Very true in your analysis between the two cars as I've had 4 Teslas prior to my Taycan. Personally though, I must say that I rarely punch the cars off the line anymore. It was novel at first for both my Teslas and Taycan. But after driving these cars for a month or so as my daily commute cars, I got to appreciate the aforementioned handling and build quality of the Porsche more and more. I miss the Tesla fart sounds once in a while when my kids are in the car and the software is much better in the Tesla, but what I appreciate most about the Taycan is that you don't see the streets filled with them as I do living in the Bay Area
This thread is very interesting to me. I tried (TRIED REALLY HARD) to like the Tesla Model S over the Taycan (due to price) but after multiple test drives I had to conclude I must spend the price premium and buy a Taycan. I paid waaaaay more than what I would have spent on a Tesla Model S and I can tell you that it has been money very well spent as the Taycan is superior in every way except for 2 relatively unimportant ways - - 1. The Model S offers more rear passenger legroom (although the Taycan rear seating position is more comfortable IMHO) and 2. The Model S has more flexibility in the cargo aspect due to its hatchback design.
To me, the Taycan is well worth the price premium.
I think this acceleration debate in this thread is a little bit silly - - either vehicle has way more power and acceleration than anyone really needs. Once your zero to 60 time is below 4 seconds, does faster than that even matter???
Here’s a story that I thinks tells all. A friend of mine from the gym I workout at owns a Tesla Model 3 that his wife drives and she is very happy with it. He drives a Mercedes S Class. One day he tells me that he ordered a Tesla Model S Plaid and he then asks me “you drive a Porsche Taycan right?” I tell him “yes, a Taycan Turbo.” He then tells me that he’s thinking he maybe should have ordered a Taycan but his wife wanted him to get the Tesla.
I then asked him if he had test driven a Taycan before he ordered the Tesla Plaid. He said he had not done that. I then asked if he would like to test drive mine right now. He accepted and off we went to the parking lot.
I then had him drive to a perfect place for doing a Launch Control Demonstration in Sport + drive mode. I told him “Don’t slow down until you hit 88 miles an hour!” (Yes I’m a big fan of the Back to the Future movies.). He said you sure? I said “yes” and he said “Well OK!”
He then fully depresses the brake and then fully depresses the accelerator. He then releases the brake and off we go!!! He’s cursing with delight but eases off having reached only 82 mph.
I insist he’s got to do it again and not let up until we reach 88 mph. He does it again, curses in amazement again and goes all the way to 93 mph before he lets up.
He then slows way down and turns into the first place he can safely stop the car. He looks at me and says “you’ll have to drive us back. I can’t do this any more, I’m spent.” At first I thought he was kidding but he wasn’t. It turns out in less than 5 miles of driving he was totally spent both physically and emotionally.
So 3 months go by and I see my friend in the gym as I often do and he tells me his Tesla Plaid is in and he’s going to pick it up the next day. He then asks me if he could take another look at my Taycan - saying he doesn’t want to drive it, he only wants to sit in it. Of course I let him sit in it as long as he wanted and he thanked me and said “this car is f-ing gorgeous. I love the dashboard - it’s so classy and futuristic.”
So another week goes by and I see my friend in the gym. I ask him how he likes his Plaid. He then tells me how he went to pick it up, asked to look at it first and then he decided on the spot to forfeit his deposit and decline to take delivery of the car. He said to me “That car is too cheap looking and I don’t care it can go zero to 60 in 2 seconds. No way it’s worth 140 grand.”
I share this story to illustrate my point that once a car has a sub 4 second zero to 60 time, there’s lots of other factors (an important one of which is price) which impact what is the right car for each individual buyer. Since either a Tesla Model S or any Taycan that is a 4S or higher trim are wicked fast, it’s”silly” to be debating initial off the line acceleration.
My feelings are best described by paraphrasing The Most Interesting Man in the World - - “I don’t always drive really fast, but when I do,I prefer Porsche Taycan!”
