After several years of CTT ownership (957 & 958) gens, I traded my ‘11 CTT yesterday for a low miles well optioned CPO Macan GTS.

I just turned 70k miles on my CTT just before I traded it. It wasn’t without it’s problems during the time I owned it, but it was a very enjoyable ‘do it all’ enthusiast vehicle. My warranty though my Porsche dealer covered everything that came up, thank goodness (new transfer case, instrument cluster, left bank turbo assembly, power steering leak, and a few other things).

I had a 2017 Macan GTS as a service loaner last year and thoroughly enjoyed it. Very different driving dynamic than my CTT. Each have their pros like everything. So I wanted to try something different for a change, and now I’m off in a slightly different direction.

I’d love to continue to hang out and participate here too, as I’ve done for a quite a while now. I’ll always have a love for the CTTs. Having owned many performance/enthusiast vehicles over the past 40 years or so, this is just another chapter in my ongoing automotive pursuits....experiencing something different and exciting.

Best regards my 958 friends, this is a great group here. (I guess I also need to update my info displayed below soon)

Joe

Hey, thanks Don, much appreciated. Yes, I plan to continue to ‘hang out’ here as well. The Macan group, yeah, we’ll see what that forum’s like. I’ve participated just a bit there in the past since I’d had Macan S and GTS loaners. As with many forums with a relatively newer model, a lot of “what options did you order” and that sort of thing going on right now.

Got a good deal on a low miles (13k) well optioned CPO GTS coming off a 2 year Porsche lease. The thing’s like new. Doesn’t look like it’s even been driven in bad weather judging by the gleaming underside, underhood, etc. Anyway, looking forward to the new adventure and ownership experience. I know this is a 958 forum, but here’s a couple pics of the new ride.....

Thanks! I too went back and forth for a while on the space/cargo thing, but my wife reminded me kids are gone, and we still have a fairly new Toyota Sienna XLE in our family fleet....done! Hah. That Sienna can swallow anything you throw at it when we really need that much space and it’s a comfy long distance hauler. When I had the Macan S service loaner last year, my wife and I took it on a vacation to the beach for a few days and it accommodated us and our stuff fine. For the larger week-long beach vacations, Sienna gets the duty. I think the Macan gives a good balance of utility and more car-like driving dynamics.

So far I do love the driving dynamics of this GTS, you can feel the weight reduction vs the Cayenne and it does drive more sports car-like. The PSE sounds wonderful.....and then there’s the PDK, that thing is fabulous! The combination of the PSE and PDK make for an entertaining soundtrack.

Thanks RAudi. I’ll certainly share my thoughts as I experience more with the new ride. I hear ya re: the potentially dreaded repairs as our CTTs age and the warranties start running short. That certainly factored into my decision as well. But a lot of it was the wonderful time I had last year with a Macan GTS loaner, and just being ready for something a bit different after two CTTs.

Thanks!

Thanks Patrick!

You’re right, PDK is incredible. I’ll keep hanging out here in addition to the Macan forum.

Trying to talk my wife into a Macan GTS but she loves her Infiniti QX80 and can’t imagine driving anything smaller. I’m going to follow your journey and see what you think after racking up some miles. Looks great!