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Bought our first Porsche a few months ago (2012 Panamera Turbo), and absolutely loving it. It's everything I thought a first Porsche would be.
I do wish I had done just a bit more research before buying. From what I can tell, ours is very well equipped but doesn't have the sports exhaust - and man is that an option I'd love to have! And, as much as I do like our color scheme (carbon metallic gray exterior on beige leather and natural wood interior), I've since seen others that are absolutely beautiful (specifically - white leather on gray wood, and dark red leather on silver wood) that I wish I had known about at the time. But on the whole really enjoying this car and the driving experience. This car is a blast. The power and the handling is other-worldly, and the interior is fantastic. And personally, I love the exterior styling even in the earlier models.
If anyone has any helpful tips / experiences / nuances to share with a newbie, it's much appreciated.
Congrats, you'll love the Burmester. Best sounding upgraded factory stereo I've been in. Not sure what the Bose system sounds like in these cars so I can't really compare.
Congrats, you'll love the Burmester. Best sounding upgraded factory stereo I've been in. Not sure what the Bose system sounds like in these cars so I can't really compare.
thanks, I’m loving it already. Sounds incredible. My last car had a nice Bose system and it sounded good, but this is on another level.
Congratulations...go with an aftermarket exhaust to solve the sport exhaust issue. My AWE still puts the **** eating grin on my face every time I start it up.
Congratulations...go with an aftermarket exhaust to solve the sport exhaust issue. My AWE still puts the **** eating grin on my face every time I start it up.
thanks for the tip. Does that drone on the highway? Loud enough to wake neighbors?
thanks for the tip. Does that drone on the highway? Loud enough to wake neighbors?
No drone at all, a nice rumble at startup and enough for people to look, but it quickly returns to solid tone. Now in the garage backed in...enough to wake up the wife.
Congrats! Enjoy!! I wanted the burmeister option as well, but couldn't find one with the other options I wanted, love that speaker casing!
As far as a exhaust mod, I just had an exhaust shop replace the resonator with a straight pipe. Around $300. No drone (actually very little change in the cabin), no CEL, and gives a little more bark and burbles, here is a video I took.
Congrats! Enjoy!! I wanted the burmeister option as well, but couldn't find one with the other options I wanted, love that speaker casing!
As far as a exhaust mod, I just had an exhaust shop replace the resonator with a straight pipe. Around $300. No drone (actually very little change in the cabin), no CEL, and gives a little more bark and burbles, here is a video I took.
It is not really "straight pipes" as you still have your cats and mufflers. I haven't had any issues (CEL or inspeciton) and it has been about 20k miles.
Congrats and welcome to the club !
While I do have the sports exhaust option, I've been on the fence myself to get some more rumble.
After exploring several options I have decided against it. Main rationale is that :
- nothing beats the sound of the Burmeister
- the car is extremely well insulated => it is going to be tough to enjoy the new exhaust to the maximum
- my sports exhaust is actually not that bad. It becomes way more enjoyable when I stand behind the car as opposed to sitting inside a sound insulated capsule.
