Dealer: the Taycan was good for us; it's now a disaster

Dealer: the Taycan was good for us; it's now a disaster

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SWoll

15,846 posts

245 months

Wednesday
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DMZ said:
Can nurses avail of BIK salary sacrifice benefits? Be nice if they could roll around in Taycans like everyone else.
Taycans are still a fairly rare sight on UK roads, and as above SS has been available in the NHS for quite some time.

If you pick a vocation where the average salary is £31k you can only expect so much though as not a huge amount of tax to offset?

Nomme de Plum

446 posts

3 months

Wednesday
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SWoll said:
DMZ said:
Can nurses avail of BIK salary sacrifice benefits? Be nice if they could roll around in Taycans like everyone else.
Taycans are still a fairly rare sight on UK roads, and as above SS has been available in the NHS for quite some time.

If you pick a vocation where the average salary is £31k you can only expect so much though as not a huge amount of tax to offset?
I think it is a rather large assumption to state that a person picks a specific career. For many it will be whatever employment is available locally with relatively few alternatives.

As for nursing what alternative careers could a person choose given their location and educational attainment. We do not all have a planned career path. I know at the age of 23 I certainly didn't. I think I was just lucky and ended up doing something I grew to really enjoy which then became my life long career.

I see way more Taycans than I would have anticipated given the cost. They are quite distinctive though.

SWoll

15,846 posts

245 months

Wednesday
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Nomme de Plum said:
I think it is a rather large assumption to state that a person picks a specific career. For many it will be whatever employment is available locally with relatively few alternatives.

As for nursing what alternative careers could a person choose given their location and educational attainment. We do not all have a planned career path. I know at the age of 23 I certainly didn't. I think I was just lucky and ended up doing something I grew to really enjoy which then became my life long career.

I see way more Taycans than I would have anticipated given the cost. They are quite distinctive though.
You are aware of the qualifications required to become a nurse I assume? It's not something you just fall into.

Nomme de Plum

446 posts

3 months

Wednesday
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SWoll said:
You are aware of the qualifications required to become a nurse I assume? It's not something you just fall into.
Yes I am and know several at various grades albeit mostly more mature. Clearly we are talking now, well post 2008ish and a couple of decades ago entry requirements were lower. Of the 700K nurses circa 70% fall into pre degree requirement category.

You should also remember that a nurse in 2010 was relatively much better off than they are now.

After my degree I had no idea what I wanted to do like many of my graduate mates.









theboss

6,302 posts

206 months

Wednesday
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Nomme de Plum said:
You should also remember that a nurse in 2010 was relatively much better off than they are now.
Weren't we all?

Nomme de Plum

446 posts

3 months

Wednesday
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theboss said:
Nomme de Plum said:
You should also remember that a nurse in 2010 was relatively much better off than they are now.
Weren't we all?
No. Not all but I accept many.

There is certainly a significant minority that are doing very well.


raspy

1,134 posts

81 months

Wednesday
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Nomme de Plum said:
I think it is a rather large assumption to state that a person picks a specific career. For many it will be whatever employment is available locally with relatively few alternatives.

As for nursing what alternative careers could a person choose given their location and educational attainment. We do not all have a planned career path. I know at the age of 23 I certainly didn't. I think I was just lucky and ended up doing something I grew to really enjoy which then became my life long career.

I see way more Taycans than I would have anticipated given the cost. They are quite distinctive though.
The UK is the 2nd biggest market for Taycans in the world (it was based upon 2021 sales anyhow) and the UK in 2021 was Porsche's 4th biggest market globally (in terms of sales of all of their models in the UK)

Richard-G

1,586 posts

162 months

Wednesday
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raspy said:
The UK is the 2nd biggest market for Taycans in the world (it was based upon 2021 sales anyhow) and the UK in 2021 was Porsche's 4th biggest market globally (in terms of sales of all of their models in the UK)
if anyone wants to see tens of taycan as a time, head to your local porsche dealer, they're all outside being fixed or awaiting parts!

im glad in a way, my M3 long range goes back in December and i hope to get into a taycan 4 . i just need to work out if i can stand the loss of range, efficiency and i can avoid potential borkage!

i know of 4 or 5 people who have various tunes of taycan (company owners) and the reliability is atrocious, no wonder why porsche have appeared as the most unreliable car brand in the UK.

Nomme de Plum

446 posts

3 months

Wednesday
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Richard-G said:
if anyone wants to see tens of taycan as a time, head to your local porsche dealer, they're all outside being fixed or awaiting parts!

im glad in a way, my M3 long range goes back in December and i hope to get into a taycan 4 . i just need to work out if i can stand the loss of range, efficiency and i can avoid potential borkage!

i know of 4 or 5 people who have various tunes of taycan (company owners) and the reliability is atrocious, no wonder why porsche have appeared as the most unreliable car brand in the UK.
I only had the 4S for a little over 3 months but it never missed a beat and for a big lump handled really well. Not in UK though.

Durzel

11,775 posts

155 months

Wednesday
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Taycan is a first generation car for Porsche, and (I think?) their first electic car? Is it any wonder there are teething issues?

