Taycan owner experiences?
Discussion
ecs said:
037 said:
Sorry I wasn't clear. The Macan EV 
Ask your dealership for one, they'll take £3k off you and put your order in computer as a Macan 2.0. Then who knows! (They said they'd be in touch when it becomes available to me though).Electronicpants said:
AB said:
What pisses me off is the 20% of the time it doesn't connect to CarPlay.
Click on the phone symbol on the heating bit, then the dots on the bottom LHS, then of the two options click device manager, brings up 2 Bluetooth symbols and a car play symbol next to your phone name, click on carplay symbol and your done.You get used to it, I must do it 3-4 times a week!
Digga said:
Mrs Digga had an I-Pace for a year so so. Whisper it, but in many regards it might even be a better car to live with than a Taycan.
I prefer the styling and capacity of my Taycan CT and it definitely handles better, but the single pedal driving is great for commuting on the Jag.
Interesting post as I’m due to collect my Taycan this week but I really like the iPace and I’m still not sure I’ve made the right decision! I really like the one pedal driving and the way it brakes. I’m really concerned about the Taycan braking as is feels really odd, from initial pedal application there’s definitely a gap in pressure and almost feels like the car gains speed as if brakes have come off and it freewheeling then foot hard down to fully stop. It’s just not nice and this being the 9th Porsche I’ll have had, the brakes feel like the least Porsche-like element of the package. I have concerns over the braking when parking and in slow traffic as a result….I prefer the styling and capacity of my Taycan CT and it definitely handles better, but the single pedal driving is great for commuting on the Jag.
Edited by TwoManyCars on Saturday 12th March 22:25
You've not made the wrong decision. Absolutely no way.
One foot braking aside as that's personal opinion, I can kind of see where you're coming from as the brakes are massively different when I go between 911 and Taycan but it doesn't take long to readjust. I think it's more to do with the Taycan using regen on lighter braking vs the pads kicking in on heavier braking when needed.
One foot braking aside as that's personal opinion, I can kind of see where you're coming from as the brakes are massively different when I go between 911 and Taycan but it doesn't take long to readjust. I think it's more to do with the Taycan using regen on lighter braking vs the pads kicking in on heavier braking when needed.
I’m a Taycan owner - Already racked up close to 2k miles in less than 6 weeks.
I’m going to end up echoing much of what has been said in earlier.
- I bought used (10 months old), as a private buyer, slightly over new list price, but got the full dealership experience.
- I expect it to cost me £20k a year in deprecation (when and if used cars prices return to normal), eye watering yes - but similar to what a used S-class, 7 series. or A8, used to cost.
- I went for the lowest in the model range (2WD), in part as I figured it was never going to be a performance car so why sacrifice range for power.
- Economy, I get 2.5 miles per kWh, I’m doing 90 miles a day of fast motorway driving, mostly with lights on, heated seat and wipers, in 1 to 8 degree temps.
- The car came with 14k miles and the previous owner managed an amazing 3 miles per Kwh over his ownership.
- Full charged (100% although the recommendation is only to charge to 85% most of the time), I’ve seen 240 mile range displayed.
- I pay 20p (at the moment) per Kwh of electricity (at home), therefore the equivalent to approx 95 mpg (at current diesel prices).
- The car is a joy to drive, piping hot when I get in, very quiet, super tech (mine just works), comfortable, for me the perfect fast commute car.
- It’s heavy, combined with no ‘regenerative braking’ (I.e on lifting the accelerator it simply coast & very effectively) , hoping between an ICE and the Taycan I need to make a conscious effort to brake (and firmly).
- The weight and wide stance, means it’s very stable, even through standing water at speed.
- Motorway driving is very easy and simple, no more need to kick down 3 gears to get back up to speed (after been forced to slow down).
I find it quite useful to think of charging in terms of miles added per hour.
—— home 7kw - 16 miles per hour (160 overnight)
—— std service station charger 22kw - 50 miles per hour
—— fast charger 50 to 60kw - 120 to 140 miles per hour
The two things that I don’t like
1- It’s size,I’m not a fan of saloons, especially massive ones.
2- My understanding is it has two gears, coming from 70mph, to near stopping for a roundabout but then speeding back up, can result in a clunk, I’m assuming this is it changing down the gear.
I’m going to end up echoing much of what has been said in earlier.
- I bought used (10 months old), as a private buyer, slightly over new list price, but got the full dealership experience.
- I expect it to cost me £20k a year in deprecation (when and if used cars prices return to normal), eye watering yes - but similar to what a used S-class, 7 series. or A8, used to cost.
- I went for the lowest in the model range (2WD), in part as I figured it was never going to be a performance car so why sacrifice range for power.
- Economy, I get 2.5 miles per kWh, I’m doing 90 miles a day of fast motorway driving, mostly with lights on, heated seat and wipers, in 1 to 8 degree temps.
