My Panamera station wagon will be here soon...

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Should be an interesting addition to the garage as a DD - it is somewhere in mid Atlantic right now:

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EJH said:

That looks very cool...and it's so nice to see colour on cars in these days where black, white, silver and grey are the norm!

Does delivery to Canada mean that this one won't be going around the 'ring?

Its does not!..I will Ro-Ro it to Hamburg or Bremerhaven in May for pickup June and I will go to the NS of course. This is a LOT different to my normal RS experience there, so it will be a lot slower for sure - I think it would require a lot of skill to max this thing there...more than I have no doubt

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Taffy66 said:

I picked my Sport Turismo about two weeks ago..Mine is Jet Black,black rims,black sports tail pipes with privacy glass and Panoramic roof. I p/xed my five month white Panamera for it as i much preferred the look of the Sport Turismo..The third rear seat is a lot more practical than it looks as i'm a broad shouldered 5' 10 1/2'' was able to sit in it with my similar sized sales guy sat next to me.
The bigger trunk is only 25L bigger but the shape and low loading height make it much more practical than the Panamera saloon..It looks good sat in my garage next to my new GT3.2 in Racing yellow. Totally polar opposite Porsches yet i love them both for obviously different reasons.
Merry Christmas and i wish we had Canada's white Christmas rather our wet muggy one..

Big snowstorm coming in in a couple of hours.

I agree that the Sport Turismo is not a giant leap in practicality from the normal Panamera, but ,like you, I do think it a much.much better looking vehicle. As I have a Great Dane which will not fit in the luggage area I am keeping my elderly Cayenne for dog duties

Enjoy the break, and great choices of cars!

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EJH said:

Very, very cool. I look forward to the write-up! I think I know my (rather lower) limitations...and hence have never driven the NS.

Re: the dog (and accepting GDs aren't small), can they fit in with the seats folded? I believe you can buy dog-covers for some cars (aunt and uncle had a dog kit that clipped in for their E39, covering seats and doors, etc...albeit for a far smaller dog!).

Yes a Great Dane could fit with seats folded but its a bit dangerous to have a big dog roaming loose - with the Cayenne she is behind a dog grille that is permanently affixed and the rear seatback up

It also prevents shoulder drool

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You do not want something this size over your shoulder

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With a dog the size of a Dane she could swing round if tethered that way in the event of an accident. She naturally lies down in the rear deck of the Cayenne and has the dog grille to prevent head on the shoulder issues for rear seat passengers.
The Pana has a very low roofline so doubt she will fit. I will of course try it but think she will be more tightly confined than Hannibal
Lechter in a straitjacket.

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Turn7 said:

That actually makes the pan look good, the proportions are way better...enjoy the new toy sir !

I like the look but doubtless it will not work for some, and an all-red car with all the chrome blacked out is definitely going to turn some people off. Luckily there are lots of other choices. I recall when I bought a Bangle 645ci and then the E63 M6 I took a lot of comments about how ugly these cars were. very fair comments, but I liked the look of them then and I still do

I probably just have bad taste in cars.

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irocfan said:

TBH I'm not a fan of the Panamera (Porsche will be devastated no doubt!) but that really does look good, great colour choice too!

Until this version showed up I was no fan either. The first version was a fright pig and the second, while much better was not great. I do think this will have limited appeal but eventually my Cayenne will give up the ghost and I will also likely get a smaller dog ( not soon I hope) . Will hang on to the current sports cars but realistically , at 69 years old , how many more will I buy? This is a nice transition car, superb for the multi-thousand mile trips I habitually take.
In the summer,apart from a Ring visit I will do a long run through Germany and maybe Italy.

This will be a ten year car I imagine. (My current garage is 14,12,10,10,5,and 2 years old).
Might do one more RS when the 992 shows up but do not have the burning desire I once had despite being in good physical shape.

At some point we all are affected by age and I feel lucky to be able to still work quite a lot and do everything I have always done.

However time flies and even the passion I have always had for the internal combustion engine will be a thing of the past. The day of electric cars is nigh. Not tomorrow but I have a strong feeling that this type of car, big turbo V8 , no hybrid, is on the endangered list.

So I am going to have fun with it

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Taffy66 said:

I need to clarify my post i think..My initial thoughts on the middle rear seat based on appearance was that they seemed useless..I expressed my views to the sales guy, who then suggested i try them out..Despite being awkward for ingress/egress as you quite rightly point out ,once seated i found plentiful headroom(Panoramic roof helps) and sufficient shoulder/legroom although i wouldn't want to spend a long time there. For a smaller person/child i think they imbue the Sport Turismo with extra practicality which was totally absent from my strict four seat Panny saloon.

Agree that for occasional use , particularly for a kid, it is an improvement. Still, sitting splay legged for any time is not great:

About a minute into this vid review you can see the seating clearly:.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-7YzyeKh44A

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LaurasOtherHalf said:

I'm a sucker for wheels painted in body colour, car looks great R-looking forward to seeing some pics when it arrives.

As I said earlier, definite minority taste. Being Canada, need winter rims and snow tires, but as of now there is no aftermarket solution, and I am not eager to pay the usurious Porsche prices for a set. The search continues.....

I do have proper summer performance tires fitted so Euro trip will be an opportunity to stretch its legs.

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Taffy66 said:

I've just finished reading Paul Newman's book on his racing life 'Winning' and he won his last race at 82 years old,a year before his death..He has always been my all time hero and despite only being 52 i fully intend to buy and drive fast Porsches at least as old as my idol..There is a guy on these forums who i have spoken to a few times who's 70 and he drives a new 991.2GT3 and a 2006 Carrera GT.
I strongly suspect that you'll be doing the same from reading your past posts..

Absolutely!..I work plenty (log 80,000 air miles a year), go to gym four days a week, and drive about 60,000 miles a year. Track less than I used to be that more time based than anything. I avoid the whole tech arguments..keep my old 7,1 RS, manual with no nanny, and when I want an old mechanical run, it remains a delight. The 991RS has taken a bit of heat for no manual, but I love the PDK..much better for traffic use and astonishing on track. Never had much truck with the past..cant change a single thing about it.

Only thing to do it to deal wth the future. Not as forward looking as I used to be..I I were 30 I would be very engaged in hybrids/electric cars etc, but a lifetime of driving everything from a 1956 Ford Popular to some rust bucket remains of good cars like a 3.8 Jag and a Lancia Fulvia HF, now long scrapped, right down to present cars, I am acclimatized to the internal combustion engine, so not pursuing this route at this stage.

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Maybe a few tasteful mods are in order to enhance the station wagon theme. Add a pine air freshener and a few Disney wold stickers...mmmmm....Car is now in port in Halifax, so will arrive soon.

Edited by RDMcG on Tuesday 2nd January 15:01

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EJH said:

Any news on the car's progress (and shopping for plastic wood for the side of it)?

The car has landed but there are some kinds of EPA certification delays. No cars have yet hit the road in North America.

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Interesting Porsche stunt in London:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5294551/Po...