Taycan Options

[Kent Border Kenny]

Apologies if it’s already been done (and please could you point me at the thread if so), but could anyone comment on which options they think are worth choosing on a Taycan?

I’ve reserved a Turbo S, and although I did pick a spec to go along with the reservation, I’ve no idea if it makes sense.

I’ve ordered the nice headlights, panoramic roof, PDDC (I think they still call it that) expensive stereo, overhead parking view, higher onboard charging rate thingy, storage pack, privacy glass, and the most self-driving options that I could find. It’s added £14,000-and-a-bit to the base price, and I’ve not gone for any of the cosmetic extras other than the “Mission E” style exterior including body coloured wheels, which in my case means white.

Thoughts welcomed.

[Adam B]

Got the Porsche option code so we can take a look?

Especially the white with white wheels which sounds er.... interesting

[Kent Border Kenny]

Model name: Taycan Turbo S
Options: Mobile Charger Connect incl. Home Energy Manager
Porsche InnoDrive including Adaptive Cruise Control
‘PORSCHE’ logo LED door courtesy lights
Heated steering wheel (i.c.w. Sport Chrono Package and Leather Interior)
Passenger Display
White
150kW DC on-board booster
Ambient lighting
2+1 rear seat system
Burmester® 3D High-End Surround Sound System
ParkAssist including Surround View
Storage package
Privacy glass
LED Matrix headlights in Glacier Ice blue inc. Porsche Dynamic Light System Plus (PDLS Plus)
Panoramic roof, fixed glass
Adaptive Sports Seats (18-Way, electric) with memory package
Electric drive transmission
Black/Crayon two-tone leather interior with smooth-finish leather
21-Inch Mission E Design Wheels
Porsche Dynamic Chassis Control Sport (PDCC Sport)
Electric folding exterior mirrors
Base Price: £138,826.00
Price of equipment: £14,136.00
Total price: £152,962.00

[Grantstown]

Have a look at the ‘Anyone ordered a Taycan yet’ thread.

I’ve put a deposit down, but plan to go for a 4S as a daily. I’ll keep my 911 as I couldn’t part with it.

My thoughts are that the bigger battery can be optioned on the 4S and range maximised with the smaller wheels, as well as the ride comfort on a very heavy car. Being a passenger is a Tesla is nauseating with the constant up and down motion that the dampers are having to control.

PDCC will keep things level rather than give a little side roll. The problem is that you get fewer clues that you’re about to lose control. For most drivers it will not make a jot of difference I suspect. Similarly not having RWS will be compensated by the speed of the steering rack. Torque vectoring may be a good one to go for though.

All the colours, seats etc is purely subjective stuff. Take your pic.

[Kent Border Kenny]

The price difference to the 4S is huge, so I might have to consider it.

I’m hugely disappointed with my Model S, and hoping the Taycan is far better.

[Adam B]

Hi Kenny

Did you put your spec on the Porsche configurator and save it? They give you a short code which anyone can then enter and see the spec and pictures of your car. Easy way for others to take a look

What was disappointing about the Tesla?

[Greenie]

I’m going to order a 4S.

I would bother with the passenger display as although it’s cool the same info is available on the centre display 6 inches to the left so not a hardship for the passenger.

Mission wheels are also cool but very expensive and hits the range quite a bit.

Personally wouldn’t go for 18 way seat control but a personal choice. Same with ambient lighting-ok to play with for 5 mins but will you really touch it again or notice for the rest of ownership.

[Adam B]

had a play

http://www.porsche-code.com/PL5T9RQ5

quite pricey!

[Terminator X]

Shouldn't this be in the EV section

TX.

[Grantstown]

Terminator X said:

Shouldn't this be in the EV section

TX.

Possibly, but the only responses would be ‘I’d buy a Tesla.’

At least the Taycan is supposed to ‘drive like a real Porsche.’

Maybe with your logic you should ask the Macan/Cayenne owners to post in the Audi forum. The only difference is ‘Porsche embossed head rests,’ deviated contrast stitching and larger servicing bills right?!

[Kent Border Kenny]

Adam B said:

Hi Kenny

Did you put your spec on the Porsche configurator and save it? They give you a short code which anyone can then enter and see the spec and pictures of your car. Easy way for others to take a look

What was disappointing about the Tesla?

The interior wasn’t very nice. Hard plastics, plastic seats, no door pockets and so on, but the main issue was a string of very serious problems.

The keys have never worked, it keeps doing emergency stops on its own, the glass roof was not properly fitted, it drops 20 miles of range per day when not used, the modem crashes every day, the GPS sometimes takes days (literally) to notice I’ve driven somewhere. It has also never managed more than 180 miles on a charge.

It’s basically a Friday afternoon car. The range means it’s no good for long trips and the size means it’s not great as a car for trips around town.

[RE66ELL]

I just couldn't make my mind up do I go 4s or turbo.

After many hours on the configurator and videos from my dealer of their time with a Taycan recently, settled on the following 4s spec as felt I didn’t need the turbo acceleration day to day, orders now in:

http://www.porsche-code.com/PL88YRV7

What have you decided or thinking of spec wise and why?

Edited by RE66ELL on Sunday 24th November 21:28

Edited by RE66ELL on Sunday 24th November 21:29

[Cheib]

I had a play with the RS6 configurator...fully specced it’s the same price as a specced 4S.......