- The car came with 14k miles and the previous owner managed an amazing 3 miles per Kwh over his ownership.
- Full charged (100% although the recommendation is only to charge to 85% most of the time), I’ve seen 240 mile range displayed.
- I pay 20p (at the moment) per Kwh of electricity (at home), therefore the equivalent to approx 95 mpg (at current diesel prices).
- The car is a joy to drive, piping hot when I get in, very quiet, super tech (mine just works), comfortable, for me the perfect fast commute car.
- It’s heavy, combined with no ‘regenerative braking’ (I.e on lifting the accelerator it simply coast & very effectively) , hoping between an ICE and the Taycan I need to make a conscious effort to brake (and firmly).
- The weight and wide stance, means it’s very stable, even through standing water at speed.
- Motorway driving is very easy and simple, no more need to kick down 3 gears to get back up to speed (after been forced to slow down).
I find it quite useful to think of charging in terms of miles added per hour.
—— home 7kw - 16 miles per hour (160 overnight)
—— std service station charger 22kw - 50 miles per hour
—— fast charger 50 to 60kw - 120 to 140 miles per hour
The two things that I don’t like
1- It’s size,I’m not a fan of saloons, especially massive ones.
2- My understanding is it has two gears, coming from 70mph, to near stopping for a roundabout but then speeding back up, can result in a clunk, I’m assuming this is it changing down the gear.
TwoManyCars said:
Interesting post as I’m due to collect my Taycan this week but I really like the iPace and I’m still not sure I’ve made the right decision! I really like the one pedal driving and the way it brakes. I’m really concerned about the Taycan braking as is feels really odd, from initial pedal application there’s definitely a gap in pressure and almost feels like the car gains speed as if brakes have come off and it freewheeling then foot hard down to fully stop. It’s just not nice and this being the 9th Porsche I’ll have had, the brakes feel like the least Porsche-like element of the package. I have concerns over the braking when parking and in slow traffic as a result….
Yep, the brakes can feel odd, almost caught me out at times. There is a regen mode you can add, which I’ve one button programmed for country road driving.
Wilmslowboy said:
TwoManyCars said:
Interesting post as I’m due to collect my Taycan this week but I really like the iPace and I’m still not sure I’ve made the right decision! I really like the one pedal driving and the way it brakes. I’m really concerned about the Taycan braking as is feels really odd, from initial pedal application there’s definitely a gap in pressure and almost feels like the car gains speed as if brakes have come off and it freewheeling then foot hard down to fully stop. It’s just not nice and this being the 9th Porsche I’ll have had, the brakes feel like the least Porsche-like element of the package. I have concerns over the braking when parking and in slow traffic as a result….
Yep, the brakes can feel odd, almost caught me out at times. There is a regen mode you can add, which I’ve one button programmed for country road driving.
This oddness combines with the usual EV fact that the closer the battery is to 100% the less the regeneration braking and force. (This is not news if you ran an I-Pace.)
I find the opposite for the Taycan brakes . Really easy to modulate , great feel and retardation .
The I pace brakes in comparison are truly terrible . Difficult to modulate and ultimate braking power really worrying ( ie will it actually stop ).
At full charge the I pace has virtually no regen throttle off for about 20 miles so you have to use the crap brakes .
If I could have the throttle off retardation of the I pace and then just pure brakes of the Taycan , that would be my ideal .
Regarding the button for regen , my Taycan has that on the steering wheel.
The I pace brakes in comparison are truly terrible . Difficult to modulate and ultimate braking power really worrying ( ie will it actually stop ).
At full charge the I pace has virtually no regen throttle off for about 20 miles so you have to use the crap brakes .
If I could have the throttle off retardation of the I pace and then just pure brakes of the Taycan , that would be my ideal .
Regarding the button for regen , my Taycan has that on the steering wheel.
The more I read the less convinced I am it’s the right car for me purely based on the braking. I’ve done an online search and found that in a Taycan forum there is a thread on this very topic since cars have had a software update, none of the owners are talking positively about it. Parking sounds like it could be trouble given inconsistent pedal feel.
Edited by TwoManyCars on Sunday 13th March 11:10
Wilmslowboy said:
I’m a Taycan owner - Already racked up close to 2k miles in less than 6 weeks.
I’m going to end up echoing much of what has been said in earlier.
- I bought used (10 months old), as a private buyer, slightly over new list price, but got the full dealership experience.
- I expect it to cost me £20k a year in deprecation (when and if used cars prices return to normal), eye watering yes - but similar to what a used S-class, 7 series. or A8, used to cost.
- I went for the lowest in the model range (2WD), in part as I figured it was never going to be a performance car so why sacrifice range for power.
- Economy, I get 2.5 miles per kWh, I’m doing 90 miles a day of fast motorway driving, mostly with lights on, heated seat and wipers, in 1 to 8 degree temps.
