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I can see myself hanging onto this Taycan until they come out with whatever is the EV equivalent of the Cayman GT4 or Boxster Spyder.

Is this company really going to make it? I have to think not.

That would be great. You probably know this, but the local PCA club has quarterly HPDE events called "Schnell fests" at COTA - I'm hoping to join the December event, but this time maybe renting a Cayman R rather than taking my Taycan back out... charging situation just isn't stable enough yet.

Thank God @daveo4EV will put that beautiful car through the paces... and Porsche should continue to allocate to those who will actually, own, drive and fully appreciate these special machines. Few things aggravate me more than seeing some GT3 RS or GT4 RS with like 200 miles offered up for auction.

he daily drives a Tesla Model 3.

Tesla had many, many benefits, but among them were first mover status, the novelty of offering something nobody else could (ie, a status EV that didn't suck) and really solid technology that you couldn't get elsewhere. What does Lucid offer that you can't get elsewhere that is compelling enough...

There's a bunch of Taycans for sale at my local dealer - and the used inventory is increasing, so I sense demand is softening. But Lucid is in rough shape. There was a barely used 583-mile 2022 Lucid Air Grand Touring on BAT recently that MSRP'd for $160k and sold for $100k. That's a big hit...

There are a lot of very informed people with an uninformed stance on EVs. For a lot of people, the smell of petrol and the sound of an engine evokes endless positive feelings, which I understand and appreciate. And they don't want to give those up, which I understand. It's time wrenching with...

Less Plaid and more Rimac Nevera.

The E65 did not.

Nope.

Was surprised to see Chris Harris say his F90 M5 CSL was the best road car he'd ever driven. Also just read an article with a BMW executive who said they heard the design complaints, but essentially had to design for the used car market years from now when the general automotive design...

It's a long way from where it first was. I will say finding a lot of menu items in the PCM is still a challenge, 1 year in. I feel like I have to hit the elipses button . . . to find anything useful.

In spite of the result (which I won't ruin), they should have had the same person driving both laps. How can you purport to have a fair comparison otherwise?

I guess the positive note is that he isn't have powertrain or battery issues...

It's why you see Tesla competing hard on price... they have the benefit of scale and cheap capital and I'm sure sense that the competition among traditional manufacturers is growing (although many of these traditional car companies are selling EVs at a loss). The quicker they can get to EV mass...

I think that's it. When you have roads and customs built for very high speeds, you can probably acclimate to it - like anything. Being 40 MPH over what I was used to and 45MPH over the road's stated limit, every undulation and divot in the road caused me to become skittish and lose confidence...

Back when it opened for the first time and was practically empty for miles, I did 130 on Route 130, which, as the article notes, is a toll road between Austin and San Antonio with an 85 MPH speed limit, the highest stated speed limit in the country. Worth doing once, but I pretty much scared...

Totally agree. I bought an M3P because I am a "car enthusiast" and I made the decision that for my limited personal transportation needs and because personally I wanted to encourage the adoption of electric vehicles (for both environmental and political reasons), I would forgo the vroom vrooms...

It's fair in the sense that the Tesla is quicker than a 4S and in track mode probably handles its own on a track head-to-head for 1/2 the cost and with way better technology. If you were thinking solely with your head, the Tesla is a very obvious choice. But it's a toaster of a car.