Took my new ride home!
03-28-18 | 05:04 PM
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Porsche didn’t take trade in of my Kia and Bmw, which I had 5 months of payments left, and both cars are way under mileage( kia 20860 bmw 16080 ). They did give me deeper discount for the Porsche’s though. So for the Kia, I made remaining payment and returned it this week. I don’t know about the Bmw, I still need to make all the payments on it, but I don’t know if I wanna return it early or just keep driving it. Keep an extra car just means more insurance and registration fee, but on the other hand I don’t need it and don’t want to put more wear on it that I may end up paying when returning ( the tires still ok, but 5 months of driving I might have to replace the set which is 2k )
25 lexuses in the past and not one can scratch your new car itch?
Have you checked with Carmax just to see what they'll give you for your 2 cars?
03-28-18 | 05:55 PM
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Sadly no Lexus as of now that I wanna buy, sorry I just don’t like the spindle even it’s been out and tweaked many ways... plus nothing is fast enough and I can’t afford a LFA lol
im too lazy to check with Carmax ( one time I was there for good one hour before they gave me a price ), and I’m sure the M doesn’t worth 75k lol. Just gonna bite it and pay the 7500 remaining payment. This is what happen when switching brand early, I never had to pay anything or any fee when I was getting a new Bmw...
03-29-18 | 03:30 PM
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As Stan Smith said on the American Dad episode - The Scarlet Getter.
"SO JEALOUS!!!!"
But seriously though, congrats bro.
Side question: Is that a 2017 or 2018 Carrera 4S? And is that a 2017 or 2018 Cayenne?
"SO JEALOUS!!!!"
But seriously though, congrats bro.
Side question: Is that a 2017 or 2018 Carrera 4S? And is that a 2017 or 2018 Cayenne?
03-31-18 | 03:46 AM
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So far put 40 miles on the car, didn’t have much ‘along time’ with the 911 yet
Interior is plain black with 14 way seats and sport steering wheel, I will see if I can take some pics tomorrow.
My car does have PSE so it sounds pretty good, so I plan to just add a Fabspeed exhaust tips to make it looks better. It’s fast but since I already used to my M, can’t say I’m impressed with the acceleration lol, maybe after I break it in more so I can try the full throttle with Launch control ( LC does 6k rpm clutch dump so I don’t want to do it till 1k miles )
what it really shines is the handling, and I can’t stop praising the PDK transmission! The PDK is the smoothest and fast shifting transmission I ever experienced, it swaps gear at lightning speed, and I can only know the gear change by hearing the exhaust and looking at the rpm gauge, it’s just that smooth! So even though I would like a manual 911, I think I could Also enjoy the PDK! As of handling, since I drive my 5000+ lb X6M for more than 2 years, the difference is night and day, the 911 is so low, and nimble, and I feel like it really is on rails and I could do anything with it. 911 is a car that you have to drive to appreciate, it’s the sum of all parts that work together to make it special, and still one of the best sports car. I can see I will have so much joy with it for the next couple of years
Dave, I thought you like the new Panamera? I also test drove the new Panamera S Gran Turismo when buying the 911, and it was hard to decide between these two, since the Panny is just like a large 911 with so much nicer interior, for the same price, if I wasn’t had my heart deadest on the 911, I could very well got the Panny instead.
Interior is plain black with 14 way seats and sport steering wheel, I will see if I can take some pics tomorrow.
My car does have PSE so it sounds pretty good, so I plan to just add a Fabspeed exhaust tips to make it looks better. It’s fast but since I already used to my M, can’t say I’m impressed with the acceleration lol, maybe after I break it in more so I can try the full throttle with Launch control
( LC does 6k rpm clutch dump so I don’t want to do it till 1k miles )what it really shines is the handling, and I can’t stop praising the PDK transmission! The PDK is the smoothest and fast shifting transmission I ever experienced, it swaps gear at lightning speed, and I can only know the gear change by hearing the exhaust and looking at the rpm gauge, it’s just that smooth! So even though I would like a manual 911, I think I could Also enjoy the PDK! As of handling, since I drive my 5000+ lb X6M for more than 2 years, the difference is night and day, the 911 is so low, and nimble, and I feel like it really is on rails and I could do anything with it. 911 is a car that you have to drive to appreciate, it’s the sum of all parts that work together to make it special, and still one of the best sports car. I can see I will have so much joy with it for the next couple of years
Dave, I thought you like the new Panamera? I also test drove the new Panamera S Gran Turismo when buying the 911, and it was hard to decide between these two, since the Panny is just like a large 911 with so much nicer interior, for the same price, if I wasn’t had my heart deadest on the 911, I could very well got the Panny instead.
03-31-18 | 03:59 AM
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Thx man, believe or not, as low as my Sedona’ mileage (20860 when I returned it), I couldn’t get any trade in that’s even close to break it even like what you did to yours. I ended up made the remaining 6 payments and dropped it off at Kia, and who knows how much they would still charge me on the wear and tear (there is a small chip on windshield, and I repaired the damage my wife did to the doors)