I went back and forth with the dealer on this. My first choice was white gold metallic, but one of my other spyders is riviera with black wheels, so I thought it made sense to match that. I have until 20 September to change.

 

So, you signed a contract, and they showed you your commission number?

 

White gold metallic would be my second choice. If one of your other spyders has black wheels, I'd think that would be all the more reason to have something different on this car. Either way, its going to look awesome, congrats again!

 

Are you new here?

 

Thanks. As I said, I have until the 20th to decide and even if I make a mistake, powder coating or wheels are cheap to change.

This is what I first thought. The wheels in the flesh would be slightly less goldy. I've had a GT3RS with WGM wheels and they are quite subtle.

 

Beautiful build! Congratulations. I’m not usually a fan of black wheels but I think it look’s especially good with the Riviera Blue because of all the black trim. There’s nothing else silver on the car so I think the black wheels look great.

 

I never signed a contract with my Spyder till the day it showed up and I drove it home.

 

Different processes for different locations, I heard that in some locations in the US the car has shown up and the original buyer was told it was no longer available... sold to someone else!

YMMV.

 

Here are the v-codes:

V070 A vehicle demand request has been submitted to Porsche. This lets Porsche know that your dealer has a customer who wants to order a specific vehicle. This does not mean you have an allocation. This simply lets Porsche know how many potential customers exist. At this point you will not have a build schedule as shown above.

V200 Delivery date determined. Now you have an allocation with an estimated delivery date. This date can easily change through the process due to many outside factors (parts, weather, changes to your order, etc). You should be able to get an estimate build schedule (like the example above) from your dealer at this point.

V170/180 This mean the order is being reviewed by Porsche because of a special request. It could be as simple of specifying the color of your stitching, to Paint to Sample color requests, to full CXX options. This typically comes after V200 if a special request was made when your build was submitted.

V250 Order has locked. You probably can’t make any changes at this point without pulling some strings. Even though the order is locked it can still be a long wait from now until the vehicle actually starts production. Anything from weeks to months. Your build schedule should provide you with estimated timing.

V260 Vehicle has entered the body shop. Now your car has officially started production. However there can still be delays at this point. Everything from parts shortage to changes in shipping schedules could impact your schedule. People have reported cars taking several additional weeks as a worst case.

V300 Your vehicle is complete and is ready to leave the factory. Your vehicle will wait until it is loaded onto a truck and shipped to Port Emden in Germany.

V331 Entry port Emden. Most vehicles traveling outside of Europe will be loaded onto a ship in the German port of Emden. Your vehicle could sit here for days to weeks depending on the shipping schedules.

V332 Exit port Emden. This means your car has been loaded onto a ship and has left port. Prior to your car leaving port you can use the V332 expected date as a way to figure out what ship it might be transported on. See below

 

That's my point. I had a car on order for for MSRP for nine months with no written contract. I had to trust the dealer that his word was good and sold my old Spyder. Obviously he came through and no games were played. My point is, not all dealers make you sign a contract that have a car on order.

 

Jamie has been here a while and buying spyders. he is going to get a car

 

I noticed he kept referring to spyderS, plural lol

 

just one allocation seems odd tho

 

Yes, I gather that, I should have picked up quicker on his arrogance and offhandedness.

 

thank you. very helpful.