Porsche Taycan 4S CT 1000 Miles Update 🙌
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- Опубликовано: 15 дек 2023
- Hi All,
Porsche Taycan 4S Cross Turismo Update - First 1000 miles done already and what a fantastic car! Here are my honest feelings on the car so far and charging has been faultless from a 7KW charger at home and several charging points used.
Hope you enjoy these videos and feedback is appreciated - more coming soon!
Richard
#challengetheroad #taycan4s #taycan #taycancrossturismo #stevebackley 
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Love this model and the SC, great colour too. I'd need a lottery win though. Enjoy.
Great to hear your positive comments and recognition that things are improving with the public network. This echoes my experience!!
Yet another fantastic video, it’s what we expect now, cheers, keep well 👍
To switch between tracks from the wheel....put the right "tube" on the instrument display into "Media". Then press/click the right selector wheel. The Media display will then show a list of tracks/radio stations that you can scroll through and select (with another press of the right selector wheel). If the list is particularly long, you may have to scroll to the top/bottom, select the first/last track and repeat the process. (With a bit of software development this could be a lot better...but it works OK).
Great video. I had the pleasure of staying in a cottage in Worth back in 2016 for a few weeks with work. Nice meal in the Blue Pigeons.
I do like your honest opinion and your videos. The only problem I can find was the lack of that lovely noise. I've looked after many super cars. What I liked about the Porsche I had was the exhaust noise button. Brilliant.
Looks like you’re enjoying this one ⚡️👍🏻
Great and informative video as usual. A video series on vehicle buying strategies would be worthwhile
Great video. 🙏
Great video, 👍 looks like you're getting more subscribers.
I get the impression that you rather like it!!
Love mine too!! I’ve been lucky enough to own some nice cars. This by far is my favourite.
Great video Richard. Re the internal space for driver issue. I'm 6ft3 and slim (14'5 stone) and when I sold my RRSport in Feb after 6 years, comfort was a key consideration as I sometimes do 10-12 hours journeys. LR for me have always been fantastic on seat comfort (D4, RRS etc) and I tried hard to go down hybrid or EV route and did drive a Taycan and loved the concept but was amazed at lack of driver space for what is a pretty damn big car. In the end bought a Cayenne which had the 18 point (vs 14 point normal) seats and that was pretty good though for me still not up there with RRS for comfort..now got a crazy deal on a s/h Velar which gives me the flexibility I need (off road/winter conditions etc) for what the car does plus comfort almost (not quite) at RRS level. I love the tech/speed etc behind the Taycan and great to see it delivery genuine range quoted etc but for me unless you have (a) higher speed charging at home and b) fairly predictable schedule then EV's just not a viable option unless you have at least a second car.
Hoping to get my Velar JLR updates done after Xmas, I'll let you if a any issues. Glad to see channel doing well
Thank you Nigel, I also now have had JLR response to me, so good updates soon!
I configured the diamond button on the wheel to skip forward a track and the short cut one on the right hand side of the dash to go back a track.
In my opinion the rwd is still the pick of the bunch for my day to day stuff. It does move around when pushing on at the rear and is more keen to turn in than the 4S, just feels nicer hard to explain.
Sorry to say the only way to change channels or tracks is by using the PCM. Not only tall people but if you’re slightly larger than an average person, you’ll struggle to get into the front! Good to hear you love the car, I absolutely love mine too - I’m hoping to do a deal on a new GTS this week which should be even better than my 4S.
I'm browsing the ad's for a Taycan, just found these videos .... interesting take, I love the comment about it being a happy car, great to hear. I've been driving solely EV for 6 years, I was prepared to put up with any compromises as I felt it was the right thing to do to set an example to the kids and maybe encourage others through my experience (that worked ). I've ridden into work (push bike) on and off for 40 years, raced a bit and got sick and tired of the pollution, you can taste the metal in your mouth. I was diagnosed with prostate cancer just over 2 years ago (all good post op so far), no history in the family .... you have to wonder.
