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- Tejas Hill Country
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- GT3 RS, Cayenne, Bugeye Sprite, Portofino M
"Diesel" is the closest thing to a "Texas Edition" that Porsche offer
Apparently the boat from Germany was faster than expected and our 2015 Cayenne Diesel arrived in Houston on Wednesday, a couple weeks ahead of schedule. The dealer had it cleaned up and ready for delivery by Friday. This is way earlier than Porsche expected, evidenced by the fact that there are no owner's manuals ready yet. I'll have to swing by and pick that up in a few more weeks. I'm not even sure they were supposed to release the vehicle before November, but I'm sure my salesman was eager to get the sale in his October numbers so here we are...
This truck replaces our old 2012 WRX and will serve as my daily driver as well as the tow vehicle for the track car.
With less than 60 miles on the odometer it's hard to have too many opinons. 2015 is a minor facelift of the Cayenne, and the changes are relatively minor over the previous years. Interior is effectively unchanged (although now it has the same steering wheel as the 918 Spyder -- which is weird, right?). The air suspension is a dream on the horrible Houston roads around my house and office. I never thought I'd ever own an SUV, but life has a way of being weird sometimes. A few things I've noticed so far:
Sadly, even though I declined the sport chrono, I've got the wart on the dashboard (in clock form). The online configurator made it look like I might escape without the thing. If I'd known I was going to get the wart no matter what, I'd have probably specced the Sport Chrono. I might have been tempted to get the "center upper dash" extended leather option too.
Seeing it in person, the rear-view mirror in leather (AVW) is "kinda nice." The completionist in me wants it, but if I'm honest it doesn't really add a lot:
The steering column casing in leather (ALL) is "really nice" and very noticeable especially from the passenger seat:
It took us forever to find the heated steering wheel button (sure would have appreciated an owner's manual to assist).
I wasn't sure what to expect with the door leather surrounds in leather (ALT) but it was definitely worth getting, especially with the non-black leather. It's subtle but very nice not having that plastic right next to you. It matches the rest of the leather on the door very nicely:
I'm really digging the LED headlamps, they look imposing and very cool:
I also bought an amethyst metallic key cover (thanks Suncoast!) for equiraptor so we can keep our two keys straight. Somehow she managed to get Key #1 again this time, leaving me with the shameful Key #2. Grr!
And here's a proof pic:
Apparently the boat from Germany was faster than expected and our 2015 Cayenne Diesel arrived in Houston on Wednesday, a couple weeks ahead of schedule. The dealer had it cleaned up and ready for delivery by Friday. This is way earlier than Porsche expected, evidenced by the fact that there are no owner's manuals ready yet. I'll have to swing by and pick that up in a few more weeks. I'm not even sure they were supposed to release the vehicle before November, but I'm sure my salesman was eager to get the sale in his October numbers so here we are...
This truck replaces our old 2012 WRX and will serve as my daily driver as well as the tow vehicle for the track car.
With less than 60 miles on the odometer it's hard to have too many opinons. 2015 is a minor facelift of the Cayenne, and the changes are relatively minor over the previous years. Interior is effectively unchanged (although now it has the same steering wheel as the 918 Spyder -- which is weird, right?). The air suspension is a dream on the horrible Houston roads around my house and office. I never thought I'd ever own an SUV, but life has a way of being weird sometimes. A few things I've noticed so far:
Sadly, even though I declined the sport chrono, I've got the wart on the dashboard (in clock form). The online configurator made it look like I might escape without the thing. If I'd known I was going to get the wart no matter what, I'd have probably specced the Sport Chrono. I might have been tempted to get the "center upper dash" extended leather option too.
Seeing it in person, the rear-view mirror in leather (AVW) is "kinda nice." The completionist in me wants it, but if I'm honest it doesn't really add a lot:
The steering column casing in leather (ALL) is "really nice" and very noticeable especially from the passenger seat:
It took us forever to find the heated steering wheel button (sure would have appreciated an owner's manual to assist).
I wasn't sure what to expect with the door leather surrounds in leather (ALT) but it was definitely worth getting, especially with the non-black leather. It's subtle but very nice not having that plastic right next to you. It matches the rest of the leather on the door very nicely:
I'm really digging the LED headlamps, they look imposing and very cool:
I also bought an amethyst metallic key cover (thanks Suncoast!) for equiraptor so we can keep our two keys straight. Somehow she managed to get Key #1 again this time, leaving me with the shameful Key #2. Grr!
And here's a proof pic:
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