Trade in G29 for a 911?
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As I promised I will give some update.
Short version, I will be driving a 911.1 C2S from tomorrow afternoon.
Long version, things were not quite as originally planned. I received phone call from the dealer in the morning that the car I was looking at was sold yesterday, which means I need to find another one. Luckly, I have a second choice and the only reason it's not my first choice was purely due to the price being slightly higher but car is 2 years newer and has slightly higher spec. Thus, straight after the phone call from first car's dealer, I called the second car's dealer and they were able to let me try the car and discuss further today. What happened next was simple. Went there, viewed, test drove the car. Both my wife and I love the car. She enjoyed sitting in there and I enjoyed driving it. Natually, next step was the negotiation. Ended up knocked off another 2k off the price which is already 4.5k off from the original list price in July, and they gave my z4 £32k valuation which is not bad I think. Bonus points are the car has full car PPF applied already (not since the car was new though, and not to the highest quality I've seen so far. but better than nothing imo), and I will get 2 years and 11 months (basically, 3 years) porsche warranty with the car. On the other hand, the downside is that as the car is 10 years old now, the next service in 2 years will be a major one plus PDK fluid and drive belt replacement, which I think will be super expensive at OPC. But I think I will have 2 years to see what I want to do with the car, either keep it and service it at specialist, or sell it, so I decided i can accept this downside. So yeah, made the deal, will pick it up tomorrow.
The spec of the car is 2014 911 C2S PDK Coupe in Sapphire Blue Metallic outside and Agate Grey/Pebble Grey two-tone leather inside. It comes with sport design steering wheel, Sport Chrono Package, Sports exhaust system, Sports seats Plus, sunroof, bose sound system, 911 turbo wheel in black.
When I pick it up tomorrow, I will certainly take some photos of both car. I will post it here as well. Thanks for all the comment, advice, feedback people provided so far. Special thanks to [ref]tomscott[/ref], [ref]pvr[/ref]
Short version, I will be driving a 911.1 C2S from tomorrow afternoon.
Long version, things were not quite as originally planned. I received phone call from the dealer in the morning that the car I was looking at was sold yesterday, which means I need to find another one. Luckly, I have a second choice and the only reason it's not my first choice was purely due to the price being slightly higher but car is 2 years newer and has slightly higher spec. Thus, straight after the phone call from first car's dealer, I called the second car's dealer and they were able to let me try the car and discuss further today. What happened next was simple. Went there, viewed, test drove the car. Both my wife and I love the car. She enjoyed sitting in there and I enjoyed driving it. Natually, next step was the negotiation. Ended up knocked off another 2k off the price which is already 4.5k off from the original list price in July, and they gave my z4 £32k valuation which is not bad I think. Bonus points are the car has full car PPF applied already (not since the car was new though, and not to the highest quality I've seen so far. but better than nothing imo), and I will get 2 years and 11 months (basically, 3 years) porsche warranty with the car. On the other hand, the downside is that as the car is 10 years old now, the next service in 2 years will be a major one plus PDK fluid and drive belt replacement, which I think will be super expensive at OPC. But I think I will have 2 years to see what I want to do with the car, either keep it and service it at specialist, or sell it, so I decided i can accept this downside. So yeah, made the deal, will pick it up tomorrow.
The spec of the car is 2014 911 C2S PDK Coupe in Sapphire Blue Metallic outside and Agate Grey/Pebble Grey two-tone leather inside. It comes with sport design steering wheel, Sport Chrono Package, Sports exhaust system, Sports seats Plus, sunroof, bose sound system, 911 turbo wheel in black.
When I pick it up tomorrow, I will certainly take some photos of both car. I will post it here as well. Thanks for all the comment, advice, feedback people provided so far. Special thanks to [ref]tomscott[/ref], [ref]pvr[/ref]
North West Surrey
Caerdydd
A full day of ownership now. Only done a motorway back home after pick up and some local fun road.
As many people has said, the driving experience is just another level to z4. At idle, you can feel the engine running at the back with a bit torsional force transfer to the body. It's like seeing a labrador wagging its tail and the body swing left and right slightly alone with its tail, telling you we can have some fun now. When you drive off initially, everything feels quite heavy, raw, and not as easy going as z4. But as soon as you get used to it then drive it on the road it supposed to, everything feels like it's being setup just as how it should, no more and no less. When you start push the car, your brain is not only stimulated by the acceleration, which my EV might do better if I'm honest, but also the sound, the vibration, the linear output from the engine, the direction change that matches exactly as what's in your mind, and the fact that all of these are simultaneously and harmoniously presented to you as the driver. At the same time, it keep telling you just keep going and it has more to give if I want. If the road allows, you can just repeat the experience again and again by pulling the right paddle behind the steering wheel, and the car just deliver the experience unreservedly. If you reach the end of the straight and start pressing the brake paddle, it's firm, it's linear, it gives you so much confidence that you can modulate the input to the exact deceleration you want. At the time you pull the left paddle behind the wheel, all it will tell you is to fk the env and eco, it will just burn whatever amount of fuel needed to match the rev I deserve in the shortest possible duration, without unsettle the car, but at the same time gives me another different, but still harmonious stimulation. Then, at the end of the enjoyment, you just turn down everything and take it home comfortably. The suspension is softer than Z4 in comfort mode. The road noise might be slightly higher than Z4 but not too much. And I can still manage more than 40mpg on the motorway. This is the pure driving machine providing you the sheer driving pleasure.
In an extremely short summary: WORTH IT
As many people has said, the driving experience is just another level to z4. At idle, you can feel the engine running at the back with a bit torsional force transfer to the body. It's like seeing a labrador wagging its tail and the body swing left and right slightly alone with its tail, telling you we can have some fun now. When you drive off initially, everything feels quite heavy, raw, and not as easy going as z4. But as soon as you get used to it then drive it on the road it supposed to, everything feels like it's being setup just as how it should, no more and no less. When you start push the car, your brain is not only stimulated by the acceleration, which my EV might do better if I'm honest, but also the sound, the vibration, the linear output from the engine, the direction change that matches exactly as what's in your mind, and the fact that all of these are simultaneously and harmoniously presented to you as the driver. At the same time, it keep telling you just keep going and it has more to give if I want. If the road allows, you can just repeat the experience again and again by pulling the right paddle behind the steering wheel, and the car just deliver the experience unreservedly. If you reach the end of the straight and start pressing the brake paddle, it's firm, it's linear, it gives you so much confidence that you can modulate the input to the exact deceleration you want. At the time you pull the left paddle behind the wheel, all it will tell you is to fk the env and eco, it will just burn whatever amount of fuel needed to match the rev I deserve in the shortest possible duration, without unsettle the car, but at the same time gives me another different, but still harmonious stimulation. Then, at the end of the enjoyment, you just turn down everything and take it home comfortably. The suspension is softer than Z4 in comfort mode. The road noise might be slightly higher than Z4 but not too much. And I can still manage more than 40mpg on the motorway. This is the pure driving machine providing you the sheer driving pleasure.
In an extremely short summary: WORTH IT
tomscott said:
Thank you for a lot detailed information from you as well. I think without them, I'm still hesitated to change, and without owning it and using it more, the hesitation will just keep going on. The test drive itself just won't let you know enough of how the car is. One has to own it, use it so that can know how good it is.