Been looking at Taycans for a little while now and the perfect CPO car popped up a few days ago on the Porsche website and it was only about 30 miles from my house. Even though the car hadn’t even been listed for 24 hours yet, the dealer worked with me on pricing, and the car was mine before they had even finished the initial detail of the lease turn-in. Absolutely LOVE the car. Only problem….i have yet to successfully make a graceful exit from it, especially when parked in my driveway which has a slight hill. I’m relatively fit and only in my 50s. I have no issue getting out of my 928, but I think the Taycan sits a little lower and the door is not quite as wide. I’m sure I’ll get the hang of it soon, but anyone else feel like the car is a little hard to get out of sometimes?

 

It’s the b pillar. It sucks to get in and out of. I’m also on a hill, I’m not old, and it’s a PITA. You basically end up sliding on the b pillar.

 

Face 90 degrees away from the seat, and with both feet on the ground sit onto the center of the seat (over the bolster). Then rotate your legs into the footwell. Works fine on Taycans and 911s. The alternate method of putting one foot in and sitting is what most people do (they’re used to trucks and SUVs) and it doesn’t work well.

 

I'm pretty good at falling gracefully into the driver's seat, it's the getting out where I feel like one of the neighborhood kids is going to get a video of me and I'll end up starring in a viral video of people trying to get out of their cars. Though I will say that reversing the process you described is helpful.

 

Funny how frequently this comes up in the different Taycan forums. As another early 50s-aged owner, I would put my right foot into the car, brace my right hand against the seat back, and basically slide down into the seat. I didn't really think about how I got out, other than to say I put only my left foot outside the car and then used the steering wheel for a bit of support. I use pretty much the same techniques in my Boxster, which my wife swears is easier to enter and exit than the Taycan.

 

I wouldn’t be surprised if it is.

Taycan’s driver’s seat to B-pillar relationship is wonky, but that’s what it took to get “Mission E” styling in a street car.

It’s always all about compromises…

 

It is a difficult egress to be sure. No one way works for everyone, experiment and find the right compromise.