who doesn't have people dedicated to following owner forums online for direct input from their consumers should be fired; and, furthermore, they should have people responding to comments of owners (at least selectively), as members of each major forum. I have only seen this once or twice in a car forum, where an official from the automaker's HQ was present to engage the community in answering questions.

Agree with all if these especially OPD.

Also ode to Taycan guy two posts up - Taycan charging is hopelessly unreliable even on Ionity! In fact especially on Ionity and Tesla Superchargers start but then fail - every time.

 

[Spyerx]

My Taycan, while I enjoy driving it and overall "like" it, has been, by far, the most unreliable car I have ever owned, its been in the shop more days than any car I have ever owned (outside of a couple 911 hotrod builds I did that basically rebuilt a whole car), and its not even a comparison to the most unreliable PORSCHE I have owned, and I've owned almost 30 of them, and have 5 others right now. It's more unreliable than my 71 911. My experience with porsche and even modern Porsches has been very good, except the Taycan.

And like a sucker we bought a Macan EV, but so far, 6mo in, it's been flawless (really, not kidding). The first day I brought my Taycan home the alarm was falsing due to an interior sensor issue.

But, all the ergonomic and other 'issues' poor quality of the cameras and app, I dunno, they don't bother me much. What bothers me is a car sitting in the shop. And mine is there right now, 3 weeks and counting for a failed 19.2kw onboard charger.

 

[slothinker]

Following up ... I had a passenger watch the "A" mode while I was driving. When we approached a vehicle (or other shiny object) the high dropped as expected. However the color did not change from it's blue hue. Maybe this is unique to my car or to the model and year but there isn't any instrument panel indication that high beams are on or off. I don't necessarily hate this but it's annoying and also occasionally annoying oncoming cars because as good as it is, the automatic switching isn't perfect.

Ok, my bad (eyes) ... I recently had cataract surgery and now can see that high beams are BLUE and low beams are GREEN when the Automatic hibeam adj. system is off. Personally I still these these colors are too close together ... something like bright green and bright yellow would make more sense IMO but I don't 'hate' this anymore.

 

[Iben]

Ok, my bad (eyes) ... I recently had cataract surgery and now can see that high beams are BLUE and low beams are GREEN when the Automatic hibeam adj. system is off. Personally I still these these colors are too close together ... something like bright green and bright yellow would make more sense IMO but I don't 'hate' this anymore.

All in all with its pros and cons, I still loveed my car (2020 model Turbo S) , so I bought a new 2025 modell.
I haven`t regretted it. The J1.2 is almost a new car compared to J1.1 2020 modell.
I understand that the difference is less if you have like a 2023 or 2024 model.

 

[Dr. Debt]

There is always that one troll! to be honest Dr Debt, I would have been happier not hearing your whiny complaint. The OP has some genuine issues, in future, scroll, don't troll

I assume you are unfamiliar with "kvetching". Look it up. An example is "the food is terrible and the portions are so small." No one wants to listen to someone kvetch.

 

[snstevens]

I assume you are unfamiliar with "kvetching". Look it up. An example is "the food is terrible and the portions are so small." No one wants to listen to someone kvetch.

Personally, I think this thread has surfaced some interesting ideas (including using the Fog Lights when backing up).

While I don't agree with all the complaints raised (see earlier post here), I do think there is room to improve this car and would like to see that happen. Sometimes discussions like these encourage the manufacturers to act, and of course sometimes not. TBD at this point.

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