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Originally Posted by dark0821

I was there at Porsche Vancouver earlier yesterday. I have to say it is so far beyond my means that it is not even remotely funny. Kind of disheartnening...

Vehicle itself was great, it was just the base 4S with chrono pkg. We took the 5min test drive and when the sales was pointing me back to the dealership, I asked him if I could take it for another round. He then just said, I will take you on the extended route. The test drive ended up lasting 25min. I took a photo when I first got in, so had a timestamp of when I started lol.

Sales was boasting how the Tycan had sufficient cooling that you can launch the cars multiple times. We ended up doing it a few times, and even just the 4S felt other worldly fast.

He told me that the avg Taycan that goes out the door is abt 150k + taxes. I told him, at 150k I would get a 911 GTS. He said GTS pushes 200k... He said 150k will get me a "rather use-able" 911 carrera S.

150k pre-taxed Porsche gets you.. $0 down, $3300/mth + tax (so about $3700) a month on a 36 month lease. Factor in insurnace + gas (if its not the Tycan) and you will be looking at an easy $5k on a car every month.

I know Revscene is full of ballers. But I am no where near being able to afford 5K a month on a car. Not even remotely close, my only chance would be to start some investments now and hopefully by the time I retire, the investment is enough to just out right buy out a car of that caliper.

Really brings things to perspective, looking at my expenses and mortgage. I told my wife that Porsche ownership is probably out of the question for the next decade, if not 2 decades loool

**Edit: great motivator for sure, to really make you think, you only live once, you really should try your hardest to not have any regrets...

///end rant

I was there on the Friday and took a spin in the chalk Cross Turismo which was basically the spec I'd get one in if I ever got into a Taycan. Very nice car but I still have my eyes set on a 911S or 718 GTS 4.0 right now. I'd really like to buy new to get it exactly the way I want it and do the whole European delivery thing but it's going to be a car I drive once a week so kinda wrestling with how to justify $150-200k on a garage queen - I'm in the category of income that it's a once in a lifetime purchase, not a once every 3 years purchase (those folks with multiple 992s are nuts).

Maybe I'll just end up in a Macan EV instead and split the diff. I bet the Macan EV will be an absolute hoot and sell like crazy.