A Charging Problem with My Taycan My beloved Taycan had its first major problem. One evening, I got home in the Taycan and plugged in my usual 200-volt home charger. The next morning, I got in and realized the battery hadn’t charged at all. “Wait, did I not plug the charging cable in properly?” I wondered. I drove the Taycan to work as usual that day and tried charging again when I got home that...
“Take it there, and they’ll fix any headlight cracks—100% guaranteed.” That’s what customers say about a shop in Toyokawa, Aichi Prefecture. Cargo Shigoshigi specializes in headlight repair. Each month, the shop receives an average of around 25 headlights from customers who were told by their dealers that they couldn’t be repaired. Headlight cracks are the countless fine fractures that spread across a lens like a spiderweb. Because the cracks feel smooth when you run a...
One of the questions I’m often asked on the blog is about Porsche problems, so my husband has written an article on the subject. I hope you’ll give it a read. What I Learned From Owning Seven Porsches Over the past five and a half years, I’ve bought seven Porsches: the 981 Boxster GTS, 970 Panamera, 971 Panamera Turbo, 991 GT3 with Touring Package, 964 Carrera 2, 9YA Cayenne E-Hybrid, and 992 Carrera Cabriolet. Here’s...
The Battery in Our Air-Cooled Porsche 911… We currently own six cars, but there’s only room to park two at home, so we keep the others in several different places, including nearby and close to my husband’s workplace. The other day, my husband headed to work saying, “I’ll drive home in the air-cooled Porsche (964) I’ve parked near the office today.” It had only been parked for about a week, so I didn’t think there...
