Quote:
Originally Posted by robg
Be curious to hear your impressions if you do test drive one. I plan to drive one at some point as well. Seems like most reviews have praised the steering and handling.
Atleast on paper, I’m actually more excited about this than any other sub 100k new car that’s come out in the past 10 years or so. It seems like the perfect do it all car. As a family that only has the space / need for one car that probably bumps it higher on my list than for someone who has multiple cars.
Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
|
My big hesitation--other than cost--is range. There's a lot of gamesmanship when it comes to range figures, and everyone knows that Tesla's range numbers (while EPA compliant) are...optimistic. Nevertheless, I still don't have a good sense of how Porsche's range estimates translate to the real world.
C/D does a 75 mph range test which is moderately illuminating, but it doesn't look like they have any sort of correction for weather, which is really problematic given how much that can impact range. Still, according to C/D their 2019 Tesla Model 3 had a 237 mile range, whereas the Taycan 4S was under 200--in fact, it was 180, which is really a lot less than the Model 3.
If the Taycan really is returning less than 200 miles of range, that could significantly impact my ability to use it as a NYC --> DC travel car, which is part of the car's whole use case. So, IDK. Need to think about that some.
EDIT: Tesla
https://www.caranddriver.com/reviews...y-maintenance/
Taycan
https://www.caranddriver.com/news/a3...-range-tested/