EXCLUSIVELY YOURS Owning a Porsche wasn’t on Jim McCarthy’s radar … that is, until he was asked to look after one for a month while his friend was away overseas. While minding the car, he fell in love.
“I was gobsmacked with it,” says Jim.”I thought it was absolutely a fantastic car, and made up my mind after driving it I would buy one,” he says. The car he drove for the month was a Macan S that had gone through the Porsche Exclusive process. Having previously owned Rolls Royces and Bentleys, Jim was already primed for making his vehicle a bespoke car that suited his style down to a T. So, it was an obvious choice for him to decide that would be the case with his new Porsche Macan S and that he would go down the Porsche customization process. “I knew about the customisation of the cars for quite some time … a friend had customised one before, and I saw him go through the process,” Jim says. “It was so easy and enjoyable – the way the website is set up, it’s very easy to do. I was able to select exactly what I wanted. “I thought, ‘I want what I want’, and the terrific thing about the Porsche website is that you can build a car yourself and try out all the various options. I toyed around with the website for three or four weeks.
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