Amelio
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- Older Tesla P85DL+, Shopping for a Taycan
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Hi guys,
i’m not sure if you remember me, but I was shopping for a Taycan last year, looking a 4S dreaming about a Turbo S.
Porsche graciously loaned us this car:
After mulling over many cars, including a great deal on a black turbo S (colour and options just weren’t right for me) I decided on the above car and called my SA to get my T appraised for trade in. The rep was busy and he had the next day off so I called him on the Thursday and someone else bought the car! Why didn’t I just put a deposit on it?! I even installed a 14-50 below my charger to experience Porsche’s mobile connector and get ready for my new car:
I had a look around and couldn’t find another car option set that really did it for me, and one thing stood out in all of my replies on this forum:
A gentleman here with a beautiful top spec red Turbo S commented this: just get the Tesla, or you will always be looking over your shoulder for the tech that you don’t have. I don’t blame him for saying that and in many ways he was right. The comment rang true with me and made a snap decision on a Plaid.
The red car looked like this one that I was looking at, but I just couldn’t quite swing the price. I can’t find the original picture, but this is one that we spotted while in London last year…what a car!!!
I got it (the Plaid) and it sat in the garage for two weeks not being driven. I knew I’d bought wrong car. My wife was relieved I wasn’t talking cars anymore (they consume way too much of my time needed for my family and my business) and said she wishes I had gotten the frozen grey Taycan 4S.
I can’t explain how we had more fun with the least powerful Taycan, and the absolutely least fun with the most powerful T. Obviously there’s more to it than just horsepower. The acceleration is fun but a bit of a party trick as someone said.
Coupled with my feeling that something was missing, my business took a downturn late ‘23 and was really regretting my T purchase and I sold it two days ago. In the process I lost my original car which I’m not going to get into, and I’m now not quite car-less, but sharing my wife’s car.
My plan is to focus on business, try to get comfortable again, and stay on track with what I want and what my wife says about me: “you’re a Porsche guy.” I know I can do this. I’m in a bit of a slump right now, but I’m trying to keep my spirits up and rebuild.
thanks for reading
i’m not sure if you remember me, but I was shopping for a Taycan last year, looking a 4S dreaming about a Turbo S.
Porsche graciously loaned us this car:
After mulling over many cars, including a great deal on a black turbo S (colour and options just weren’t right for me) I decided on the above car and called my SA to get my T appraised for trade in. The rep was busy and he had the next day off so I called him on the Thursday and someone else bought the car! Why didn’t I just put a deposit on it?! I even installed a 14-50 below my charger to experience Porsche’s mobile connector and get ready for my new car:
I had a look around and couldn’t find another car option set that really did it for me, and one thing stood out in all of my replies on this forum:
A gentleman here with a beautiful top spec red Turbo S commented this: just get the Tesla, or you will always be looking over your shoulder for the tech that you don’t have. I don’t blame him for saying that and in many ways he was right. The comment rang true with me and made a snap decision on a Plaid.
The red car looked like this one that I was looking at, but I just couldn’t quite swing the price. I can’t find the original picture, but this is one that we spotted while in London last year…what a car!!!
I got it (the Plaid) and it sat in the garage for two weeks not being driven. I knew I’d bought wrong car. My wife was relieved I wasn’t talking cars anymore (they consume way too much of my time needed for my family and my business) and said she wishes I had gotten the frozen grey Taycan 4S.
I can’t explain how we had more fun with the least powerful Taycan, and the absolutely least fun with the most powerful T. Obviously there’s more to it than just horsepower. The acceleration is fun but a bit of a party trick as someone said.
Coupled with my feeling that something was missing, my business took a downturn late ‘23 and was really regretting my T purchase and I sold it two days ago. In the process I lost my original car which I’m not going to get into, and I’m now not quite car-less, but sharing my wife’s car.
My plan is to focus on business, try to get comfortable again, and stay on track with what I want and what my wife says about me: “you’re a Porsche guy.” I know I can do this. I’m in a bit of a slump right now, but I’m trying to keep my spirits up and rebuild.
thanks for reading