Hello to all from South Florida...
I'm excited to join the community of Macan owners! On the boat from Germany that is heading to Port of Jacksonville (Florida) is my new 2018 Macan S... woooo hoooo! Expected delivery within next 5 to 10 days.
2018 Macan S
White (0Q)
Standard Paint (-PAINT)
8-Way Power Seats (Q1G)
Black/Garnet Red, Two-Tone Partial Leather Seat Trim (VU)
Wheel Centers w/Full-Color Porsche Crest (1NP)
Lane Change Assist (Lca) (7Y7)
Premium Package Plus (PJ7)
Panoramic Roof System (3FU)
Bose Surround Sound System (9VL)
LED Headlights w/Porsche Dynamic Light System Plus (8EY)
Automatically Dimming Exterior Mirrors (PA2)
Front & Rear Heated Seats (4A4)
Front Seat Ventilation (4D3)
Porsche Entry & Drive (4F6)
14-Way Power Seats (PE5)
Wheels: 21" 911 Turbo Design (C7T)
Tires: P265/40r21 Front & P295/35r21 As (-NONTR2)
Sportdesign Side Mirrors (6FB)
Porsche Connect (IU2)
Background story: For longer than I care to admit, our garage has always included an SUV along with the sport cars. For the past 15 years the SUV has been various models of the Lexus RX350 (most recently a 2015 RX350 AWD F Sport, this one was a 3 year lease). Well, the Lexus lease was up back in September 2017 and we were ready to buy a 2018 RX350 AWD F Sport. For the first time in over a decade, Lexus is late to release the RX (2018 still isn't available in Dec 2017) and we did a month to month lease extension. Tick tock... My practical side had me reluctant to spend the $$ difference between the Macan and the likes of Lexus and BMW. more... tick tock
Always liked the Macan but sometimes habits (Lexus) are hard to break. Our first and most recent Porsche was a 2015 Boxster S on a 3 year, high mile lease. After 3 years and 54k miles, the Boxster still felt and looked as if new. Even with age and miles, 100% reliable, every button was smooth and went click, no rattles, the leather seats and interior still like new, etc... it was by far the best put together vehicle that we have owned and we have been fortunate to have owned numerous from the high $$ end. We were convinced with the top quality of a modern Porsche.
Cross shopped: Lexus RX350 AWD F Sport, 2018 BMW X3 (xDrive30i and X3 M40i) and X5, Maserati SUV (I forgot the name), Jaguar F Pace. Our findings: the Lexus and BMW - both very nice, high end quality, reliable (especially Lexus), well made. Lexus is more SUV in terms of handling, the BMW more car like and both seemed in a league just below Porsche in terms of materials, fit and finish, etc. As for the Maserati and Jaguar, they seemed to be in the Porsche league (materials, fit and finish) and both drove exceptionally well. Thing is, I am leery of owning a Maserati or Jaguar after say two years, simply due to reliability records / scores of each.
Porsche Macan S buying experience: "wunderbar"! (wonderful)
Hubby did his homework on Friday night and obtained USAA (military) vs MSRP pricing to include the Macan S with every option.
Saturday morning, 8am, he emailed the build and pricing offer to the manager at Braman West Palm Beach Porsche.
Saturday morning, 9:20am, Porsche manager located our build, agreed to offer. Hubby went to work (job).
Saturday afternoon, 4:30pm, we arrive at Braman Porsche dealership, warmly greeted. Reviewed the order, placed a deposit, signed the purchase agreement, salesman then brought up a similarly equipped Macan on the lot so I could become familiar. Hubby still "working" (on call), had to leave dealership after 3 hours. Very pleasurable dealership experience. No haggle, no crap, treated with respect, etc. Seldom can one claim to have a "pleasurable experience" at a dealership?
Anyway... just wanted to say "hi" to fellow Macan owners / drivers. Taking pics is sort of "our thing" and will post pics of my 2018 Macan S when it arrives.
Interesting... our garage and driveway has several vehicles and 3 of them are new with the same color scheme, white exterior with red leather interiors. It was not our intent to do that, simply those colors looked good on that given make / model. (2017 Corvette GS, 2018 BMW M240i and soon 2018 Macan S).
