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So pretty much constantly. Just going with the flow of traffic you drift over and under the 10 mph threshold and get beeped at again and again. Not too annoying while accomplishing not much.

"A passive speed limiter is a system that warns drivers with audible and visual signals when their speed exceeds the posted speed limit by more than 10 miles per hour." The proposed bill is for a passive speed warning, not a speed limiter. You can still exceed 10 mph over the limit you will...

A 350 isn't too far off from a RWD Taycan and a lot less expensive. The 500 version isn't too far off from a 4S, and a lot less expensive. The AMG isn't quite Turbo quick, but close, and again, a whole lot less expensive. I didn't get to drive the AMG version but the 500 was quick enough on the...

Maybe look at the MB EQE sedan. The EQS was a very large floating isolation chamber. Quite the opposite of the Taycan's road feel. The EQE is about the same exterior dimensions as the Taycan with better interior packaging. Lots of configuration options. Similar range to the Taycan. Lots less...

Yes. With a large dose of qualifiers thrown in. A recent drive (120 miles) on flat roads, starting out a little below 20C and rising to 24C, at speeds generally between 50 & 75 mph with minimal stop and go, resulted in consumption of 3.5 miles/kWh. (This was calculated from the % of battery used...

Driving is why the Taycan replaced my Model S Performance. I do fairly regular road trips. With the Tesla the basic autopilot was engaged for a good portion of any restricted access highways. With the Porsche I only use Innodrive to play with the infotainment or open a bottle of water. With a...

My first reaction was that this was a dopey comparison. However after looking at the comparison "test" article that gave rise to the one quoted above (https://www.roadandtrack.com/reviews/a45614830/2024-performance-electric-car-of-the-year/), it's fair to make the comparison. R&T compared 6...

1) A 1,000 pound diet. 2) More efficient, quicker, smaller exterior dimensions. Puts a little more sport in the sport sedan (or CT, ST if that's your preference). No clue how you manage this with current battery technology but you said to leave the physics out.

Bingo. I bought mine because it was a different idea of what a car could be and I was looking for something I hadn't experienced multiple times before. I liked the tech. I loved the instant acceleration. I loved driving that car. That it was an EV and supposedly better for the environment was a...

Anecdotal, but my service advisor said roughly half the Taycan purchasers at his dealership were new to the Porsche brand. I was.

I know I certainly did every once in a while. Does it really make sense to attack corners at the limit on public roads? Most would agree it does not. Does it make sense to demonstrate the superior driving dynamics of a Porsche at 130 mph on a public road (short of the Autobahn). Again no. A 0 to...

There were other factors on the refresh that ruled out another Model S but, like @whitex , I found eliminating the stalks a serious step backwards in functionality. Plus only fanboys could tell the refresh from the outgoing version. However, in addressing the original theme of this thread, the...

My brakes were perfectly normal when I first got the car. Now not so good. The car always stops in I've checked emergency braking and it's fine. Very slow gradual stops not so fine.I have no doubt Porsche will remedy the problem. There are service bulletins for the symptoms my car is exhibiting...

My brakes are most definitely faulty (a service appointment is being scheduled). They weren't like that when I first got the car. If the brake system has somehow ingested air, on a car that has been in service 5 months and accumulated 6,000 miles, there is a fault and it will do it again without...

Part of my response to you would be why have software/a feature if it's not going to function well? Porsche decided to engineer in a large number of options in the PCM menus. It seems they chose to do it "their way" regardless of how the user experience turned out. It generally gets the job done...

Without getting too deep into the weeds. Here's one shortcoming. Why doesn't the Taycan talk to the house WiFi? I live in an area of weak cell signal and in the garage the car is dead communication wise. I can't initiate charging, nor preconditioning the HVAC, nor send a route to the car, nor...

I've done a fair number of road trips in both a Tesla S and Taycan. As you noted, the contrast is huge. If you visit EA chargers you have to wonder who could be subjected to the experience and conclude CCS EVs are a good option out on the road (which is exactly where DCFCs would be used). So you...

TLDR: What Daveo4EV said. @daveo4EV has covered a lot of territory. I'll limit my comments to road tripping. EA is horrible. The Porsche software is unreliable, which makes it worthless at times. My wife and I drive between NJ and Florida multiple times a year. We've gone up and down Route 95...

I'm constantly amazed why everyone compares the Taycan to the Tesla Model 3. No argument the Model 3 is pretty generic and very common now. But also not even close to the cost of a Taycan. The demographic for a Taycan and Model 3 probably differ quite a lot. The Model S is a much better...

My range with the GTS, at 100%, calculates to between 280 and 290 miles (roughly half highway going along with traffic, half local. I do not drive like a loon). This is all in warm weather though and varies depending on recent driving (I think Porsche uses the last 300 miles in calculating...