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Glamrock

(11,997 posts)
Sun Nov 3, 2024, 09:17 PM Nov 2024

So....in other news. We bought this on Saturday for Mrs. Glam! 🤟🤟🤟

Porsche Macan S with Sport Chrono package, Porsche logo embossed headrests, and red seat belts! Ohboyohboyohboyohboy!







Had been looking for the right one for about a month and decided on this! 10 minutes from the dealership, my aunt called and told us mom had stopped taking water. 3-5 day death sentence. Not much joy in buying it. My poor wife. LOL!

But it is awesome and it’s her first car in 30 years that I can’t wait to drive! 🤟

And I now have a fully European garage now! Porsche, Mini, and me Lotus!

Bernice and her British sister, The Blue Meanie, the day I brought her home.



And after much work making her mine….


The Porsche is a much more welcome edition than a Bronco for me!

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So....in other news. We bought this on Saturday for Mrs. Glam! 🤟🤟🤟 (Original Post) Glamrock Nov 2024 OP
Sweet! 2naSalit Nov 2024 #1
I know, right? Glamrock Nov 2024 #4
A win/win there! 2naSalit Nov 2024 #5
Nice! TwilightZone Nov 2024 #2
That's a great car! Glamrock Nov 2024 #6
I'm not at all an SUV/crossover person and the MB changed my mind. TwilightZone Nov 2024 #9
For sure! Glamrock Nov 2024 #10
Had the same experience with the Boxster/Cayman. TwilightZone Nov 2024 #11
Reread my original post m. I edited it to show MY babies! Glamrock Nov 2024 #12
I've always loved the Elise. TwilightZone Nov 2024 #13
It. Is. Amazing. Glamrock Nov 2024 #14
It. Is. Amazing! Glamrock Nov 2024 #15
Fancy! cilla4progress Nov 2024 #3
Yes! Mrs. Glam is big shit now! 🤣 Glamrock Nov 2024 #7
Beautiful! Congratulations on the beautiful Porsche. The Macan S is one of the best handling SUV's louslobbs Nov 2024 #8
I know! Glamrock Nov 2024 #16
👍🏻 louslobbs Nov 2024 #18
My old Bronco can go where you couldn't follow KS Toronado Nov 2024 #17
Expensive taste! Emile Nov 2024 #19

Glamrock

(11,997 posts)
4. I know, right?
Sun Nov 3, 2024, 09:36 PM
Nov 2024

And it’s so fast! And while my wife won’t drive a stick shift, it’s got paddles so I can drive it like a manual! 🤟

TwilightZone

(28,834 posts)
2. Nice!
Sun Nov 3, 2024, 09:27 PM
Nov 2024

Been a Porsche fan since I was a kid. The Macan is a great vehicle. Thought about getting one a few years ago but ended up with an MB GLC300 that my partner loves to death. I wish the electric Macan wasn't going to be so damn expensive.

Glamrock

(11,997 posts)
6. That's a great car!
Sun Nov 3, 2024, 09:41 PM
Nov 2024

She’s been wanting an S class Benz forever. But we live in the lake effect snow area in Indiana and don’t have a big enough garage for three cars. She had a 7 year old Kia SOUL! Turbo. She was talking about getting a Bronco or Santa Cruz and I was facepalming.

It’s her car, she can have whatever she wants. Seriously. Even a Prius. But I’ve got a Mini Cooper S and a Lotus Elise. I’m a driver, ya know?

Two of my Lotus buddies have Cayennes and they rant and rave about them. I gently (or not. LOL!) suggested it and she was in. 🤟

TwilightZone

(28,834 posts)
9. I'm not at all an SUV/crossover person and the MB changed my mind.
Sun Nov 3, 2024, 09:55 PM
Nov 2024

It's been that good. Have wanted a Boxster or a Cayman forever, but I could definitely do a Macan now. Most of the fun, way more practical.

When we were shopping for the MB and still hadn't decided on it, one dealer had a used Macan Turbo. It was about $10k more than we were looking to spend, plus it was used vs. the new MB. We didn't drive it because I knew I'd somehow justify the extra $10k if we did.

"She was talking about getting a Bronco or Santa Cruz and I was facepalming."

Bronco love was a thing here (near Austin, TX) when it first came out, but seemed to fade pretty quickly. I think expectations met reality, for the most part. That was also the peak of the pandemic when all car stuff was nuts.

Glamrock

(11,997 posts)
10. For sure!
Sun Nov 3, 2024, 10:03 PM
Nov 2024

I mean, it’s used but I ended up spending the extra for the extra hundred hp. The base that we test drove handled like a sports car. I was pushing it through s curves and was amazed. But the power wasn’t there. Didn’t feel like Porsche. But the S? Feels like a Porsche. And with the sport chrono package, you get sport+ and feels like a cayman. It rocks!

TwilightZone

(28,834 posts)
11. Had the same experience with the Boxster/Cayman.
Sun Nov 3, 2024, 10:19 PM
Nov 2024

The S is definitely worth the bump in price. And used is great because someone else takes the depreciation hit, though Porsches tend to hold their value very well, except for the electrics, and the latter is an industry-wide issue.

I occasionally rent cars through Turo to feed my sports car side without incurring the payments, insurance, etc. We rented a base Boxster a few years ago. It was a great car - the best handling car I'd ever driven - and its only real flaw was that it needed more power.

A couple years later, we rented a Cayman GTS. 365hp in that tiny little car.

Just blew my mind. I want, I want, I want. lol

TwilightZone

(28,834 posts)
13. I've always loved the Elise.
Sun Nov 3, 2024, 10:35 PM
Nov 2024

I like the newer Lotuses as well, though there's nothing quite like the spirit of the Elise.

Glamrock

(11,997 posts)
14. It. Is. Amazing.
Sun Nov 3, 2024, 10:46 PM
Nov 2024

The way it handles and communicates? A true drivers car. It was insane on The Tail of The Dragon!

Glamrock

(11,997 posts)
15. It. Is. Amazing!
Sun Nov 3, 2024, 11:19 PM
Nov 2024

The way it handles and communicates? A true drivers car. It was insane on The Tail of The Dragon!

Glamrock

(11,997 posts)
7. Yes! Mrs. Glam is big shit now! 🤣
Sun Nov 3, 2024, 09:48 PM
Nov 2024

But she deserves it! Hell, she lives with me! And she’s always had esteem issues so it’s good to see her driving something she thought was unobtainable or that she didn’t deserve. 🥰

louslobbs

(3,416 posts)
8. Beautiful! Congratulations on the beautiful Porsche. The Macan S is one of the best handling SUV's
Sun Nov 3, 2024, 09:53 PM
Nov 2024

On the market other than the Ferrari Purosangue $393,000, the Lamborghini Urus $275,000+ and the Maserati Levante Trofeo $188,000. And the Macan S does 0-60 in 3.8 seconds running the quarter-mile in 12.5 seconds @ 108 miles per hour top speed169

Enjoy! It really is an amazing automobile……..And I love the red seat belts and red lettering on the doors that spells out Macan S. The black gives it a rather sinister look. I love the vehicle!

Glamrock

(11,997 posts)
16. I know!
Sun Nov 3, 2024, 11:23 PM
Nov 2024

It’s faster than my Elise! LOL!

And thanks so much! It’s gorgeous in person!

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