Same goes for the $800 alignment

 

Just circled back to this thread. I was recently quoted $5500 to replace the water pump on my 2017 Panamera Turbo with just 50,000 miles. It costs me around 25 cents to drive it per mile plus gas (might be 45 cents a mile in WA with gas). Has anyone calculated their per mile cost of a Taycan?

 

Taycan has less parts to maintenance but there are some issues. Here in north Europe, our biggest fail are the 2 cooling fans. They both fail 50-100 tkm and price is about 4k. Should need some maintenance yearly here but it's not in maintenance program for some reason. Cold weather and dust kills them quickly.

Here you can see the result.

 

The Taycan alignment requires a special tool to adjust the rear toe. It is about $165 from Snap On and is P/N T90009. The Hunter alignment machines recognize the need for this tool as it walks the tech through the alignment process. I keep it in my car for use when getting the car aligned at my independent shop for $200.

 

Man.... That's some crap design of the fans. Like Porsche water pumps.

 

Our 2022 Taycan is coming up on its 40000 mile service

We were quoted $2500 by a local dealer and $1900 by a dealer the next town over. Isn't this highway robbery?

To add to this, we purchased the car CPO so we should have warranty on the vehicle until 2028

Does this mean we need to have the car serviced by the dealer until then to maintain warranty?

I finally found a Porsche indy willing to do the cabin filter swaps/brake fluid changes but even they said if the other "inspection" items aren't inspected, we could face problems getting warranty coverage

 

That’s an insane amount of money for a Cabin filter replacement; Brake fluid flush and visual inspections. A massive Porsche tax since there is really so little to do maintenance wise on an EV.

 

that. is way way way too much money - EV's don't have any maintenance- get an indie shop to flush the brakes and check the pads and the filter.

 

here is the "official" maintenance list for Taycan (and probably Macan) - as you can see this is mostly a nothing sandwich for which Porsche dealers will charge you $1000's - you can see why none of the existing industry likes EV's

this comes straight from PCNA - and you remove all the "inspections" the list is as follows:

 

And up, when you factor in adjusting the cameras. I hear reported after a report of Porsche dealers gouging customers. I am among the victims. I think this is shortsighted on Porsche‘s part. The company is hurting financially, and the conduct by many Porsche dealers is not helping. One reason I would not buy a Taycan (I drive a Porsche Panamera Turbo) is, I assume, that I could only get it serviced by Porsche, who I know charge me a fortune. in my area, an oil change at the Porsche dealer cost about twice as much as when done by a private mechanic!

 

And up, when you factor in adjusting the cameras.

Can someone explain to me what ‘adjustment to the ADAS camera’ Porsche needs to make when tweaking the alignment?

 

You do not need to have the vehicle serviced by Porsche to maintain your warranty. The $2000 cabin filter replacement is an absolute joke.

 

Yup. I shudder to think what would happen when my battery goes out.

 

I own several Porsche ice vehicles, and I have an early Tesla model s. I am aware of the maintenance items and shortcomings of the ice vehicles, and probably can recognize an expensive problem on the horizon long before it is obvious. Perhaps I would even choose to trade out of a vehicle that I didn’t want to invest in anymore.

I do think that having an electric vehicle is a good th8ng for society. I would say on a monthly basis the electric car is cheaper to run.

but, my Tesla came out of warranty. One day the car worked perfectly. The next day it stopped working with just 55,000 easy miles on it. Towed to Tesla. I received a repair quote through the app the next day from Tesla saying I needed a new battery for $16,500. No degradation in charging prior to the event, no warning signs. Surprise! And I only get a one year warranty, so it could happen again.

The point of the story is I think a buyer of ant electric vehicle can be attracted to the reasonable running costs in the beginning, but make sure you are depreciating that vehicle in your mind over the life of the battery warranty. That way any use beyond that is icing on the cake, not an unpleasant surprise. Perhaps the cost of replacement batteries will come down, but I would not count on it.

Personally I think I would have rather spent the money on a complete engine rebuild on a 996 911.

Keep this in mind as you consider the purchase of an electric car, especially a used one. I still drive my Tesla, but I feel like I am rolling the dice every time I get behind the wheel.

 

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