- The car came with 14k miles and the previous owner managed an amazing 3 miles per Kwh over his ownership.
- Full charged (100% although the recommendation is only to charge to 85% most of the time), I’ve seen 240 mile range displayed.
- I pay 20p (at the moment) per Kwh of electricity (at home), therefore the equivalent to approx 95 mpg (at current diesel prices).
- The car is a joy to drive, piping hot when I get in, very quiet, super tech (mine just works), comfortable, for me the perfect fast commute car.
- It’s heavy, combined with no ‘regenerative braking’ (I.e on lifting the accelerator it simply coast & very effectively) , hoping between an ICE and the Taycan I need to make a conscious effort to brake (and firmly).
- The weight and wide stance, means it’s very stable, even through standing water at speed.
- Motorway driving is very easy and simple, no more need to kick down 3 gears to get back up to speed (after been forced to slow down).
I find it quite useful to think of charging in terms of miles added per hour.
—— home 7kw - 16 miles per hour (160 overnight)
—— std service station charger 22kw - 50 miles per hour
—— fast charger 50 to 60kw - 120 to 140 miles per hour
The two things that I don’t like
1- It’s size,I’m not a fan of saloons, especially massive ones.
2- My understanding is it has two gears, coming from 70mph, to near stopping for a roundabout but then speeding back up, can result in a clunk, I’m assuming this is it changing down the gear.
Great write up - thanks for taking the time. Picking up on one of your most important points, I think the EV thing is working for a lot of folks at the moment because the tax position is very good if your self employed/own a business plus the depreciation is very low/non existent. If your right and the cars start to drop big chunks of value then it all doesn’t look so smart. Crystal ball time, wonder how long before the market is saturated/supply starts to overcome demand etc? I’m going to end up echoing much of what has been said in earlier.
- I bought used (10 months old), as a private buyer, slightly over new list price, but got the full dealership experience.
- I expect it to cost me £20k a year in deprecation (when and if used cars prices return to normal), eye watering yes - but similar to what a used S-class, 7 series. or A8, used to cost.
- I went for the lowest in the model range (2WD), in part as I figured it was never going to be a performance car so why sacrifice range for power.
- Economy, I get 2.5 miles per kWh, I’m doing 90 miles a day of fast motorway driving, mostly with lights on, heated seat and wipers, in 1 to 8 degree temps.
- The car came with 14k miles and the previous owner managed an amazing 3 miles per Kwh over his ownership.
- Full charged (100% although the recommendation is only to charge to 85% most of the time), I’ve seen 240 mile range displayed.
- I pay 20p (at the moment) per Kwh of electricity (at home), therefore the equivalent to approx 95 mpg (at current diesel prices).
- The car is a joy to drive, piping hot when I get in, very quiet, super tech (mine just works), comfortable, for me the perfect fast commute car.
- It’s heavy, combined with no ‘regenerative braking’ (I.e on lifting the accelerator it simply coast & very effectively) , hoping between an ICE and the Taycan I need to make a conscious effort to brake (and firmly).
- The weight and wide stance, means it’s very stable, even through standing water at speed.
- Motorway driving is very easy and simple, no more need to kick down 3 gears to get back up to speed (after been forced to slow down).
I find it quite useful to think of charging in terms of miles added per hour.
—— home 7kw - 16 miles per hour (160 overnight)
—— std service station charger 22kw - 50 miles per hour
—— fast charger 50 to 60kw - 120 to 140 miles per hour
The two things that I don’t like
1- It’s size,I’m not a fan of saloons, especially massive ones.
2- My understanding is it has two gears, coming from 70mph, to near stopping for a roundabout but then speeding back up, can result in a clunk, I’m assuming this is it changing down the gear.
Wilmslowboy said:
I find it quite useful to think of charging in terms of miles added per hour.
—— home 7kw - 16 miles per hour (160 overnight)
I don't have a Taycan, but wonder why 7kw is half the speed of a Tesla? I get 32mph using 7kw - or have I missed something obvious?—— home 7kw - 16 miles per hour (160 overnight)
I did test drive the Taycan before buying the Tesla. Obviously very different cars.
NDA said:
I don't have a Taycan, but wonder why 7kw is half the speed of a Tesla? I get 32mph using 7kw - or have I missed something obvious?
I did test drive the Taycan before buying the Tesla. Obviously very different cars.
The number I quoted is based on my avg economy (2.5 miles per kwh), therefore 2.5 * 6.9 (never quite see 7 kw) gives about 15 to 16 miles per hour of charge. I did test drive the Taycan before buying the Tesla. Obviously very different cars.
For you to get a real-world 32 miles from 7kwh you would need to be able to manage just over 4.5 miles per khw, I did read Teslas often manage 4+ miles per kwh.
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