Article: Macan EV is an out-of-the-gate sales success

[Great_Cookie]

This has got to be the most cynical thread in the forum I’ve seen thus far… all good when viewed in that lens - but a couple of posts had me worried at first (especially from @daveo4EV )

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[alxman]

sarcasm - you can ignore - I sometimes just get flustered - this is actually great news and I still love my Macan EV

but OMG the world situation and EV's in general right now - seems to me good news like this is no longer allowed…

Don’t worry @daveo4EV, whoever wrote this article is soon going to be sued, impeached, or deported! Pseudo-free fake speech is not tolerated in this great nation!

 

[cottony]

Someone is gonna stumble across this thread one day, miss the sarcasm, and be super confused how a community of EV-loving, climate-change deniers came to exist on this forum lol

 

[Wivenhoe]

Oh yes, the risk of fire. In my region, 11 out of every 10 electric vehicles burn every day.

There was a massive fire at a multi storey car park in the UK. Immediately widely covered in the ‘media’ that it could only have been caused by an EV. The truth was, it was a diesel that caught fire and destroyed 1,400 cars. BBC then reported the truth that the report confirmed the vehicle was "diesel-powered" and not "a mild hybrid, plug-in hybrid or electric vehicle".

if interested, the BBC report is here - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-68627759

 

[dgkhn]

Oh wow, to me the sarcasm was clear, and sometimes it feels good to get it out of your system. And to repeat for those who don't follow me particularly, I love my Macan EV, and now I love EV's, and I'm not going back (although my center screen blanked out for 10 minutes the other day, and the car refused to take a charge from my EVSE for a few anxious minutes yesterday, sigh).

Anyway, just beware of confirmation bias. I saw precious few facts backing up the premise of that article is all I'm saying.

 

[Mavshyn]

I'm just gonna say, thanks for a good laugh. it was a welcome start to the day. We cannot have nice things like the saying goes.

 

[Throb]

There was a massive fire at a multi storey car park in the UK. Immediately widely covered in the ‘media’ that it could only have been caused by an EV. The truth was, it was a diesel that caught fire and destroyed 1,400 cars. BBC then reported the truth that the report confirmed the vehicle was "diesel-powered" and not "a mild hybrid, plug-in hybrid or electric vehicle".

if interested, the BBC report is here - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-68627759

The erroneous reports happen all the time. Only last week, the Daily M*il and The S*n reported that the car that caught fire in the Heathrow Tunnel was an EV, when in fact it was a diesel.

 

[jonrblair]

sarcasm - you can ignore - I sometimes just get flustered - this is actually great news and I still love my Macan EV

but OMG the world situation and EV's in general right now - seems to me good news like this is no longer allowed…

Dave: It isn't a bad attempt but for the moment don't give up your day job for a career in satire. I did think it funny though that a number of people appeared to take you seriously

 

[Fun TC Driving]

Count me in a the very happy ones to have bought our Macan last week. We cannot wait for it to arrive so we can take it on a spirited drive down a very curvy country road that starts two short blocks away from our house and goes for 28 miles. Have not been to a gas station in eight months. DAMN do I miss their smelly-ness, the questionable people around me, the chance to be carjacked, and similar.

 

[daveo4EV]

Dave: It isn't a bad attempt but for the moment don't give up your day job for a career in satire. I did think it funny though that a number of people appeared to take you seriously

this was a better effort - but I have no intention of given up my day job - but this one I authored was better than my more recent attempt - enjoy or not!

https://www.taycanforum.com/forum/t...-bold-vision-for-fast-charging-future….17692/

 

[jonrblair]

this was a better effort - but I have no intention of given up my day job - but this one I authored was better than my more recent attempt - enjoy or not!

https://www.taycanforum.com/forum/threads/porsche-press-release-an-alternate-and-bold-vision-for-fast-charging-future….17692/

I assume that the conversation with Dr Karl was inadvertently leaked to you on a Signal group involving him and the Vice President and others in the administration!

 

[daveo4EV]

I assume that the conversation with Dr Karl was inadvertently leaked to you on a Signal group involving him and the Vice President and others in the administration!

exactly!!!

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