Having dreamt of Porsche ownership since I had a copy of the 1987 911 brochure when the prevailing colour was chocolate brown I'm now seriously close to purchasing a Macan S/GTS as our new family run about.
Been looking since the winter lockdown when my target car of a 3 year old GTS with sub 20k miles was about £45-£50k and since that time the price has increased to more like £57-£60k. Luckily the current car has also gone up in value so that's helped soften the blow somewhat.
On that basis I either downgrade to an Gen 2 'S' with higher mileage to keep the price lower or go all out an order a Gen 3 S in the exact spec I want.
......Which for an extra £10K seems like the right thing to do.......until I learned that the On The Road costs aren't included and then a £54k car becomes a near £70k car!
Still have to decide on final spec but liking the Gentian Blue possibly even with the neodyne alloys which gives it a little bit of Clio Williams/Classic Impreza charm.
I test drove a Gen 2 S at Porsche Newcastle whilst visiting family and was really impressed with the ride and handling compared to the S4 and even had a smoother power delivery.
Now back in London and likely to be ordering from my local OPC in South London but understand from other parts of the forum i'm in for a wait.
Just hope the S4 doesn't drop too much in value over the coming months which would be a right pain.
Cheers.
Chris
