Anyone specced a Taycan 4s?

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Was toying with the idea of getting myself a Christmas present, er, I mean a sensible car for the school run and am stumped by the drivetrain options on the Taycan...

PTV Plus... Rear wheel torque vectoring. Presumably with only one motor on the back axle it has an open or slip diff and torque vectoring just uses the brakes independently to move the torque around? If you don't get this tell me you don't have an open diff!?

PDCC Sport... Dynamic Chassis Control. So active roll bars? Meh. Appreciate it's a heavy car but with so much weight presumably below the roll center does it really need active control?

Sport Chrono... Ability to switch between driving modes. If you don't have this are you stuck in one mode?

Any thoughts welcome. Cheers

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Taffy66 said:

I had my new Taycan 4S delivered last Thursday. Have only driven it once due to work and being tied down with the lockdown, however can offer some insight. Mine with the Performance battery plus came to £103K which is plenty for a 4S otherwise just get a Turbo. I didn't tick any of the options you mentioned as they're not needed on the Taycan due to the extremely low CoG and great steering.
I even picked the 20'' wheels as the 21'' Mission e wheels really hammers the range especially at motorway speeds. It handles like a dream and rides like a limo on the 20'' wheels. Due to the nature of the car and its weight i think the less complicated its chassis in terms of adding options the better. Sport Chrono is purely a gimic on the Taycan as you get all three driving modes as standard so you're just paying for a silly clock and steering wheel mode switch.
As i mentioned if you add too many options then just get the Turbo. Another point is the 4S PP battery is 85Kg lighter than the Turbo which aids speed and handling prowess in itself. I have spent the money on Adaptive CC, 14 ways, heated seats F/R, full leather, Pano roof. Passenger display and 4 zone climate which all make the Taycan a better car to be in.
The Taycan is a brilliant car to drive and disguises its weight much better than the various Panameras i've owned over the years.

Many thanks. Yes I figured the battery plus was a must but the only wheel I vaguely like is the mission e so specced those too; I think the longest journey I'll ever do is about 60 miles round trip so don't mind too much.

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Grantstown said:

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PTV - I’m guessing the standard traction control will brake the wheel losing traction. Presumably the PTV will have some sort of electronically controlled LSD to allow a certain difference in wheel speeds?
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Yeah not sure. The Porsche website is no use at all; it seems to be aimed at people who have no interest in cars.

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Taffy66 said:

DMC2 said:

Up until recently I had a high spec 4S. My opinion is that the car doesn't need PTV Plus or PDCC. Car felt fine without it and I think those additions would be a waste of money. Just make sure you spec the battery upgrade and glass roof.

This is what i did and very happy with my spec. I agree that both PTV+ and/or PDCC is a waste of money on the Taycan 4S. Also 100% agree that both the PP battery and Pano roof are absolute the two 'must haves'

I'm in slightly 2 minds about the roof. I love it but I live in the Caribbean. How tinted is it? I can always get it more tinted I suppose if it gets too hot.

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Grantstown said:

My latest thoughts before the spec is locked. I guess one would call it ‘poverty spec’ at only 97K!

PM7LW987

Thanks. 'Mine' is also 97k but as it's for export I think I can at least get the VAT back which makes it proper poverty pricing!

PMH1YT68

All quite exciting. My first new car.

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Occasionally but only a $20*mph fine no points

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So do we think a boggo Taycan has an open diff, an LSD or an open diff with individual wheel braking (aka PTV) with the cost option being PTV+ (presumably electronic control allowing the TC to control the motor too) ?