Fun TC Driving
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- John
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As detailed below, our test drive this morning resulted in our eliminating options compared to the last configured version we has just prepared just before we went to the dealership. Having no other Porsche to compare this to, as our drive today literally our first time in a Porsche in decades, yet my wife and I having owned 55 previous excellent vehicles of many high-quality different brands, we eagerly looked forward to our test drive. As a result, both my wife and remain very exciting about the Macan; there will definitely be one in our future. Of course please take our thoughts under the âFWIWâ category, for we all have different tastes, needs, and mandatory options.
Summary:
Quality= excellent
Fun and easy to drive = great
Functionality = easy to learn
Fit and fitness = excellent
Cornering = superb!!! Damn good job Porsche in creating an EV that handles so well!
Comfort = very good even over some not excellent roads and slower-speed, speed bumps (with its 22â wheels with Michelin A/Sâs)
Braking = so linear, eg., zero learning curve (while we drove to the dealership in our one pedal regenerative BMW iX), we felt right at home and the braking pressure just perfect from my first application onward. Did not miss one-pedal at all (so little effort to twist my lower leg and push on the brake pedal).
Power/speed = turbo model is the right one for us!
We are at the âtime luxuryâ (and yet sad to wait) to not get ours until the 2026 models are out so we used the test drive to see and initial experience the Macan and its different options; we will be visiting another dealership before the month is out for that second dealershipâs demonstrator has very different options and colors we also want to see and experience.
Decisions made:
1.Going with the 18-way seats instead of the 14âs (with a $10 net cost reduction due to a) losing the message function but b) choosing to add in the illuminated upper-seat badging). the added âheightâ of the 18âs bolsters were not an issue for us.
2.Bye bye âPorsche Sound @ $500 savings. Even though I insured I was in Sports Plus mode to hear its sounds at its loudest possible setting, the sound while not unpleasant was so quiet that my wife said âwhy spend the money.â Our hearing is âgood +â and yet âPorsche soundâ was only 1/2 the volume of the EV piped in sound in our BMW. Even then the piped in sound in our BMW is something we very rarely select , e.g., so easy for us to remove this Macan option.
3.Bye bye Burmester @ $4,700. This vehicle had it and while it was good, was IMO second rate by far to the depth and quality our Bowers and Wilkins system in our BMW; even our salesperson agreed âunless you are an audiophile (we are not), Bose should meet your music needs just fine, e.g., especially as for us music is often âbackgroundâ so it too became an easy unchecked option.
4.Goodbye Thermal/Acoustical glass @ $930. We live in the country, count our big city trips on average at about two monthly. But even today in some stop-n-go on a four lane, heavy traffic surburban business street, we felt no need for keeping it as an option. (BTW, we have not then or not checked off the windshield wiper option, so that did not factor in this decision).
For sure, your decisions of might be completely contrary to ours on 1 or all 4 of those options.
Summary:
Quality= excellent
Fun and easy to drive = great
Functionality = easy to learn
Fit and fitness = excellent
Cornering = superb!!! Damn good job Porsche in creating an EV that handles so well!
Comfort = very good even over some not excellent roads and slower-speed, speed bumps (with its 22â wheels with Michelin A/Sâs)
Braking = so linear, eg., zero learning curve (while we drove to the dealership in our one pedal regenerative BMW iX), we felt right at home and the braking pressure just perfect from my first application onward. Did not miss one-pedal at all (so little effort to twist my lower leg and push on the brake pedal).
Power/speed = turbo model is the right one for us!
We are at the âtime luxuryâ (and yet sad to wait) to not get ours until the 2026 models are out so we used the test drive to see and initial experience the Macan and its different options; we will be visiting another dealership before the month is out for that second dealershipâs demonstrator has very different options and colors we also want to see and experience.
Decisions made:
1.Going with the 18-way seats instead of the 14âs (with a $10 net cost reduction due to a) losing the message function but b) choosing to add in the illuminated upper-seat badging). the added âheightâ of the 18âs bolsters were not an issue for us.
2.Bye bye âPorsche Sound @ $500 savings. Even though I insured I was in Sports Plus mode to hear its sounds at its loudest possible setting, the sound while not unpleasant was so quiet that my wife said âwhy spend the money.â Our hearing is âgood +â and yet âPorsche soundâ was only 1/2 the volume of the EV piped in sound in our BMW. Even then the piped in sound in our BMW is something we very rarely select , e.g., so easy for us to remove this Macan option.
3.Bye bye Burmester @ $4,700. This vehicle had it and while it was good, was IMO second rate by far to the depth and quality our Bowers and Wilkins system in our BMW; even our salesperson agreed âunless you are an audiophile (we are not), Bose should meet your music needs just fine, e.g., especially as for us music is often âbackgroundâ so it too became an easy unchecked option.
4.Goodbye Thermal/Acoustical glass @ $930. We live in the country, count our big city trips on average at about two monthly. But even today in some stop-n-go on a four lane, heavy traffic surburban business street, we felt no need for keeping it as an option. (BTW, we have not then or not checked off the windshield wiper option, so that did not factor in this decision).
For sure, your decisions of might be completely contrary to ours on 1 or all 4 of those options.