Farewell !

[Chalks99]

The time has come to move on.
A big thank you to the community here for all the help, knowledge and passion I have been fortunate enough to benefit from for the past 3 years.
I wish you all the very best of luck with your Tesla’s, truly a wonderful piece of technology.
On a side note, I have to de-personalise my vehicle before it’s collected so if anybody would like a charging mat, screen surround (with phone holder) Go Luk front and rear dashcams (with hard wired parking battery) boot liner, frunk liner, various carbon look reflected surrounds (sound tacky but actually look great!) centre console trays, 500GB removable hard drive etc etc then reach out via DM. Happy to let go at vastly reduced prices !
Location - Solihull
All the best, Chalks99

 

[Watts_Up]

If I may ask, what will be your next vehicle?

 

[Chalks99]

If I may ask, what will be your next vehicle?

Have always wanted a Porker (well, an electric one anyway) so gone for the Taycan Cross Turismo. Totally different vehicle to the Tesla from a build quality perspective but I’ll miss the ease of charging and OTA updates and general fun of the Tesla.

 

[WannabeOwner]

gone for the Taycan Cross Turismo

I'll be interested to hear what your thoughts are, once you are a month or two / several thousand miles into ownership.

I've had Tesla's since 2015 ... no particular reason to change ... 3rd party charging issues are s well known, and I do need a fair bit of trip-charging ... so for me I'm sticking at present, but ... that time will change. Hence be interested to hear back in a while.

 

[zoomer0056]

I'll be interested to hear what your thoughts are, once you are a month or two / several thousand miles into ownership.

You'll probably have to look for him on a Taycan forum. Or better yet just go there now. I bet there's already that type of info on such a forum.

 

[Watts_Up]

Have always wanted a Porker (well, an electric one anyway) so gone for the Taycan Cross Turismo. Totally different vehicle to the Tesla from a build quality perspective but I’ll miss the ease of charging and OTA updates and general fun of the Tesla.

Yes, totally different car.... It can take five minutes to order a Tesla ... but it would take me at least five days to decide which options to choose !!! LoL

If I may ask, what option(s), color... did you selected?

 

[debrooker]

Very nice. First saw one when i took my first tesla in for ppf. Much Envy

 

[Chalks99]

Yes, totally different car.... It can take five minutes to order a Tesla ... but it would take me at least five days to decide which options to choose !!! LoL

If I may ask, what option(s), color... did you selected?

Volcano Grey, CT Turbo. Options were chosen based on would I actually need / use them; Porsche aren’t shy with charging big money for what appears to be an endless list of options. That’s another reason I liked the Tesla so much, hardly any extras / options to choose !

 

[Sean.]

Have always wanted a Porker (well, an electric one anyway) so gone for the Taycan Cross Turismo. Totally different vehicle to the Tesla from a build quality perspective but I’ll miss the ease of charging and OTA updates and general fun of the Tesla.

Hit me up on the other place.

I’ve had a Taycan Turbo since December. Great car. I’m sure you’ll love it.

 

[Chalks99]

Hit me up on the other place.

I’ve had a Taycan Turbo since December. Great car. I’m sure you’ll love it.

Hi, which one are you on ? Taycanforum.net ?

 

[Sean.]

Hi, which one are you on ? Taycanforum.net ?

simcity

https://www.taycanforum.com

There’s a good UK section over there, like here. Very helpful and friendly folks again.

 

[Zilla91]

Yes, totally different car.... It can take five minutes to order a Tesla ... but it would take me at least five days to decide which options to choose !!! LoL

If I may ask, what option(s), color... did you selected?

It's terrible having the choice to configure the car as you'd like it

 

[WannabeOwner]

It's terrible having the choice to configure the car as you'd like it

particularly if the options-wishlist increasing price graph line fails to stay under the the budget line!

 

[Zilla91]

The words Porsche and budget should never be used in the same sentence.

If you have a budget in mind, look elsewhere.

 

[spdpsba]

The words Porsche and budget should never be used in the same sentence.

If you have a budget in mind, look elsewhere.

It is a Porsche - not a Ferrari.

The basic Taycan starts just around £70000. Lots of forum members have a higher version of S and X costing more than £120000.

 

[WannabeOwner]

It is a Porsche - not a Ferrari.

Wing Mirror Upper Trims Carbon £ 1,052.00

Hmmm

 

[Zilla91]

It is a Porsche - not a Ferrari.

The basic Taycan starts just around £70000. Lots of forum members have a higher version of S and X costing more than £120000.

Says more about Tesla's ridiculous pricing then anything else.

That 70k won't be staying at 70k for very long after you spec it.

 

[WannabeOwner]

Says more about Tesla's ridiculous pricing then anything else.

Model S starts at $91,380 - I'll guess that will be £91,380

Tesla MS - 3.1s, 155MPH, 405 miles

I presume Tesla range is WLTP? (like Porsche) and thus comparable (albeit not achievable!)

Taycan 408 PS - 5.4s, 143 MPH, 231-276 miles from £75,500

Taycan 530 PS 4.0s, 155MPH, 230-282 miles from £86,500

Taycan GTS 598 PS 3.7s, 155 MPH, 273-313 miles from £106,000

Taycan turbo 680 PS 3.2s, 161 MPH, 270-315 miles from £120,000

Taycan turbo S 761 PS 2.8s, 162 MPH, 273-291 miles, from £142,400

Bjorn says that new MS is his idea of the best EV - comfortable on along journey, frugal, hatchback for huge cargo volume. I'm with him on that, but no argument from me over Porsche fit-and-finish / luxury / cabin-quality / exclusivity etc.


ABRP says from me to the Alps :

MS 787 miles, 1h37m charging (4 stops - supercharger only)

MS 782 miles, 1h34m charging (4 stops - any charger) (Longest leg 258 miles, 81% used [318])

4S 788 miles, 2h11m charging (7 stops) (Longest leg 137 miles, 82% used [167])

Turbo S 786 miles, 1h56m charging (6 stops) (Longest leg 121 miles, 75% used [161])

Not as much in it as I expected, although whether the 3rd party charging speed would be achievable in practice I dunno ...

 

[Zilla91]

If you're doing it based purely on numbers then I don't think a Porsche is for you... It can be slower, have a lower range, worse charging, whatever, but that's not the reason why you're buying a Porsche.

When the day comes to replace my M3P, I want to replace it with a new Cayman EV. It'll probably be slower, worse range, worse public chargers, less practical but it won't matter because it's a Porsche and I just want one

 

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