Any ho, charging has been up and down as EV adoption increases and the network catches up. One of my neighbours is the CEO of major UK charging company, they are trying their best but there are a number of obstacles around planning and DNO's to overcome. I've owned a model 3 for almost 4 years, driven it to Liguria in Italy 7 times, the charging is faultless. It can be done, everyone else needs to up their game.
On the subject of which, Porsche dealers and chargers on the private side of the site! What genius came up with that. I was told that is going to change in the future. Porsche are now rolling out their own bespoke charging sites, the penny has dropped. Facelift Taycan early next year, 106kw battery, improved efficiency. You may see 300 miles out of the facelift, it will be interesting to see if the wh/mile mproves.
Road trip it to Europe, France isn't bad now, Germany is good (for charging that is), Holland and the Scandies are excellent and I think they'll be great GT cars. Meanwhile I need to decide if I'm going to take the plunge next year or wait and buy a 1 year old Highland Model 3. We also have an ID.3, awful software, bit of a worry with the VW group, especially coming from the Tesla.
All the best
Thanks Malcolm, I have enjoyed it so far, not had many problems with the Range. The lowest I have had locally is about 50 miles to go. The massive plus is I that I have seen the range increase on longer journeys with the Taycan. I cannot see me changing the car at the moment. Richard
Agreed on the A pillar thing, I'm 6.1 and long in the upper body. I end up hitting the car getting in and out.
That said it looks a great used bargain if it works for you. That said myself and the dog are happy with my defender 110 defender 300D
Any problem with the heater yet ?had mine replaced .Try favourite button on the steering wheel for next track setting.Agree superb vehicle excellent daily fulfilling a multitude of tasks
An EV can make for great business usage, due to the tax benefits, but many folks aren't VAT registered and don't own businesses. But its good to see a positive review.
I have the Turbo S CT and wasted a lot of money, you simply cannot use that much power regularly enough to make it worth the extra money! I should have bought the 4S but there were no build slots when I ordered the car in Feb 2022 (delivered Dec 2022). I've done approx. 6,000 miles and it is by far the best car I have ever driven. Quicker than a McLaren 720s and yet, 4 wheel drive, 5 seats and superb air suspension - a stunning piece of engineering.
Worth 83 gand now .
@memilome3431 I have a guaranteed residual of £105k after 3 years and run the car through my business on a PCP, the current value is of no concern to me. Anybody who doesn't buy an EV through a business on finance and with the ability to charge at home must be mad.
Great video.
You should be able to configure the diamond button on the steering wheel to skip music tracks. Use that on my Panamera.
Thanks Nick, will try that 👍
if you let go off the gas pedal, does its regenerative breaking actually make it stop or does it roll until you tap the break (in order to activate the auto-hold break, if it has something like that but i suppose it does)
I used to have the Taycan 4s, was the best daily car! I want to get the Taycan GTS.
Its just a Fantastic car to drive - so enjoyable
with the fact that there is a facelif of the current Taycan being prepped for production do you think this is going to cause the prices to dump again ??
Seems to be a trend in stealing the headlights for these by ripping the wings open. Was all over Twitter the other day.
218 miles range oh dear. I’ll
Come back when you can get 3 times that.
Why’s that?
Very happy so far 👍
@@Challengetheroad I’d be forever thinking where I’m going to charge so I can get back home. I do 500+ miles a week. Will stick to petrol.
Each to their own I guess.but for the cost of that I’d expect more.
@@johnw65ukI too do 500+ miles a week and that’s in a Tesla model 3. Currently see 280 miles on a full charge. Never have concerns with charging because of the Tesla superchargers. Or even better, home charging. People wanting 600 miles range think they need this when it’s not the case. If you can charge from home you’re laughing and charging infrastructure is improving constantly. People need to just experience an ev once to see how it could work for them
poor range to be useable, be good to know what the range is after 18 months in the winter. looks great though
Not really having problems with Range so far and seems to increase slightly on longer journeys, which is a real plus.
