zpn

I used to see Jan 17-18 2025. While my car is on its way to a multi month beach vacation, arrival to US seems to possibly be longer. 4s ehybrid.

Chris09

Aw man.. when did you place your order? Seems they’re starting to give everyone different dates instead of the mid-Jan placeholder. I placed my order in March.

zpn

April. Oddly mine is already through production.

Chris09

Oh wow that’s the first I’ve heard of a 2025 4S E-Hybrid being built congrats! I am curious what’s your build code if you don’t mind sharing. I wonder if I have some option that might cause delay like paint color, Burmester upgrade, or *shrug*. My build code is PS3IHFI3

Chris09

Also, you are in US, yeah?

zpn

PSZUI5A6 It is pretty loaded. You will like the color!

Yes, US, Bay Area

Chris09

Indeed you have great taste in exterior color I really like that interior color, too. I would have picked it if I wasn’t strictly doing green/black theme on mine (my soccer team’s colors). Also happy to see a fellow audiophile going Burmester.

Have you tried the PAR in a test drive? I wasn’t a fan but I know some people really like the smoothness it delivers.

Drdandds

Nice build! I looked over your build and it seems like you have more options than what I ordered but your MSRP is considerably lower than mine. Even the burmester options for me is ~7500 and on yours it's less than 6000.

Chris09

That’s very odd because your build shows $6k cheaper than mine (same MSRP, less expensive options) when I open them side by side …

Yours



Mine

zpn

I did not try PAR. Dealerships had no information at all where I could test drive it. Reviews of it go both ways. I like the technology. It is something I messed with a long time ago on a smaller scale and didn't want to regret not having something new and cool given how much we are all spending already. Now, of course if it breaks, I will likely regret getting it My past experience with performance cars and low wall tires in the Bay Area led to 7 flat tires in 5 years. I don't want to experience that, so even went with 20" wheels. Hopefully this will help some as well. It is certainly a gamble on my part.

As for the price differences, in my build I have the premium package which includes the Bose. You can go with the Burmeister at a cheaper upgrade given the Bose came from the package. The packages do provide cost breaks if you want them. For example, I didn't really want the passenger display, but my wife insisted on the night vision (lot of deer near me), so getting the package the passenger display is only $200 or so, so why not. Also, when I click on option I do so with a lot of confidence and hold the mouse button just a little longer....

Chris09

Oh yeah I definitely played with the package discount combinations. My declining night vision was the inflection point to buy the assistance features separately; that’s from memory but it was something like that.

I am still confounded why you see a higher MSRP than me if we’re in the same country. You should go negotiate with your SA using my info

H2Owon

I also live in the bay area and changed from 21" to 20" wheels to help mitigate the roads. It was a huge improvement. There are also more tire options available to us in the 20" size.