Is it too late to get GT3 RS allocation in Canada?
09-21-2018, 06:54 AM
#16
I was in a similar situation almost 4 years ago. Moved to Canada from US, had a BMW 1M that I loved darely. The car was great but never depriciated. When it was time to import, they were charging me taxes on the ACTUAL/current selling price at that time irrespective of a letter from my dealership stating what they’d give me for it.... Ultimately, I decided to leave her behind because importation would chew into the equity I had in the car... I sold it back to the dealership for HIGHER than the MSRP!
This was in February 2015, the GT4 was just announced (that did play a huge part in my decision to sell 😂😂
. I googled “largest Porsche dealership in Toronto”. Cold called my current SA and the rest is history. They had 2 lists: One was no deposit, it was 34 deep iirc, and the second was one that they actually took a 5k CAD deposit, I was #5. Got my PTS GT4 at MSRP, moved out of our x3 to a Macan GTS and I’m waiting for my GT3T. My Porsche dealership experience seems alien to most described here on RL. I think you’d be pleasantly surprised with the porsche car buying experience here. If you pm me I can connect you with my SA... you never know...
This was in February 2015, the GT4 was just announced (that did play a huge part in my decision to sell 😂😂
. I googled “largest Porsche dealership in Toronto”. Cold called my current SA and the rest is history. They had 2 lists: One was no deposit, it was 34 deep iirc, and the second was one that they actually took a 5k CAD deposit, I was #5. Got my PTS GT4 at MSRP, moved out of our x3 to a Macan GTS and I’m waiting for my GT3T. My Porsche dealership experience seems alien to most described here on RL. I think you’d be pleasantly surprised with the porsche car buying experience here. If you pm me I can connect you with my SA... you never know...
09-21-2018, 07:45 AM
#17
Originally Posted by Provie
I was in a similar situation almost 4 years ago. Moved to Canada from US, had a BMW 1M that I loved darely. The car was great but never depriciated. When it was time to import, they were charging me taxes on the ACTUAL/current selling price at that time irrespective of a letter from my dealership stating what they’d give me for it.... Ultimately, I decided to leave her behind because importation would chew into the equity I had in the car... I sold it back to the dealership for HIGHER than the MSRP!
This was in February 2015, the GT4 was just announced (that did play a huge part in my decision to sell 😂😂. I googled “largest Porsche dealership in Toronto”. Cold called my current SA and the rest is history. They had 2 lists: One was no deposit, it was 34 deep iirc, and the second was one that they actually took a 5k CAD deposit, I was #5. Got my PTS GT4 at MSRP, moved out of our x3 to a Macan GTS and I’m waiting for my GT3T. My Porsche dealership experience seems alien to most described here on RL. I think you’d be pleasantly surprised with the porsche car buying experience here. If you pm me I can connect you with my SA... you never know...
This was in February 2015, the GT4 was just announced (that did play a huge part in my decision to sell 😂😂
. I googled “largest Porsche dealership in Toronto”. Cold called my current SA and the rest is history. They had 2 lists: One was no deposit, it was 34 deep iirc, and the second was one that they actually took a 5k CAD deposit, I was #5. Got my PTS GT4 at MSRP, moved out of our x3 to a Macan GTS and I’m waiting for my GT3T. My Porsche dealership experience seems alien to most described here on RL. I think you’d be pleasantly surprised with the porsche car buying experience here. If you pm me I can connect you with my SA... you never know...Are you trading your GT4 on the GT3?
I do wonder if sales rep makes a difference. As in dealer rewards top performing sales reps first.
09-21-2018, 08:49 PM
#18
Out of curiosity, why is that? I would think the only difference is the speedometer and maybe slightly different regulations on the bumpers / low-speed crash structure.
09-21-2018, 09:10 PM
#19
Good luck getting an allocation unless, as other have mentioned, you've purchased multiple cars from a dealership and have a GT car on trade. To my knowledge Canadian Dealerships cannot charge over MSRP, but they get around that by only taking GT models on trade at low trade in value and require your trade months in advance of you receiving your new GT car. There have been customers that have gone into dealerships and purchased several new Porsches & a GT Porsche to get allocation. I never received an allocation even though I purchased a 991C4S, had a deposit for a 991.2GT3 for over 2 years and was promised repeatedly for an allocation by the dealership. It's who you know and how much money you spend.
09-21-2018, 09:17 PM
#20
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09-21-2018, 10:12 PM
#21
^1 Road salt and brine is used in abundance in Toronto area. But my fun cars are afraid of winter so never see that stuff.
09-21-2018, 10:18 PM
#22
Originally Posted by Nan P
Good luck getting an allocation unless, as other have mentioned, you've purchased multiple cars from a dealership and have a GT car on trade. To my knowledge Canadian Dealerships cannot charge over MSRP, but they get around that by only taking GT models on trade at low trade in value and require your trade months in advance of you receiving your new GT car. There have been customers that have gone into dealerships and purchased several new Porsches & a GT Porsche to get allocation. I never received an allocation even though I purchased a 991C4S, had a deposit for a 991.2GT3 for over 2 years and was promised repeatedly for an allocation by the dealership. It's who you know and how much money you spend.
You're right though some folks got bent over huge. Big loss on trade, multiple purchases now and/or dealer PPF and protections etc.
Really wonder what the 992 cycle will be like. Same same or less of a feeding frenzy.
09-21-2018, 10:32 PM
#23
Nope, I’m keeping my GT4! 😉
09-21-2018, 10:55 PM
#24
Originally Posted by Provie
Nope, I’m keeping my GT4! 😉
09-22-2018, 03:08 AM
#25
Let's see....the hassle of importing the car, paying the extra fees/taxes, and then the hit on resale. Why do that when the price delta between a Canadian car and a US car is minimal?
09-22-2018, 02:10 PM
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Why would that be? If anything, Canadian GT3 are less likely to be driven in winter because it's illegal to drive on summer tires in winter (and too cold), and almost no one will be buying winter tires for a GT3 or RS.
09-22-2018, 02:13 PM
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The hassle is not that bad - done that several times, and it's fairly simple. But definitely not worth the price difference, given that you have to pay sales tax twice, which eats pretty much the entire savings. Also, most new Porsches are sold with non-export agreement attached, and it's actually enforced, so it leaves only secondary market, which is above MSRP on desirable cars anyway.