PNWTaycan4S
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- ‘91 Polar Silver 964, ‘20 Dolomite Silver Taycan 4S, ‘19 Gravity Blue Nero EV
tl;dr
The Taycan is not logical.
The Taycan is emotional.
You are overthinking this.
IMHO.
Buy it if you can afford to have this much joy in your life.
If you’ve got the cash, do the dash.Hi guys, I'm trying to convince myself that there's too many incentives that will far outweigh the cons of larger monthly payments than my existing car deal and the depreciation of the Taycan over a 3 year PCP deal and what decision to take at the end. Please help convince me!
Here is a finance spreadsheet I've been working on.
Here is my PCP offer.
Here is my car spec.
In the UK, we have a 0% company car tax incentive on electric vehicles.
Essentially meaning, if your company buys a £90,000 electric vehicle, then your company tax cost for that tax year will be reduced by £90,000. If you do not use all this amount up, it can also be passed back from the previous tax year and you'll receive a rebate.
(In my mind this reads; choose to pay company tax and receive nothing in return, or buy an electric car and pay zero company tax - free car!)
I currently have a Range Rover Velar on a personal hire purchase agreement.
To pay this and the insurance and road tax, I have to withdraw a dividend from my company each month. My personal tax bracket is 32.5%.
Looking at what I can afford, I can comfortably make the £901 monthly payment for the Taycan. I could also save the additional £1400 per month to make the final balloon payment. Though it would make sense to put this amount (£51k) into paying off my house mortgage!
After reviewing my spreadsheet, my questions would be:
In my mind:
- Roughly what is the extra monthly/year cost of changing from the Velar to the Taycan?
- What will I have lost in estimated depreciation value on the Taycan at the end of the agreement? Saw something here about MSRP, but don't quite understand that.
- Would I be wise to roll my Taycan equity into a new Porsche car, or make the final balloon payment? Considering the developments of battery technology.
- Each branch I've spoken to have advised me to add the performance battery pack option as it will help with the residual value. But I can't see the cost of this option (£4600) nearly repaying itself in residual value after 3 years. Am I correct in thinking this?
- Is there any other monetary benefits I'm not thinking about in making this switch? Other than receiving the cash lump sum of my Velar back to my personal account without being taxed?
Pros:
Cons:
- Better car (looks/drive).
- No more refuelling/saving earth.
- Cash lump sum paid back to my personal account.
- If my spreadsheet is correct, the cost of the car will be roughly be reduced by £25-30k through tax benefits.
- I'd expect combustion cars to depreciate faster in value than EV's once they become to be proven.
Other Notes:
- Larger monthly payments (if intending to pay balloon amount).
- Losing boot space for my labrador dog (only other car in the household is a Vauxhall Astra!)
- Not purchasing the equity of the car like I currently am with the Velar.
- In 17 more months, I'd have paid off my Velar and own it outright with no further monthly car payments. Whereas I'm tying myself into a new 3 year commitment with the Taycan and no guarantee of owning it outright by the end.
Thanks ever so much in advance!
- In the 19 months of having the Velar I have only done 8,000 miles. I work from home and don't really have to commute to work meetings. 4-6 of these months I would have normally done more miles if COVID wasn't a thing.
- I could make use of the government bounce back loan.
It’s the most amazing toy you’ll have fun in since, for me and I suspect you, a long time ago. Smooth, beautiful, ballistically fast, and drives better in many ways than my 964. A joy in these wacky times.
Take the plunge and don’t look back!
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