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Thanks for offer, but I’ll keep my 2013 Veloster. 91k miles, oil, tires, one battery. I love it.
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How long was the wait from when you placed the order?
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Placed the order on 10/02/2020. Car arrived in Baltimore port three days ago after the captain waited offshore a day or two waiting for the gale force winds and 17-25 foot seas to lay down. Car will arrive in West Michigan around 2/5/2021 once it's inspected at the port, the importation paperwork clears and it is loaded into a semitrailer. Not ideal timing, but my selling dealer would not promise me a car by spring time if I waited to place the order in December which is when I normally order cars.
Porsche does a good job protecting product in transit. Here are some pix of what the current car looked like when it arrived in Michigan.
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I’ve been given roughly the same timeline for a new Taycan. Although this is the first time the sales guy has been pushing/strongly suggesting I order from the factory. This will the fourth he’s sold me, so I’m inclined to take his advice.
Are going with another Boxster?
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Yes. But bigger engine and more HP. The 2018 was plenty fast and very quick, but it seems every new Porsche is a bit faster and quicker than the model that preceded it.
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A couple 911s in grad school that were mostly a wing and a prayer. The first dependable Porsche was a 964: a RS America new in the nineties. There was a hiatus until 2016 with a string of Audis that other than the TT roadster where boring family sedans. Then I bought a Macan base, that was quickly replaced with Macan S and now a Panamera 4S.
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I owned a lot of TTs starting with the very first model. When Audi stopped importing the TTS roadster to the US I bought the Boxter. Would still like to drive a 400 HP TTS roadster to see what it is like. Apparently roadsters did not sell well enough in this country to warrant going through the regulatory red tape for last model change.
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Well they did have kind of a sparse trunk space. As I recall with the roof covers in the trunk there was barely enough space for two six packs.
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Black with Aviator Grey leather on the left circa 2002? Ours was same color scheme 01.
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black on black.
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fresh off the truck.
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Looking good. When do you pick it up? Is the PDK available on the Boxster? The P4S obviously only comes with it.
I didn't think I was going to like the PDK, but its kind of a wolf in sheep's clothing. In automatic mode (and especially normal) the shift points are really close together so that in town its quickly in 5th. In Sport+ it just never shifts beyond 2nd. In manual mode where you can run it up above 4500 it really changes character fast. Paddle shifters are cool too!
It looks like you also got the PDLS+ headlights. They are unbelievable. You are going to love them if you do any extensive driving at night. We're in the middle of the Great Salt Marsh and driving up to the boat we have to go across several large stretches of salt marsh. And the deer love the salt marsh in the summer. With the roadway up above the marsh, the four legged bastids love to pop across the highway out of nowhere. The lights have saved my butt more than once.
Post some more pics once you've taken off the gift wrapping.
I didn't think I was going to like the PDK, but its kind of a wolf in sheep's clothing. In automatic mode (and especially normal) the shift points are really close together so that in town its quickly in 5th. In Sport+ it just never shifts beyond 2nd. In manual mode where you can run it up above 4500 it really changes character fast. Paddle shifters are cool too!
It looks like you also got the PDLS+ headlights. They are unbelievable. You are going to love them if you do any extensive driving at night. We're in the middle of the Great Salt Marsh and driving up to the boat we have to go across several large stretches of salt marsh. And the deer love the salt marsh in the summer. With the roadway up above the marsh, the four legged bastids love to pop across the highway out of nowhere. The lights have saved my butt more than once.
Post some more pics once you've taken off the gift wrapping.
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We will pick it up sometime next week. Wife and I got Covid shot number 2 a few minutes ago and I was not sure I would feel like driving into GR with the snow we have been getting. This car is set up like the 2018 except I added painted air intakes and a heated steering wheel since the top is down every month of the year. Also upgraded to the bigger engine and 50 more HP. Agree with your assessment of the lights. I almost hit a deer last month just a few houses down the street from our house. We are surrounded by trees and water so the deer are everywhere. Will post some pix when I bring it home. I had originally planned on ordering the Spyder, but when I looked for the PDK option was told the car came with a manual transmission only. That may be changing as customers are asking for it.
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Have put 600 miles on it so far. Break in takes 2000 so it will be a few weeks. Car still has its skinny, small winter wheels and tires on it. As soon as temps stay above 45 degrees the new summer wheels and tires will go on. Should be about the time people start putting the boats in the water, mid April.
