Come to the Gold Coast, they’re everywhere 
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I love my 2.9l V6 Macan S, especially during my trips to SW France from the UK…..475 miles at an average of 32.17 mpg 
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I really like the Porsche design signature. One of the very few car brands that are unmistakable without checking the badge. The influence of the 356 / 911 is clear on all their models. Range Rover are in this category too.
So many new cars have no identity at all, could you tell a Renault from a Kia without the badging?
I guess Fiat 500 and Mini are distinct, but that only because they are “retro”
Here is my 911
Guess the same could be said about Naim
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apart from silly high tax and potential rust the mx5 is a great fun car- cheap to service though!
2 years on no problems at all on a 15 year old car.I use mine daily and it’s a doddle
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No. Have you noticed the ‘manufacturer’ badges are all much larger than they used to be?
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I had a MK2 Lotus Cortina in the early 80s. Ex Surrey police car with a zip in the roof lining from where the lights were. Twin cam with Webber 45 carbs. Sold it for £250 
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Yikes! 
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Yep:) roll over bar, 4>1 manifold, and sports tune, and a few other mods it’s great fun.
V6 or flat 6?
Nice car and colour. I had a crayon 718 GTS and it was beautiful when the light hit the colour in the right way.
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45s would be worth that money alone !
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It’s a V6
Nice car, haven’t seen the new EV model on the road yet but see a few of yours. We were going to buy one a couple of years ago but thought we needed a bigger car and bought a VW Touareg. I regret it every time I see a Macan. 
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2.5 or 4.0? Crayon aka Chalk is very light dependable, sometimes looks grey or beige
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That is a very nice Macan. To my eyes the colour and the wheel size/design are just right. Not always the case with Porsches you see.
I’ve always liked these, and as a dedicated EV convert looked forward to the Macan EV as a possible next car. Sadly those I have seen on the road look bloated and amorphous, with none of the stance or neat details of the ICE versions. The first I saw was a nasty (and probably expensive) purple colour which didn’t help. I saw my first Polestar 3 on the road the other day; much nicer shape and style to my mind, especially in profile.
Bruce
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There’s a huge amount of hype about the 4 litre and lots of criticism about the flat four engines. In Spring of last year when I was thinking about ordering a Cayman I first had a long test drive in a 4 litre. While I loved the car and it was seriously quick, I wasn’t ‘wowed’ by the sound of the engine. To me it sounded fairly ordinary until it got above 6k rpm and even then it didn’t ‘sing’ like the V6 in my old Mercedes SL. So I asked for a test drive in the base Cayman. To me that didn’t sound much different at low to medium revs ie as experienced in day-to-day driving on public roads. With PDK and Sports Chrono, it didn’t feel much slower either. Indeed, the characteristic I really noticed was the better pick up from lower revs. I think peak torque is just under 2k rpm, which is much, much lower than the normally aspirated 4-litre: the benefit of turbo charging. So I ordered a Cayman Style Edition with several options and saved myself about £20k. Had it a year now and no regrets. I think the turbo-charged flat-4s get unfairly dismissed. That said, the GT 4 litre engine eg in the Spyder RS, is something else, but not only are they much more expensive, you have to be ‘invited’ by the dealer to order one. 
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I have a 981 Cayman S (3.4). Whilst the flat six sounds absolutely fantastic; you do have to wind it up and at that point your driving licence is at serious risk🤣
Interestingly having subsequently driven the 2.7 version; it doesn’t sound that different with sports exhaust enabled and is perhaps more useable in normal day-to-day driving.
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