AMPd
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Damn! Gorgeous vehicle, even better looking in person! Congrats!
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MS Plaid vs Taycan vs EQS
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Propofoln
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Got it for $94k. Less than my Plaid. Only 8k miles, 2 1/2 years of CPO warranty, $190k msrp, and the Previous owner did a full PPF wrap of the car. Ceramic brakes and Burmester included
Ooof. And people are saying that only Tesla owners took a bath?
Good buy for you but ouch for the original owner.
Propofoln
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Drove it yesterday. Quieter, well built, rides better, handles way better, zero vibrations, charge ports on both sides of the car, same pano roof as S, awesome brakes. Real customer service. Burmester blows the S stereo away. Zero rattles
Negatives- not as fast, UI for Tesla is better (personal preference), flashier.
Taycan is easily the better car. Just don’t buy one that hasn’t depreciated like a mofo
Probably because he had it for about 3 years and life is too short and new cars are fun
Or it was lease return.
WilliamG
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Negatives: nowhere near as practical or roomy for driver or passengers, way slower than a Plaid, smaller trunk than a Model 3, awful awful infotainment system, two gears is noticeable, no one-pedal driving (deal killer).
The reason these are cheap is there’s too many of them, and refresh/new model Taycan announcement is due any minute to compete with Plaid.
Lots of positives with the Taycan, of course, - as you state, but the negatives are significant (spent time in the Turbo S).
Propofoln
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Thx for your feedback. I think both are great cars. Did you own a Turbo S? Yeah the speed is noticeable. The Turbo is still fast, just not insane fast
And how much will Porsche charge for the GT model which likely at best will match the Plaids power. Tarted up it will be 250k plus. Not to mention you’ll never get an allocation for one.
WilliamG
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Both are great cars. We won’t see progress unless there’s competition, so I’m glad it exists. I don’t own the Turbo S but a good friend of mine does. Now, as far as I’m aware the speed difference between the Turbo and Turbo S is all in the launch. Just an overboost option for the Turbo S. I kind of think that whole thing is a racket but that’s another story…
WilliamG
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I think the refresh Model S has an awesome stereo. Better than any of my high end stereo‘s in my BMW or Mercedes.
Taycan sure is a great looking car, just wish it had better range.
Propofoln
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It has 300 miles on a full charge in the Turbo
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Propofoln
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Yeah the Model S stereo is pretty good. Needs more bass, but pretty good. Only car stereo I’ve heard better is the Burmester 3d. That’s in a league of its own. Of course it’s a $6000 option too. My previous 4 Porsches all had the Burmester, and I bought them all pre-owned
Hoping you at least got a 22’ The others have pretty poor reviews for reliability. Just an observation from reviews.
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Also with the plaid we’ve seen the peak of useable speed on public roads imo. Moving forward Id like to see Tesla focus on quality and customization.