:x DTG
I'm excited to join the community of Macan owners! On the boat from Germany that is heading to Port of Jacksonville (Florida) is my new 2018 Macan S... woooo hoooo! Expected delivery within next 5 to 10 days.
2018 Macan S
White (0Q)
Standard Paint (-PAINT)
8-Way Power Seats (Q1G)
Black/Garnet Red, Two-Tone Partial Leather Seat Trim (VU)
Wheel Centers w/Full-Color Porsche Crest (1NP)
Lane Change Assist (Lca) (7Y7)
Premium Package Plus (PJ7)
Panoramic Roof System (3FU)
Bose Surround Sound System (9VL)
LED Headlights w/Porsche Dynamic Light System Plus (8EY)
Automatically Dimming Exterior Mirrors (PA2)
Front & Rear Heated Seats (4A4)
Front Seat Ventilation (4D3)
Porsche Entry & Drive (4F6)
14-Way Power Seats (PE5)
Wheels: 21" 911 Turbo Design (C7T)
Tires: P265/40r21 Front & P295/35r21 As (-NONTR2)
Sportdesign Side Mirrors (6FB)
Porsche Connect (IU2)
Background story: For longer than I care to admit, our garage has always included an SUV along with the sport cars. For the past 15 years the SUV has been various models of the Lexus RX350 (most recently a 2015 RX350 AWD F Sport, this one was a 3 year lease). Well, the Lexus lease was up back in September 2017 and we were ready to buy a 2018 RX350 AWD F Sport. For the first time in over a decade, Lexus is late to release the RX (2018 still isn't available in Dec 2017) and we did a month to month lease extension. Tick tock... My practical side had me reluctant to spend the $$ difference between the Macan and the likes of Lexus and BMW. more... tick tock
Always liked the Macan but sometimes habits (Lexus) are hard to break. Our first and most recent Porsche was a 2015 Boxster S on a 3 year, high mile lease. After 3 years and 54k miles, the Boxster still felt and looked as if new. Even with age and miles, 100% reliable, every button was smooth and went click, no rattles, the leather seats and interior still like new, etc... it was by far the best put together vehicle that we have owned and we have been fortunate to have owned numerous from the high $$ end. We were convinced with the top quality of a modern Porsche.
Cross shopped: Lexus RX350 AWD F Sport, 2018 BMW X3 (xDrive30i and X3 M40i) and X5, Maserati SUV (I forgot the name), Jaguar F Pace. Our findings: the Lexus and BMW - both very nice, high end quality, reliable (especially Lexus), well made. Lexus is more SUV in terms of handling, the BMW more car like and both seemed in a league just below Porsche in terms of materials, fit and finish, etc. As for the Maserati and Jaguar, they seemed to be in the Porsche league (materials, fit and finish) and both drove exceptionally well. Thing is, I am leery of owning a Maserati or Jaguar after say two years, simply due to reliability records / scores of each.
Porsche Macan S buying experience: "wunderbar"! (wonderful)
Hubby did his homework on Friday night and obtained USAA (military) vs MSRP pricing to include the Macan S with every option.
Saturday morning, 8am, he emailed the build and pricing offer to the manager at Braman West Palm Beach Porsche.
Saturday morning, 9:20am, Porsche manager located our build, agreed to offer. Hubby went to work (job).
Saturday afternoon, 4:30pm, we arrive at Braman Porsche dealership, warmly greeted. Reviewed the order, placed a deposit, signed the purchase agreement, salesman then brought up a similarly equipped Macan on the lot so I could become familiar. Hubby still "working" (on call), had to leave dealership after 3 hours. Very pleasurable dealership experience. No haggle, no crap, treated with respect, etc. Seldom can one claim to have a "pleasurable experience" at a dealership?
Anyway... just wanted to say "hi" to fellow Macan owners / drivers. Taking pics is sort of "our thing" and will post pics of my 2018 Macan S when it arrives.
Interesting... our garage and driveway has several vehicles and 3 of them are new with the same color scheme, white exterior with red leather interiors. It was not our intent to do that, simply those colors looked good on that given make / model. (2017 Corvette GS, 2018 BMW M240i and soon 2018 Macan S).
:x DTG
