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- Mark
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- 2025 Macan 4, 2025 Silverado 1500 ZR2, 2026 911 Targa 4S
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.
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- Tom
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- Macan 4S
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.
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.
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- Previous BMW i4 eDrive 40, now Porsche Macan Base EV
Yes, and I have been thinking along those lines too.
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