Sell the Boxster and my daily for a Macan?
We currently have a two-car garage but we keep four cars so my driveway is starting to look like a parking lot and I'm considering getting rid of a car... or two.
The background is that for long time I've always had two cars, a 2008 Jeep Grand Cherokee to get me through winter and trips to Home Depot, and a beautiful 1999 Porsche Boxster which just hit 100k miles. I keep the Porsche in the garage and my Jeep out in the driveway. My wife's VW Jetta was also kept in the garage. In December we pulled the trigger on a Tesla Model 3 for her but opted to also keep her Jetta and save it for her son who will be turning 16 this summer. So now we have a Tesla and a Porsche in the garage and a Cherokee and a Jetta out in the driveway and I just don't like the optics, let alone the puzzling in and out of the driveway depending on where the cars are parked. Also, this has been a brutally cold winter here in the Midwest so I haven't much cared for keeping my Jeep out in the cold either.
My proposed solution: Sell both the Grand Cherokee and Boxster and find myself a used Macan GTS or Turbo. Or possibly even an S if I just can't find anything in my price range (which almost all Macan GTSs are out of right now).
Is this just winter talking? I know come summer I'm going to want to drive the hell out of the Boxster with the top down basically everywhere I go but especially on the windy back roads along the bluffs so I can hear the raw, unadulterated sound of my naturally aspirated flat six at 4,500 RPM.
My question is, do you think the Macan would make a good replacement for both cars? It won't be a fun to drive and care for as the Boxster, it won't be as roomy or as easy to throw mulch and dirt in the back of as the Cherokee, but will it have enough of both cars to make suitable replacement until we are in a position where we can build a detached garage or add on to our current garage?
Your thoughts and opinions are appreciated.
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1999 Zenith Blue Boxster
2008 Jeep Grand Cherokee
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