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I'm allowed to test drive a car at the dealership about once every few months or so, or I get to drive a car for someone I know.It's really hard to understand that car in one test drive!I always wonder.
Especially since I don't know much about mechanics, I could only get a vague impression of the car.I was pulled in by information about the car I was driving just before.It often changes the way we look at that car.
If you are in a situation where you are allowed to ride the car two or three times, you will gradually be able to concentrate on the car, but it is really difficult to understand the car after one test drive of a few dozen minutes.
My husband, on the other hand, has been able to drive various Porsches from dealers and people he knows (I wrote 50 in the title, but it was about that many at the beginning of 2022, so I think it's actually more).We have also introduced test drive reports of various Porsches and cars on our blog.
If you are allowed to ride in the Porsche of someone you know, you mustTest drive time is about 15 minutes at Ashiu Driveway.But, as one reader of the article put it, "How can you get that much information in just a 15 minute test drive?I am often asked, "What are you doing?
I've given a lot of thought to why my husband can grab so much information in one test drive...Something my husband always does when he test drives a Porsche.I have noticed that this is the case, and I would like to share that with you today.
My husband always does this when he goes on a Porsche sound test drive, and it's calledCheck to see what options the car comes with.". This may be obvious to you readers...but I always forget to check for such things.
Porsche is aWith or without options, the same grade or model runs completely differently.So I think it is really important to check the "availability of options". (Of course, other than options, the engine response and ride quality may also change depending on the mileage and usual driving style...)
My husband often says this about Porsche test drives.
For example, if you go to a dealership and they let you test drive a base grade car and say, "This thing rides so much better in the base grade, yeah!Suppose you bought a base grade thinking, "I'm going to buy a base grade.
But when the car was actually delivered and I drove it.It was nothing like the test drive at the dealership.This is often the case.
Of course, there is the basic premise that after a certain amount of driving, the corners will be removed and the ride quality will change, but there are still things that are different....
To begin with.Test drives available at dealers are loaded with options.There are quite a few things that are not so easy to do.
For example, there are quite a few Panameras and Cayennes with air suspension, or if you think the car doesn't roll on the flat, it has PDCC...such things are common.
So I always check the options, especially when I am considering buying a car and the dealer lets me test drive it, by asking them to send me a spec sheet later.
And. I see.
The 911 I was allowed to drive at the dealership once had a crazy hard ride.Was 911 this hard?I thought, "Oh, no, it's not a sport suspension," but it was still equipped with a sport suspension.
If the car is equipped with a sport exhaust system, the initial engine startup sound may be louder, and if the car is equipped with a Sport Exhaust/Sport Chrono, the engine sound will clearly change when the mode is changed from Normal to Sport. If the car is not equipped with a sport exhaust, there is not much change in the engine sound.
That's why I said, "The information about the car you were given to test drive at that time is not the whole story about that car.I think it's important to think of it as "I'm not a good person, but I'm a good person.
Well, it's not only the options, but also the grade of Porsche is totally different, so it's difficult. For example, the Macan I have been borrowing as a loaner car for a while now, and the Macan Turbo I was allowed to drive before, the ride quality is totally different.
Really, it's hard.
Nevertheless, my husband also says this.
But, you know, on the one hand, it's difficult because Porsche depends on options, but on the other hand, it's like, "You know what?It's easy to understand because if you add an option, that part will definitely change.It also means that "the
."The car I drove this time had this option, so it drove like this, and vice versa, it didn't have this option, so it was comfortable to drive like this.As you learn things like, "I'm accumulating data within myself, right?
Gradually, the options will give you some idea of the car's driving and riding comfort.
If this happens, the amount of information that can be perceived in a single test drive will change.If I were to buy one, I would have to have this option, or I wouldn't need this one.I wonder if we will be able to see more of the "what if" thing as well.
I would also like to see if there is an option for "I guess it's true what they say.(Laughs) I hope that in the future I will not only test drive the car, but also be aware of the options that are available.
I have written many articles in the past about Porsche options, so I hope you will find them useful as well.
