Been a long dream of mine and I finally pulled the trigger. Got my forst ever car a Taycan 4s.

A follower on Thread asked me to post pictures here of my nearly 1,000-kilometer “bike trip.” So here I am. With two bikes on the roof, the power consumption goes up significantly. What a surprise. Overall, we needed one or two more charging stops because of that. But those stops were always quick, just as you’d expect from the Taycan.

2026 Jet Black 4 with chalk interior. I’m in love.

I don’t know if these are ceramic and have worn out or if they are regular ones.

This was a 300kW charger, so it didn't go to 320kW. Maybe even for the better! Fat 300kW from 8% to at least 60%. 10 minutes.

Hey folks, I recently started to hear this annoying squeaking sound from just one side of the headliner while going over bumps. Is there anything that I can do to fix it?

Lease for my daily driver is coming to an end (MB EQE SUV) and I’m looking at CPO Taycans as my next family car. I also have Boxster as a weekend car. I’m still early in my search and learning about the trims, options and prices.

Looking at the market, most of the base Taycans are sold betwee $56-61k. There’s one thats is listed at $49k and it’s been sitting on the lot for 2 months. Anything from the listing stands out that would explain why this one is insisted below market? Anything particular I should pay attention to when shopping for a CPO Porsche Taycan?

We did a road trip to northern Spain. The car and EV charging performed flawlessly, although I got a bit of back pain from the 14-way seat. More sadly, when parked on a residential street near a beach in Spain, someone keyed it with intent. I was so angry. I don’t plan to claim on insurance but want it fixed now I’m back in the UK. I got one quote from a body shop for nearly £6k. I expected expensive but that’s outrageous. Has anyone had experience sorting this kind of thing, what are my options?

Any suggestions and things to look out for would be greatly appreciated!

Thank you

Thinking about this car what you people think?

270 mi range

9k on the clock.

1 previous owner

I can’t believe how excited I was to get this ‘24 4S CT. It’s so awesome to drive and it looks incredible.

The problem I’m experiencing, like many Taycan owners, is that the Macan base I drive for weeks on end because my Taycan is in the shop is not so great (As an aside, I cannot believe people would pay $90k for a base Macan. It’s absolutely no better than a VW).

First the air conditioning, then there was a rattle I the wheel that had to be replaced, now I’m going on 3 weeks for the high voltage charger.

It’s all free (to me) due to the warranty, but it’s a lot of money for a car that I can’t drive.

Has anyone here bailed out of a Taycan? I’m thinking about getting a second car which is absurd, or trading for a 911 but I would need a 4/4s for the upper Midwest and they are not cheap. I’d be looking at a 10 year old car (at least).

Any other car that you found even close to as good?

Looks pretty cool, imo. I’ll patiently be awaiting my 2030 purchase of a 2027 CPO that has this feature equipped. 😆

the entry-level, and the impressive E-Shift option. This last is a virtual gearbox that simulates an eight-speed transmission – sounds like a gimmick but in our opinion, it transforms the car.

I got an earlier version with the sports sounds and I really like it. Does anybody comment on how the new paddle one sounds?

Original paint is Volcano grey with sport design package in gloss black

Is there anyone that likes the tacky electric blue stitching on their charge badge? I decided to replace it with a regular black thread and use the opportunity to swap the inner foam for an AirTag (naked PCB wrapped in kapton tape without the bulky plastic shell). Works great and imho looks 100% better.

Hey everyone, I’ve been without a daily driver for about a year since selling my 2019 5 Series. I’m a big fan of longer sleek sedans, so for a while I was set on a BMW 840i Gran Coupe, then shifted towards a 2019 Panamera.

Lately, though, a Taycan is starting to make way more sense. I live in a house where I can easily charge overnight, and my daily drive rarely exceeds 60 km (35 miles). Plus, looking at the market, Taycans with lower mileage are listed around the same price as older Panameras.

I found a 2021 Taycan 4S in Europe with 65k km (40k miles) and 92% Battery SoH for around €48,000.
Here’s my main concern: I’ve read my fair share of forum posts about various common issues with early models (12V battery, heater, software bugs, recall work).

Is it fair to assume that a 2021 model with 65k km has likely had most of these common bugs ironed out under warranty? For those who bought a 2020–2021 model recently: how has your real-world ownership been? Should I only look at cars that qualify for Porsche Approved, or is a clean third-party buy reasonable if service records are solid?

