What does your Future hold with the Macan

[BigApple]

Wondering what others will do when their time is up on their lease or warranty.

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[MKSZ51]

We plan to drive it - why not? It's an extremely nice vehicle with reasonable range / charging capabilities that should stay "contemporary" for the next 5 years or more. The major warranty concern is the battery and that has an 8 year, 100,000 mile coverage. All EVs will continue to depreciate rapidly until US leadership decides to take a more "progressive" approach to transportation / the environment / etc. The only way to get your money out of an EV is to drive it. You could be stuck in a lot worse place than a Macan EV.

 

[craz8]

We have a 2 year lease. This gave us some flexibility in planning our post-retirement future, and also provides a very long term test drive of this new technology. Since our specific car is mostly trouble free other than the battery SOC issues that I can work with inside the 8 year warranty, we're very likely to buy out the lease and keep the car for 3-4 years before looking to move to the next car.

Although the internet tells me depreciation is huge, I can't find a CPO level version of our current specs that aren't priced at our lease buy-out cost, so the only thing this gains us is uncertainty with a car we've not driven. In fact, the Porsche finder has almost no used cars in our color scheme at all! For the same money, we could buy a loaded Rivian R2, or a Volvo EX60, or BMW iX30 - all brand new models with 'iPad on dash' as the main interface, which is a big turn off before we even take them out of Park.

If the car treats us well, we might look at a refreshed Macan when those come out - 2029/30 or so. Maybe wait a year for the bugs to be identified this time? Soft close doors, significantly better battery tech, V2L for emergencies, and having a nice bright color available (without needing to sell a kidney) would help us stick with Porsche at that time.

 

[Awaz]

If the car treats us well, we might look at a refreshed Macan when those come out - 2029/30 or so. Maybe wait a year for the bugs to be identified this time?

Yes, and I have been thinking along those lines too.

 

[MatC21]

Bought it.

Will definitely keep it until the end of the 4 year warranty. Then will see if there is a promising face lift or other car to swap onto.

Could also imagine keeping it for longer, eg 6-8 years.

 

[Wivenhoe]

I’ve ordered a Cayenne EV Coupe - hoping they’ve learnt from the Macan ! Delivery mid July, taking a hit on the 4S but not any worse than I expected. With petrol currently so expensive it seems used EV’s residuals are rising.

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