Porshe Taycan electric anyone ??

[Dave7]

In Majorca on Friday I watched a bit of a cycle race. There was a 'team' of 5 brand new Porshe Taycan electric cars with the race.
I am not really into cars but these really looked the business. Obviously very quiet but had no problem accelerating.
By coincidence, while at the dentist this morning I picked up a car magazine dated July '19 which featured that very car. Guide price £120K and already deposits paid on 60,000 of them......there are more rich people than I realised.
Own up.....who has one?

 

[Beebo]

I expect that are a similar price and performance to a top of the range Tesla.
electric cars can be very fast when they want to be.

 

[Grant Fondo]

In Majorca on Friday I watched a bit of a cycle race. There was a 'team' of 5 brand new Porshe Taycan electric cars with the race.
I am not really into cars but these really looked the business. Obviously very quiet but had no problem accelerating.
By coincidence, while at the dentist this morning I picked up a car magazine dated July '19 which featured that very car. Guide price £120K and already deposits paid on 60,000 of them......there are more rich people than I realised.
Own up.....who has one?

I am thinking of buying a 13 year old Cayman for £9k so not in their league or quite frankly their lofty environmental standards.

 

[Deleted member 26715]

Going up the M1 on Saturday saw a German registered Tesla so they obviously don't suffer from range anxiety

 

[Dave7]

I expect that are a similar price and performance to a top of the range Tesla.
electric cars can be very fast when they want to be.

0-62 in 2.8 seconds apparently.

 

[netman]

RULE 25:
The bikes on top of your car should be worth more than the car. Or at least be relatively more expensive. Basically, if you’re putting your Huffy on your Rolls, you’re in trouble, mister.

 

[netman]

“Bicycling is a big part of the future. It has to be. There’s something wrong with a society that drives a car to workout in a gym.” — Bill Nye, US scientist.

 

[Dave7]

Going up the M1 on Saturday saw a German registered Tesla so they obviously don't suffer from range anxiety

Porshe claim 280 miles from a full charge.

 

[Grant Fondo]

0-62 in 2.8 seconds apparently.

... at which point your battery is flat

 

[Deleted member 26715]

Interesting a friend was lent a Tesla 3 (I think) for a weekend, his wife didn't like it, she felt sick everytime they went out for a ride in it, we just joked it was his driving but recently a colleagues husband has just got an Jaguar I-Pace as his company car. I was relatting the sick story to her when she said that she was suffering the same in the I-Pace, a slight nausea each time she rode in it, wonder if it's the magnetic fields or just the change in vibrations, sound of an electric vehicle.

 

[Drago]

That's a lot or money when one considers that even a 1.0 Corsa for 9 grand will easily break every speed limit in the country. It's for the small of winky.

 

[Deleted member 26715]

Do they make an electric Corsa for £9K if they did I reckon there would be a queue around the block

 

[Smudge]

Performance cars just dont do it for me. When i've had pokey motors, you realise they're pointless on the congested roads of uk.
Although i'd like to try this leccy Porsche on a trackday.

 

[Deleted member 26715]

Performance cars just dont do it for me. When i've had pokey motors, you realise they're pointless on the congested roads of uk.
Although i'd like to try this leccy Porsche on a trackday.

Oh No, you're admitting to getting old along with the fact that roads are just so busy these days,

 

[Smudge]

Oh No, you're admitting to getting old along with the fact that roads are just so busy these days,

Not really, i just dont like being held up, which you would be constantly in this Porsche.
One of the many reasons i prefer motorcycles.