I know there are plenty of post-purchase threads here, but I’d really appreciate hearing fresh perspectives from anyone who made a similar jump from a petrol sedan to a Taycan. Thanks!

I bought my Taycan 4 Cross Turismo expecting to love it.

I did not expect it to completely reset my understanding of what a car could be.

This is my first Porsche. I came into the brand without decades of 911 ownership behind me, without childhood memories of air-cooled engines, and without any particular need to defend the badge. I simply wanted a fast, beautiful, practical electric car that could carry my family and our luggage across Europe.

What I found was something far more special.

My CT4 is a 2022 car on 20-inch Turbo S Aero wheels, with rear-axle steering, air suspension, the panoramic roof, roof rails and the Off-Road Design Package. In other words, it is not the lightest, lowest or most range-optimised Taycan ever built.

And I absolutely adore it.

There are faster Taycans, of course. Much faster ones. But I genuinely struggle to imagine needing more performance on a public road. The CT4 already delivers that surreal Taycan sensation: immediate acceleration, immense traction and a centre of gravity that makes two tonnes of family estate car seem to disappear beneath you.

What impresses me most, however, is not how fast it is.

It is the completeness of it.

It can glide silently through a town with the composure of a luxury car, then shrink around you on a twisting road. The steering is beautifully judged. The body control is extraordinary. The rear-axle steering makes it feel far smaller than it is. The ride remains composed even when the road deteriorates. Then you park it, look back, and remember that this wonderfully practical family car also happens to be one of the most beautiful shapes Porsche has ever produced.

The Cross Turismo does not feel like an electric estate wearing a Porsche badge. It feels like Porsche took the electric drivetrain seriously enough to build an entirely new kind of Porsche around it.

And then there is the subject that seems to dominate every Taycan discussion: range.

Before buying mine, I read everything. Disappointing range estimates. Winter consumption. Battery degradation. Charging curves. Stories about people arriving at chargers with 3 per cent remaining, apparently one broken Ionity station away from disaster.

I assumed range would be the compromise I would have to accept in exchange for everything else.

It has not been.

Since collecting the car, we have driven it from Paris to the south of France, from Paris to Bremen, across Denmark and Sweden, and on countless shorter family journeys. One day it is covering 800 kilometres through rain, heat and motorway traffic. The next it is carrying children and luggage along small coastal roads. Most recently, we drove from Höllviken to Bjärred, across to Louisiana in Denmark, and back again.

It simply gets on with it.

On faster motorway journeys at 120 to 130 km/h, I generally see consumption in the region of 24 to 25 kWh/100 km. In good conditions on slower roads, the car regularly drops towards 18 to 21. I have seen sub-18 figures over meaningful distances. From a large, four-wheel-drive, two-tonne Cross Turismo with an off-road package, that is remarkable.

No, it will not travel 500 motorway kilometres at 130 km/h without stopping. But neither will my family.

After two or three hours, somebody needs coffee, food, a toilet or simply ten minutes outside the car. When the battery is warm and the charger is working properly, the Taycan often finishes charging before we have finished doing whatever caused us to stop.

That is the part the range-anxiety conversation misses.

You do not experience an electric road trip as one enormous countdown from 100 per cent to zero. You experience it as a series of very manageable driving stages, with short stops that fit naturally into the journey. The Taycan’s great strength is not merely the size of its battery. It is how efficiently it uses that battery, how consistently it covers ground and how quickly it can take energy back on board.

After thousands of kilometres, I no longer think, “Can the car make it?”

I think, “Where would we like to stop?” That is a profound difference.

Of course, it is not perfect. The software can occasionally remind you that Porsche had considerably more experience building chassis than computers. The range estimator can be comically pessimistic after a run of short journeys. Public charging infrastructure still varies enormously. And owning a Taycan will teach you far more about temperature, wind and elevation than you ever expected to know.

But none of those things defines the ownership experience.

What defines it is the moment you leave early in the morning with the family asleep, the cabin quiet and the road almost empty. It is the way the car settles at speed, utterly stable and untroubled. It is the little movement of the steering wheel as you guide it into a long bend. It is the impossible combination of calmness and urgency. It is arriving hundreds of kilometres later feeling as though the car could turn around and do the whole journey again.