The best case scenario is that the second generation car is a lot better....

raspy

1,134 posts

81 months

Wednesday
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Richard-G said:
if anyone wants to see tens of taycan as a time, head to your local porsche dealer, they're all outside being fixed or awaiting parts!

im glad in a way, my M3 long range goes back in December and i hope to get into a taycan 4 . i just need to work out if i can stand the loss of range, efficiency and i can avoid potential borkage!

i know of 4 or 5 people who have various tunes of taycan (company owners) and the reliability is atrocious, no wonder why porsche have appeared as the most unreliable car brand in the UK.
What do the other few thousand Taycan owners in the UK think about reliability? Just wondering whether the 5 people you know are representative?

theboss

6,302 posts

206 months

Wednesday
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raspy said:
What do the other few thousand Taycan owners in the UK think about reliability? Just wondering whether the 5 people you know are representative?
Dunno but my brother is on first name terms with his service dept (not in a good way) and didn’t even bother putting his in for the heating replacement when it went early in the winter because his dealer told him frankly there were 50+ others sat there and a delay on parts.

He’s had it done just recently after hardly using the car all winter.

Thats on a 2020 TS.

Richard-G

1,586 posts

162 months

Wednesday
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raspy said:
Richard-G said:
if anyone wants to see tens of taycan as a time, head to your local porsche dealer, they're all outside being fixed or awaiting parts!

im glad in a way, my M3 long range goes back in December and i hope to get into a taycan 4 . i just need to work out if i can stand the loss of range, efficiency and i can avoid potential borkage!

i know of 4 or 5 people who have various tunes of taycan (company owners) and the reliability is atrocious, no wonder why porsche have appeared as the most unreliable car brand in the UK.
What do the other few thousand Taycan owners in the UK think about reliability? Just wondering whether the 5 people you know are representative?
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survivalist

5,231 posts

177 months

Wednesday
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theboss said:
raspy said:
What do the other few thousand Taycan owners in the UK think about reliability? Just wondering whether the 5 people you know are representative?
Dunno but my brother is on first name terms with his service dept (not in a good way) and didn’t even bother putting his in for the heating replacement when it went early in the winter because his dealer told him frankly there were 50+ others sat there and a delay on parts.

He’s had it done just recently after hardly using the car all winter.

Thats on a 2020 TS.
Did they not offer to put it in the queue and provide a courtesy car in the interim? That’s what I’d expect from a premium car manufacturer.

Richard-G

1,586 posts

162 months

Wednesday
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survivalist said:
theboss said:
raspy said:
What do the other few thousand Taycan owners in the UK think about reliability? Just wondering whether the 5 people you know are representative?
Dunno but my brother is on first name terms with his service dept (not in a good way) and didn’t even bother putting his in for the heating replacement when it went early in the winter because his dealer told him frankly there were 50+ others sat there and a delay on parts.

He’s had it done just recently after hardly using the car all winter.

Thats on a 2020 TS.
Did they not offer to put it in the queue and provide a courtesy car in the interim? That’s what I’d expect from a premium car manufacturer.
No they don't, they don't have enough courtesy cars to cope with the heating issue, that's before you get onto the bricked while updating issues and the battery's halving themselves In capacity overnight issue (tho the battery issue only occurred in early cars and have mostly been all fixed now)

survivalist

5,231 posts

177 months

Wednesday
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Richard-G said:
survivalist said:
theboss said:
raspy said:
What do the other few thousand Taycan owners in the UK think about reliability? Just wondering whether the 5 people you know are representative?
Dunno but my brother is on first name terms with his service dept (not in a good way) and didn’t even bother putting his in for the heating replacement when it went early in the winter because his dealer told him frankly there were 50+ others sat there and a delay on parts.

He’s had it done just recently after hardly using the car all winter.

Thats on a 2020 TS.
Did they not offer to put it in the queue and provide a courtesy car in the interim? That’s what I’d expect from a premium car manufacturer.
No they don't, they don't have enough courtesy cars to cope with the heating issue, that's before you get onto the bricked while updating issues and the battery's halving themselves In capacity overnight issue (tho the battery issue only occurred in early cars and have mostly been all fixed now)
I had this with BMW a while back, their courtesy cars were all out so one of the car hire companies delivered something similar. Seems odd that Porsche don’t do the same.

ChocolateFrog

20,189 posts

160 months

Wednesday
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SWoll said:
Taycans are still a fairly rare sight on UK roads, and as above SS has been available in the NHS for quite some time.

If you pick a vocation where the average salary is £31k you can only expect so much though as not a huge amount of tax to offset?
They're not rare, see them all the time and I live in a pretty poor area.

Probably the most common Porsche you actually see on the roads.

SWoll

15,846 posts

245 months

Yesterday (07:12)
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ChocolateFrog said:
SWoll said:
Taycans are still a fairly rare sight on UK roads, and as above SS has been available in the NHS for quite some time.

If you pick a vocation where the average salary is £31k you can only expect so much though as not a huge amount of tax to offset?
They're not rare, see them all the time and I live in a pretty poor area.

Probably the most common Porsche you actually see on the roads.
No chance, that'll be the Macan or Cayenne.

It's all relative at the end of the day, compared to Model 3/Model Y they're a fairly rare sight. And I was responding to this hyperbolic post, for context.

DMZ said:
Can nurses avail of BIK salary sacrifice benefits? Be nice if they could roll around in Taycans like everyone else.

DMZ

991 posts

147 months

Yesterday (07:33)
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Lol, it’s not hard to get you guys going on some nonsense topic

Pflanzgarten

2,055 posts

12 months

Yesterday (07:47)
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DMZ said:
Lol, it’s not hard to get you guys going on some nonsense topic
hehe
You ain’t wrong!

I’ve been reading PH long before I decided to sign up to post and this is the most PH reply I think I can remember seeing;

ChocolateFrog said:
Pflanzgarten said:
God forbid there’s any reward for working hard and being successful.
How much harder than nurses do you work?

Please enlighten us.
Love it rofl