People keep saying shit is obsolete but I’m trying to figure out what the real breakthrough is.
And why is everyone so desperate for a 500 mile range ev? I charge once a week and never think about it.
If anything, I want them to figure out how to make this 500 mile range battery, then cut it in half and give me a 250 mile battery that weighs half as much. I’ve driven all over the rural south just fine on 250, but I’d LOVE if it weighed less.
Man, is it simply impossible for r/cars to ever acknowledge that some people are not 28-year-old single men and need more practicality in a car than what a coupe provides, but more sportiness than what an SUV provides?
I own a Taycan and I specifically chose it over the competition because I enjoy driving, but I also need to carry my kids and their stuff around. I don’t want a numb-feeling bank vault Audi and a 911’s back seat isn’t going to cut it.
And yes, I know I could afford TWO cars for the money, but I also work remote. The ONLY time I get to drive is going to get groceries, go to doctors appointments, and occasionally go pick up take-out. I don’t have time for track days, auto cross events, or entire day canyon carving sessions. So, I need a car that makes the most mundane chores as exciting as possible. That’s what this car does.
I literally just drove my Taycan 600 miles this weekend and I had to spend more stopping to piss, shit, and eat than I spent charging. My only gripe is that the charging stalls are in Walmart parking lots, which have a whole lot of nothing to do nearby unless you want to walk a half mile to eat McDonald’s. I picked up food, ate in my car while charging, and immediately got fucking hash brown grease all over my alcantara.
Between the spy shots of the next Taycan, the Macan EV, and this… I’m glad I bought when I did.
Integra Type S
Debadging is for people who debadge to be able to tell everyone that they debadged their car.
Like a 911 isn’t showing off to begin with. If you wanted to be stealth, you’d drive a Kia.
Taycan with curb rash on the wheels. This is unexpected because I am an excellent driver and absolutely never grind the curb. Clearly the curb snuck up on me and is no fault of my own.
Other brands have better packaging.
I just want a practical hatchback-sized car, man.
The Macan isn’t what I consider to be a “small” car but it’s the closest thing to a Golf R that they make. Just let me have a real Porschefied hot hatch.
My car has the same footprint as a truck and it has less interior space than a Honda Civic. It’s insane.
Thanks for acknowledging my pain.
The Panamera was actually one of my goals a while back. I said that if I ever “make it” I wanted to get The Ultimate Dad Car for when I needed to switch out of my Miata. I ended up going with the Taycan though because I kind of think of it as Panamera-adjacent.
Porsche has had amazing service for me. It’s never a big deal to get a loaner car when I take it in for updates and they have complimentary charging.
I just drove home since my mother is in the hospital. There’s no convenient fast chargers here. I went to the dealer to recharge my car and they didn’t have a fast charger either, but they loaned me a Macan to drive to the hospital, charged my car up on their LV2 charger, then delivered it to the hospital for me. I’d say that’s pretty hard to beat.