31.34% Total Off
$33368 (21.621%) Dealer
$15000 Rebates ($7500 EV; $7500 EOLLP)
Before you ask, unfortunately it is not replicable and the dealer doesn’t have anymore 2025s
I will, without a doubt, miss my 2024 Chalk Taycan Cross Turismo 4S that I stole last summer (love sport wagons and the overall spec), but the 2yr lease was coming up and I wanted to strike now before the BEV world implodes with the loss of the EV credit lol!
With 9 months left on my CT4S, I seriously thought I was going to transfer the lease ($717/base monthly), but the extra EOLLP monies actually worked out better despite my asking $3k to transfer the CT4S lease. I had a buyer in the early summer, but unfortunately the PFS lease transfer dept is slower than ass, and the transfer couldn’t be completed in time before my month vacation in Australia. However in the end, the interested party made out okay…cough, cough, nice 911!
I’m excited for the gen 2 updates in the 2025 compared to my 2024 CT4S. Hopefully I don’t miss the Performance Package (PDCC Sport, PTV+) too much, as now Porsche Active Ride is a $7650 individual option! But my 2025 is spec’d rather well for a non custom build with the likes of Performance Battery Plus, Sport Chrono w/push to pass, RS Spyder wheels. I’ve only driven it up from the dealer, so I can’t really speak of any performance differences between gen 1 and 2 at this point. I still need to break-in the tires/brakes.
Of course over the weekend, I had to wash/coat it despite being clean upon delivery. The Carmine Red is gorgeous and perfectly compliments the iconic Pepita seats with contrasting chalk seatbelts (who doesn’t love contrasting seatbelts?! lol). I love the RS wheels and black calipers, despite being a fanboi for red calipers, but I think red would be too much red. I also like the illuminated rear PORSCHE light strip, which I initially thought was going to be a bit cheesy. The PCM is much more responsive, graphics crisper, backup camera you can actually use, and they finally addressed the overly-German engineered process of adjusting your desired SOC with a simple screen toggle. I’m not too impressed with the redesign headlights in standard form (my CT4S had the upgraded matrix design headlights), and maybe this isn’t new on the sedan Taycan, but the side vents are blocked and not functional, unlike my CT4S which had opened/functional vents.
25% tint is scheduled for this week weather permitting (not getting it dirty after I just cleaned it), and I already swapped out the ugly orange side markers for euro-clear. Only other “mod” might be vinyl wrapping the black rear red reflectors, but I actually don’t mind them with the red exterior.
Anyway, I’m sure after a year I’ll get the itch again, and maybe a lease transfer will go according to plan when the time comes. So be on the lookout, bc it’s another killer deal IMHO!
Shameless plug, if anyone is interested in brand new/unopened OE Porsche Taycan all-weather floor mats and cargo liner, I’m selling them together for $250 pick up in Lancaster, PA (mailing them would be a PITA to package and expensive)