[Taffy66]

Cheib said:

I had a play with the RS6 configurator...fully specced it’s the same price as a specced 4S.......

Cheib..I'm lucky as i happen to own a commercial Solar voltaic system which means basically unlimited free fuel for my upcoming Taycan..I'm also a self employed business owner and as a result can take full advantage of all the tax perks.
Anyone who isn't in this position needs to think carefully on buying a Taycan from a purely fiscal pov IMO

[Cheib]

Taffy66 said:

Cheib said:

I had a play with the RS6 configurator...fully specced it’s the same price as a specced 4S.......

Cheib..I'm lucky as i happen to own a commercial Solar voltaic system which means basically unlimited free fuel for my upcoming Taycan..I'm also a self employed business owner and as a result can take full advantage of all the tax perks.
Anyone who isn't in this position needs to think carefully on buying a Taycan from a purely fiscal pov IMO

Yes, I am in two minds Taffy.....it’s a very expensive car. I’m down for a Turbo but can change to the 4S if I want which i would get quicker. Going to have a think!

[schaeffs]

Cheib said:

Taffy66 said:

Cheib said:

I had a play with the RS6 configurator...fully specced it’s the same price as a specced 4S.......

Cheib..I'm lucky as i happen to own a commercial Solar voltaic system which means basically unlimited free fuel for my upcoming Taycan..I'm also a self employed business owner and as a result can take full advantage of all the tax perks.
Anyone who isn't in this position needs to think carefully on buying a Taycan from a purely fiscal pov IMO

Yes, I am in two minds Taffy.....it’s a very expensive car. I’m down for a Turbo but can change to the 4S if I want which i would get quicker. Going to have a think!

What's views on residuals? Am seriously considering one as well - but you are right its a seriously expensive car for what it is and will depreciate!

[jetbox]

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Edited by jetbox on Wednesday 27th November 20:14

[Cheib]

schaeffs said:

Cheib said:

Taffy66 said:

Cheib said:

I had a play with the RS6 configurator...fully specced it’s the same price as a specced 4S.......

Cheib..I'm lucky as i happen to own a commercial Solar voltaic system which means basically unlimited free fuel for my upcoming Taycan..I'm also a self employed business owner and as a result can take full advantage of all the tax perks.
Anyone who isn't in this position needs to think carefully on buying a Taycan from a purely fiscal pov IMO

Yes, I am in two minds Taffy.....it’s a very expensive car. I’m down for a Turbo but can change to the 4S if I want which i would get quicker. Going to have a think!

What's views on residuals? Am seriously considering one as well - but you are right its a seriously expensive car for what it is and will depreciate!

I think if you get an early Turbo I think it’s probably okay. I think there will be plenty of 4S’s around....there will be about 200 of them a month coming into the country from what I know so I think they will be okay residuals wise but that’s a lot of cars.

The thing I don’t really know about but Taffy has mentioned is BIK for business users....you can write off a huge amount of the value of the car AFAIK. That won’t help residuals after the first few months.

On a reasonably specced Turbo which is £130k IIRC the balloon/residual after 2 years assuming 5k miles per annum is £87k.

Though you really need to look at all costs....I’ll confess I haven’t actually working out what 200 miles will cost in terms of electricity and then, things like servicing should be much cheaper and expensive consumable like brakes should last much longer because a lot of the brake effect is from regen.

I think it’ll become the de-riguer choice for the well healed businessman who can utilise the tax benefits that wants to turn over cars with his OPC to get the next RS.

[991_GT3]

I’m thinking about the forthcoming Sport Motion Taycan as a more practical daily driver.

Looking at the pricing for the current model, to my mind the Turbo is the sweet spot for value. Once your start adding some interesting options on the 4S (which are standard on the Turbo model) you approach Turbo pricing anyway, but without the performance. Whereas the additional cost of the Turbo S doesn’t appear to get you much extra, apart from ‘on paper’ performance benefits which may not actual be used often in real world driving.

However, I’m new to the Taycan, so I’m sure other people have investigated this in more detail and may have different opinions?

My Turbo spec would look a bit like this:

http://www.porsche-code.com/PL92PFM2

Any thoughts?

[BobM]

Cheib said:

The thing I don’t really know about but Taffy has mentioned is BIK for business users....you can write off a huge amount of the value of the car AFAIK. That won’t help residuals after the first few months.

All new EVs get 100% first year write down - so you claim 100% of the cost as depreciation in the first year. If you're running it as a company car EVs are 0% BIK from April this year.

Cheib said:

Though you really need to look at all costs....I’ll confess I haven’t actually working out what 200 miles will cost in terms of electricity and then, things like servicing should be much cheaper and expensive consumable like brakes should last much longer because a lot of the brake effect is from regen.

Electricity cost really isn't worth worrying about. I went from sticking £100 every fortnight into my Cayenne diesel to less than £20 of electricity when I got my Tesla. Equivalent range would be about 150kWh, I currently pay 5p/kWh overnight on my tariff so that's about £7.50.

Servicing should be minimal - no oil/plugs etc to change. Brakes essentially don't wear as you hardly use them - some Tesla owners have had disks replaces as they rusted through lack of use. Change brake fluid, replace tyres, fill windscreen washer bottle .... but I'm sure Porsche will find some reasons to take a few hundred quid off us though.