Dilemma

Presumably a like-for-like replacement would now cost significantly more than what you paid last time? It is really only just run in now and at the current rate of use isn't likely to be hitting high mileage and reliability issues for a long long time yet.

Get them to price up a swap but, in your position, I would give serious consideration on spending the extra on a weekend toy instead. I realise that with London parking / garage limitations this might not be practical.

Absolutely not another Macan - that would be pointless. It's just a bit surplus to requirements, which was always a risk after we got the Mini.

We don't really need the space and it isn't really quite special enough to justify high days and holidays use given how much cash is wrapped up in it. I'm certainly not chucking more money at additional cars. Between the three we already have, there's around £90k wrapped up in cars which is more than enough.

So mostly thinking of a more or less straight swap cash-wise for a lightly used Boxster/Cayman 4.0 GTS, or a slightly older 911 (2018 vintage or thereabouts).

Then if the practicality becomes an issue, Mrs M might finally decide to chop in her 500, which is starting to creak a bit, for something bigger (Polo/Golf-type thing).

Sounds like a good plan.

Or even better for you….(wheels easily sorted if you don’t like them)

www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202410084975820

911T

I expect to see you have done the swap before your birthday.....

This one:

www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202408313485601?fromSavedAds=true&advertising-location=at_cars&sort=relevance&postcode=KT4%207AE

Or if you want a bog standard 911 that has had every extra thrown at it

www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202311123879915?fromSavedAds=true&advertising-location=at_cars&sort=relevance&postcode=KT4%207AE

Maybe I'm dull, but I'd check first that the tempting trade-in is not dependent on you spiffing on a new car from them.

I hate it when you go and ask what your car is worth as a trade in and the first question is "what are you buying / how much are you spending on an upgrade?".

Quite agree re the white 911. Just does not suit it.

Sell it now, amostised thats £400 a month for a brand new Porsche over 2 years. You’ll not see numbers like that again.

Funnily enough I’ve just down back for the pub and a mate of mine has got rid of his Macan GTS after 6 months. We all loved going in it, as long as I wasn’t in the back as they are tiny, but he really didn’t get on with it. He took a near 10k bath after 6 months so you’re doing really well.

His issue was it did nothing particularly well but everything ok. Like a Golf GTi on stilts, which funnily enough I’ve always called the Macan. If you have the opportunity to get into a Boxster GTS or Spyder you should. They’re brilliant things.

I’ll go back to a Cayman GTS or GT4 at some point.

www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202408293397560

I’ve been looking at this one, cheap for a manual GTS

Not all that surprising it’s cheap.   I bet the sales person was crying and talking non stop about resale spec when that was ordered 

That’s got your name written all over it!

No, it’s against a used car as well. They have been waving under my nose a 10 month old Boxster GTS in GT Silver with 4k miles that has everything I’d want barring a heated steering wheel and more-way seats (it just has the standard 2-way ones).

Yes I’ve seen that - carbon steering wheel a bit iffy.

This:

finder.porsche.com/gb/en-GB/details/porsche-718-boxster-gts-40-my24-preowned-VZ8D7E?model=718&category=boxster-gts-40&order=newest

The man maths is percolating.

Insurance is £1k cheaper (and due next month).
Macan needs a service in Jan, this wouldn’t
This has one year more warranty.

So that’s surely £3k towards the difference, right?

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