You need to use the touch screen to change the position of the air vents. Very inefficient.
I assume you have the battery pack plus what sort of range do you get on a full charge?
I am considering changing to a Taycan 4s CT. My work journey is a 60 mile round trip so no issue there it's just longer journeys I'm more concerned about is the charging situation in the UK better than it used to be?
Hi Nick, no problems so far - Minimum 235 miles so far and summer will be much more. Yes it’s the Battery plus model with the dual motor.
Thanks for the reply. Doesn't sound too bad then and exact model I would go for.
I drove a Taycan 4s for about an hour while my 911 was being serviced..gotta admit left me a bit cold. Was fun for 10 mins accelerating..not my sort of car though to be honest..the weight of it ruined it maybe..
Did you try Gravel mode on the lanes - maybe more time needed so you adjust driving style. I am still missing my GT3 RS for Sunday drives
Things are getting better re the charging network, but ive gone from getting on ionity immediately, to having to wait regularly due to the number of EV's on the road.
What m/kwh are you seeing on the motorway?
Hi Nick, motorway about 30kw/100 miles seems to gain a few miles on the motorway with the new dual motor.
@Challengetheroad summer I average 3.2 m/kwh and winter prob 2.6m/kwh but my GV60 only has a 77kwh battery. Heavy winds etc kill the range, I've seen as low as 2.4m/kwh at 65mph.
My mates picking up a Taycan from Reading tomorrow... jealous is not the word.
Really nice car and great video, but worst road in the world, you obviously haven't driven over New Lane in Eagland Hill, Lancashire. One word to describe - Agricultural!!!
cheap cars these , look stunning, only going to get cheaper .. when more lease ones hit the retail market.. i guess.. woudl love one ,,
I really like this car!
Where’s the video where you are showing how well it fares charging on longer routes?
It never happened in the end, 2000 mile update soon! Still going strong
@@Challengetheroad OK. For me, and many others I’m quite sure, this is the sort of content we want to see as well. It’s clear the car is great. But the real fear and worry I think is the entire long trip experience, from using the app to plan, to charging along the way, the ease of paying for the charging, the navigation to chargers from the in car PCM etc. Personally I have a Tesla Model S which has been an absolute joy to use for long trips because of how easy Tesla make it to navigate to chargers and the entire charging experience. For me to move to Porsche this sort of content would be incredibly useful to see.
How do get on with McMaster?
He’s not sending me a Christmas Card 🤣
@@Challengetheroad He's good with Geoff. Enough said.😊
Never met him or watched his videos yet!
@@ChallengetheroadLee is a big lad, 6'4"/5". I don't think I've ever heard him complaining about the room... although he complains about almost every thing else 😂
Nice car for driving short distances,but the whole EV narrative doesn’t add up.
Seems fine so far for my needs 👍
Not “wing mirrors “ since 1978. Door mirrors😂
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Not really sure what the point of this video is? Why split screen? It’s just talking about a car, could be any car?
You’re not making sense - it’s my review of using a Taycan for 1000 miles? Split screen is too show you the interior and me using the dash?
Sorry but it didn’t work for me
Drives round in big heavy EV and moans about the state of the road😂 mmmm
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Devastating car…devastating depreciation with potential battery issues. Next gen Macan and Boxster EV’s coming; cheaper, better, faster, quicker charging and longer range. Such is the dichotomy of EV ownership.
Loving the Taycan 👍
Biggest fault is the range. They shouldn't be selling big cars like this when they can't even match a petrol. Needs atleast 400 mile range even that isn't really enough. I'd have an ev if it had 500 to 600 range.
In the UK, the number of people daily driving 200+ miles is in the minority - less than 5% of drivers, drive more than 15k miles pa, and across Europe it’s even less.
I’d imagine the number of people driving over 500 miles, who can’t stop for 30-60 mins, is very, very few. So why would a car manufacturer target a car for this audience 🤔 Especially when the battery to cover this range would be extremely heavy and expensive.
Genuine question - how often do you daily drive 400 miles without taking a break?