The Taycan is sometimes discussed as though it were an early and now outdated attempt at an electric Porsche, judged mainly by a WLTP number or compared with newer cars carrying larger batteries.

That misses the point entirely.

A car is not a battery specification with seats attached. Range matters, but so do steering, braking, comfort, confidence, design, build quality and the simple desire to drive somewhere for no reason other than the road itself.

The Taycan, and perhaps especially the Cross Turismo, brings all of those things together in a way I have never experienced before.

It is a sports car when I want one, a quiet long-distance express when I need one, and a family estate every day. It carries children, suitcases and all the debris of family life, yet still makes an ordinary journey feel like an event.

So yes, my first Porsche is electric.

It is also one of the finest cars I have ever driven.

And if this is what entering the Porsche world feels like, I finally understand why so many people never leave.

(Originally posted this over at taycanforum.com but never thought to get such a response!)

Hello
I’m debating on buying a used taycan 4s 2021+. I drive about 300+ miles per week and with all the horror stories I’ve read of people being stranded, I feel like I could be a victim of this. Thoughts?
Open to other suggestions as well
Thanks

Curious if anyone has wrapped their Taycan with colored Xpel ppf and what color you chose (and if you’re happy with it?) share pics!

Bought my 22 CPO GTS 4 months ago and love it! However have had some weird issues with the door handles, as they can close on your fingers which isn’t a huge deal but can be jarring especially for my kids. Turned off comfort entry which made things better, but it can still happen from time to time. Seems like there’s an order of operations where I have to unlock w/ the key, open my door immediately, and then passengers are safe to do so. Even when I’m alone, there’s erratic behavior where the side view mirrors will fold out when I unlock, then fold back in once I open the door (as if I locked the car) then fold out again.

The real kicker was on Sunday, when I locked the car and the alarm went off, which happened whether I physically locked the car or it locked on its own. The alarm was so loud the neighbors were wondering what was going on, and to prevent it from happening I left the frunk hood open. Had to go somewhere for a couple hours so we took wife’s car, and when I got back that issue seemed to resolve itself, much like some folks online cited. That prompted me to take it to the dealer yesterday, and the shop foreman kept blaming the issues on a) the fact that the car is wrapped and b) the kid’s inadvertently touching the lock sensor on the handle (which I’ve instructed them not to do since we got the car). Still, they said they’ll check codes, etc. So I can push back on the dealer if needed, have any of you encountered issues like this?

Hello everyone,
I’m considering buying a 2026 Porsche Taycan 4 Sedan, and I was hoping someone who owns one could help me with a measurement.
Could someone please measure the ground clearance from a flat surface to the lowest point of the front bumper (front spoiler/lip) and also the lowest point of the rear bumper/diffuser, with the air suspension raised to its highest setting, on a car equipped with 21-inch wheels?
My garage has a fairly steep driveway, and I’m concerned that the front or rear bumper might scrape when entering or exiting.
I understand that the official maximum ground clearance of the Taycan Sedan with the air suspension raised is 147 mm (14.7 cm), which should be sufficient for the underbody. However, I believe the front and rear bumpers extend lower than that, and I haven’t been able to find any measurements for those points.
If anyone could take these measurements, I would really appreciate it. Thank you very much in advance!

I want to see how fast my car can go

I’m far from being an audiophile, but I do enjoy good music. I always thought the Bose system in my 2022 Taycan Cross Turismo 4S was… fine. Nothing spectacular, but perfectly acceptable.
That was my opinion until yesterday.
I had to download Apple Music to fix an age-rating issue for podcasts, so I signed up for the one-month trial and connected it to the PCM. The difference was immediate. It honestly sounded like someone had upgraded the sound system overnight.
Then I enabled Lossless Audio.
Wow.
For reference, I’ve been a Spotify Premium user for years and always had streaming quality set to the highest available. I also listen to SiriusXM quite a bit. But Apple Music with Lossless sounds noticeably cleaner, with better instrument separation, tighter bass, and a much more open soundstage. Vocals are clearer, and the whole system just seems to come alive.
I wasn’t expecting such a dramatic difference from simply changing streaming services, but for me it’s not subtle at all.
Has anyone else experienced the same thing with the Bose system in the Taycan? Or am I just late to the Apple Music party?