alexsas
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There have been thousands of topics of a similar nature, but I thought I'd share my experience as I had all three cars to drive in one day.
I own a turbo, and after some problems with it went to explore alternatives.
The first car was a newish Sport Turismo RWD. This was gutless. I floored the pedal at about 50mph, and the salesman and I looked at each other as nothing happened for a while, and then sloooooowly it started to pick up speed. Needless to say, we just went back almost immediately. Of course, it is fast enough for 'normal driving', but it was way too slow for a Porsche (or even an EV in general).
The second one was the 4S whose performance was closer to my Turbo, but not quite a match, but this would have been a serious contender.
What was also in common with these trim levels is the overall build quality: not that they just felt too spartan, but it was obvious they had small defects (mostly leather-related) that were annoying enough to demand rectification, and I just didn't want to start a buying process from a complaint (not sure why Porsche themselves would not see those issues preemptively).
So here I am staying put with my Turbo.
Ah! One thing I noticed. Thermally and Noise Insulated Glass. I have it in my Turbo, and was not sure if it was a gimmick (apparently there is some official figure of just 7% noise reduction). The second car would appear to let in much more noise from the road, so I thought it had some rougher tyres or something - but then I checked the spec the first RWD had Noise insulated glass, so it must have made a very noticeable difference, so I would recommend anyone considering getting this insulated glass to get one - it does make a difference.
I own a turbo, and after some problems with it went to explore alternatives.
The first car was a newish Sport Turismo RWD. This was gutless. I floored the pedal at about 50mph, and the salesman and I looked at each other as nothing happened for a while, and then sloooooowly it started to pick up speed. Needless to say, we just went back almost immediately. Of course, it is fast enough for 'normal driving', but it was way too slow for a Porsche (or even an EV in general).
The second one was the 4S whose performance was closer to my Turbo, but not quite a match, but this would have been a serious contender.
What was also in common with these trim levels is the overall build quality: not that they just felt too spartan, but it was obvious they had small defects (mostly leather-related) that were annoying enough to demand rectification, and I just didn't want to start a buying process from a complaint (not sure why Porsche themselves would not see those issues preemptively).
So here I am staying put with my Turbo.
Ah! One thing I noticed. Thermally and Noise Insulated Glass. I have it in my Turbo, and was not sure if it was a gimmick (apparently there is some official figure of just 7% noise reduction). The second car would appear to let in much more noise from the road, so I thought it had some rougher tyres or something - but then I checked the spec the first RWD had Noise insulated glass, so it must have made a very noticeable difference, so I would recommend anyone considering getting this insulated glass to get one - it does make a difference.
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