r/MacanEV

I just took delivery of a macan ev 4s from Carvana. I live in cali and am required to have a front plate. The morons drilled into the front to mount the plate without the bracket, and covered up the front camera. I need an oem bracket to raise the plate to the correct height and cover up the holes they made. Anyone living in a non-front plate state have one lying around they’d be willing to sell me?

Curious to hear how others’ ownership experiences have been as I consider leasing one.

The fact that the Macan Turbo Electric ⚡️ does not come standard with the Sport Chrono Package is diabolical.

The GTS comes standard with the Sport Chrono Package and so should the Turbo instead of costing $1,040 extra.

I’m trying to decide between leasing and buying a Macan EV, and one thing surprises me about most of the discussions I read.

Most of the lease-vs-buy discussions I find seem to focus on the vehicle itself, purchase price, lease payment, residual value, depreciation, financing rates, etc. with much less discussion about the source of the funds.

Did you actually build the source of the funds into your lease-vs-buy model? If so, how?

For example:
• the opportunity cost of selling investments or withdrawing cash,
• the tax consequences of doing so (capital gains, retirement account withdrawals, IRMAA, etc.),
• and the value of preserving investment liquidity and future tax flexibility.

The more I think about it, the more it seems that a lease isn’t just financing the car. It’s also preserving financial flexibility: the flexibility to keep investments invested, manage taxes over time, walk away if depreciation is worse than expected, or buy the car if it ends up being worth more than the residual.

For those who seriously considered both leasing and buying, how much did these broader financial and tax considerations factor into your decision, compared with simply comparing the vehicle costs?

Wondering what options are baked into the Turbo vs the lower trims… torque vectoring, sport sound, GT wheel, bunch of cosmetic options, but not sport chrono?

EDIT:

Did the comparo and think that the Turbo Macan may be the best "value" in Porsche's lineup. 30k delta from the base model which rapidly shrinks as one adds common options. GTS perhaps even more so given same motors (possibility of software unlock) and inclusion of sport chrono & 21" wheels in the package.

Upgrade vs base:

dual motors with high power rear (AWD), 18 way seats, torque vectoring, sport sound, GT wheel, Bose stereo, LED matrix headlights, gloss black exterior details for free, turbonite seatbelts, turbonite badges, carbon fiber trim, electric steering column, sunroof, racetex headliner, stainless pedals.