@doug_999 Manual! The T I had ordered was manual also, sometimes I regret it but I think this might end up being more fun!

@Bearrun21 Ever since I changed the colour from Arctic Grey, I am even more excited thinking about it so I definitely made the right choice!

In bad news...Porsche Canada had to move some allocations back apparently and mine is going to be delayed from a December build to a March build. I have a feeling it's because of my relatively low level of spec. I "only" have $11,000 Canadian in options to keep me under certain luxury tax thresholds. (adding $60 of options would increase my tax bill by close to $15,000).

 

Frozen Berry is gonna end up being the most rare Porsche color. Haha.

 

The lux tax doesn't work like that unless I'm misunderstanding your situation.

It's 20% on the amount over 100k. So subtract 100k from your price, and then you pay 20% lux tax on that amount. Sales tax is then calculated after lux tax (such a scam).

Only once your car is over 200k, then it's a flat 10% on whatever the cost is.

 

That's what I was asking about - I was surprised you had a December build - I had that too, and now I have a May build - My car got delayed 6 months. My dealer said all of his 718s got delayed, but nothing as significant as mine. And I have a lot of options

 

My Spyder is on a vessel, not sure which one yet. It is crazy that it has only been 2.5 months since I took delivery in Europe. It feels like a lifetime ago.

 

are you still selling it?

 

Yeah my buyer is patiently waiting and asking for updates every week...
I really tried making peace with everything that happened, but just couldn't.

I am sure I will regret this in the future, and I don't completely rule out getting another used Spyder or a new GTS before they go out of production - I just don't have it in me to keep this particular car.

 

I was supposed to take delivery of my CGTS around Christmas but the build date and delivery shifted as well. Now it's not arriving until 2/3/24.
What pisses me off is that they offered ED at Leipzig on 2/29/24, then rescinded it. I passed on Stuttgart. They also re-added the electric steering column a couple days after my build froze in Oct and I can't add that on again.
Overall, not a very happy buying experience for me and I'm half-wishing I just stayed in my 981S at this point.

 

You dont have the 981 anymore?

 

Sold it when I ordered my CGTS this summer.
My SA advised I get it on the market sooner rather than later due to the tougher time selling in winter and interest rates being so high.
After all was said and done, 63 months of used car ownership only cost me a couple hundred a month. I got lucky and bought at market low and sold at a market high.
They flipped the car in 12 hours apparently as it was very desirable being a low-miles MT with full options and all records. Plus I'd just had new tires and the major service done because I wasn't anticipating getting a CGTS allocation at all.
I'm "suffering" in my 1M right now until the car arrives in early Feb. Luckily I work out of town most of the time so I won't be putting many miles on it.

 

I live in British Columbia which has different PST levels depending on the sales price of the car. The luxury tax is actually PST exempt, so does not contribute to my luxury tax amount, but if my build, freight and pdi and dealer fees etc cross the 125k mark, I would have to pay 5% more tax on the price of the entire car. Mine is actually spec'd to just under $120,000 before freight, pdi and dealer fees. There was basically no option that I did not select that I thought was worth taking the extra tax hit, so I kept the price at a more reasonable level.

edit: I did realize though it wouldn't go up $15,000, I was confusing a higher spec'd build that I originally had. If I add $60 of options I would increase my tax amount by over $6000 though. The only option I "want" is the 18 way seats, where I stuck with the base seats. I decided the seats were not worth ~$10,000. (option price + the extra tax)

 

Headed out for pick up. Soooo excited

 

Checking out of the waiting room after taking delivery Friday evening! Still undecided on the clear side markers, I think the US spec yellow actually looks fine with Guards Red.

 

Picked up my 718 yesterday and really enjoyed the ~4 hours drive to the SF Bay Area.

The timeline was:
7/20 production started
9/1 finished production
9/18 left the German port
10/28 reached Benicia, CA
11/5 reached the dealership
11/11 delivery day!

 

what a beaut! Did you notice if you got the old or new Porsche logo/hood ornament?