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Old 07-19-2018, 06:35 PM
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Nope. And if they decide to raise prices to cover we will pay with a smile. Watch.
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Originally Posted by Waxer
Does anyone have any information as to whether Porsche plans to work overtime or continue to work through August in order to complete cars that have been ordered in order to beat potential tariffs?
I was told this past weekend by dealer sales rep (German) that the plant is shut down now for 2 weeks for summer break and work will begin again in August. That's probably good for nothing, but I am hopeful, as my car is a late September build. Fingers crossed that tariffs will not impact.
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Old 07-19-2018, 06:49 PM
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Why the energy worrying about, WHAT IF ?
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Old 07-19-2018, 06:54 PM
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They have zero issue selling them all, why bother? The parts problem are costing them so much already even eating any tariffs would be cheaper. Reality is, it will be passed on to customers and less than 1% will pull out.
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Old 07-19-2018, 06:58 PM
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Originally Posted by KBS911
I was told this past weekend by dealer sales rep (German) that the plant is shut down now for 2 weeks for summer break and work will begin again in August. That's probably good for nothing, but I am hopeful, as my car is a late September build. Fingers crossed that tariffs will not impact.
This makes sense. Mine is scheduled to enter production August 3 and exit production September 7.
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Old 07-19-2018, 07:00 PM
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How many more threads regarding this tariff issue are you going to start? Why not put all into your original thread on this subject matter? Oh yeah, the mods keep moving it to a forum with much less traffic.
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Old 07-19-2018, 07:04 PM
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My guess is Porsche had a summer mba intern do some analysis
he checked rennlist
cjecked dealer demamd
his report was a 2 slide ppt deck
slide 1 was title
slide 2 said : ze Americans, zey vill buy, raise prices, keep margins same. Dealers happy. We happy. Customer. They happy too. And if not. We have many more customer who vant ze gt3
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Any slide on if the ADM also gets a tariff? I think we need another intern!
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Originally Posted by KBS911
I was told this past weekend by dealer sales rep (German) that the plant is shut down now for 2 weeks for summer break and work will begin again in August. That's probably good for nothing, but I am hopeful, as my car is a late September build. Fingers crossed that tariffs will not impact.
My car was supposed to complete production July 13, but it’s still stuck in custom tailoring. I hope the reason is not because everyone went on vacation
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Originally Posted by ExMB
How many more threads regarding this tariff issue are you going to start? Why not put all into your original thread on this subject matter? Oh yeah, the mods keep moving it to a forum with much less traffic.
Oh good. Glad you like them!. Breaking them up into micro threads on the same or related subject is more fun. Don’t you think? Also keeps the mods on their toes and gives’em sump’n to do!

Stick around. More to come!

Thanks for the support.




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Old 07-19-2018, 09:29 PM
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Originally Posted by Waxer


Oh good. Glad you like them!. Breaking them up into micro threads on the same or related subject is more fun. Don’t you think? Also keeps the mods on their toes and gives’em sump’n to do!

Stick around. More to come!

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I would cancel your order and let someone else have your RS who isn't worried about production #s, value, tariffs, how rare GR will be as a result of polling where people pick colors other than GR, or the wrong cost/benefit ratio of the WP.

I'm not scared of any of those things!
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Old 07-19-2018, 09:34 PM
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Taxes, tariffs, ADM, blah blah blah, gotta pay to play … 😂
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Old 07-19-2018, 10:04 PM
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Originally Posted by mass27
I would cancel your order and let someone else have your RS who isn't worried about production #s, value, tariffs, how rare GR will be as a result of polling where people pick colors other than GR, or the wrong cost/benefit ratio of the WP.

I'm not scared of any of those things!
I’m sure your not scared of those things. Your regular tough guy behind your keyboard. Why you even paid an ADM to get yours and step up to an RS. In fact i imagine being such a tough guy it should be extra fun for you to pay both your adm and a tariff too!

I bet you would like me cancel my order. But the thought of you looking at your GR RS knowing it’s a near identical twin to mine and I paid msrp is just too special for me to give up. That should also make it extra special for you and well worth that adm. Remember, just think of Waxer and your adm every time you look at your RS. Enjoy! Lol










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Old 07-19-2018, 10:14 PM
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You should go back to worrying about the total production of 991.1 GT3 RS
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Old 07-19-2018, 10:19 PM
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Originally Posted by ipse dixit
You should go back to worrying about the total production of 991.1 GT3 RS
Nah. I like to expand my horizons. 👍
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