GT2 RS - no mag wheel option for 2019 builds?
01-27-2019, 03:04 AM
#31
Three Wheelin'
This is unbelievable. The Magnesium wheels are available to the .3RS configurator now, and not on the .2RS? 
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GT3RS-Fan1
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01-27-2019, 06:11 AM
#32
In my opinion, Porsche should have limited them to the 2RS or at least made sure the 2RS orders were always prioritized. The mag wheels were on the launch car and part of what made it unique vs the 3RS. My guess is that they didn’t originally intend to sell the 2RS into 2019 but always wanted a certain number of 3RS car to be delivered and in the market with the full Weissach package. They therefore made the decision to allocate the capacity at BBS to 2019 3RS’s at the expense of late build 2RS’s.
i actually prefer the look of the standard wheels but wanted my 2RS to have as many visual differences as possible versus my .2 3RS.
01-27-2019, 10:32 AM
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So they announce limited numbers/special production/or last of its kind with an unknown future, create speculative market/flippers/adm, then to remedy situation over produce or not have the material to offer like in 2rs mag wheel, then they say it’s response to allow enthusiast access(at 250-350$k depends on rs) and then the cycle starts again. Once again Porsche makes a fantastic product, but this wild Wild West process of unknown production and excess pay on cars and then potential of drop is truly insane. I can understand once in a while with a limited run car by a company like the ford gt, but cycling it every 6-12 months...gotta love it and laugh, get the car and enjoy it and pass it on to next gaurdian of these well built pieces of art. Eventually the global market will control it.
01-27-2019, 10:50 AM
#34
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So they announce limited numbers/special production/or last of its kind with an unknown future, create speculative market/flippers/adm, then to remedy situation over produce or not have the material to offer like in 2rs mag wheel, then they say it’s response to allow enthusiast access(at 250-350$k depends on rs) and then the cycle starts again. Once again Porsche makes a fantastic product, but this wild Wild West process of unknown production and excess pay on cars and then potential of drop is truly insane. I can understand once in a while with a limited run car by a company like the ford gt, but cycling it every 6-12 months...gotta love it and laugh, get the car and enjoy it and pass it on to next gaurdian of these well built pieces of art. Eventually the global market will control it.
01-27-2019, 12:23 PM
#36
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It appears they misjudged demand. Thankfully, their decision to extend production means more people who genuinely want the car will be able to get one, myself included.
01-27-2019, 02:12 PM
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Hindsight is 20/20. Trying to anticipate worldwide demand for the most expensive wheels in the marketplace is not so easy. The fact those wheels became hard-to-get created more demand for them, which only compounded the problem. Hope this adds a little clarity and removes some conspiracy.
01-27-2019, 02:58 PM
#38
Porsche never hinted that they'd only produce 1,000 2RSs...that's what some of the early buyers were hyping and hoping for. Nope sorry, looks like Porsche will pump out over 3,000 of them worldwide and we'll get more than a 1,000 just in the US. Porsche doing the right thing as always, props to them.
01-27-2019, 03:00 PM
#39
All GT2RS allocations in the US are frozen, so that is why the recent availability of magnesium wheels have not been allocated toward the them. In the meantime, the supply/production of magnesium wheels caught back up. Since the only allocations that are still changeable are the GT3RS's, Porsche allocated them toward those cars to give those last few people the opportunity. The situation is not as it is characterized here in these posts, where Porsche is supposedly trying to screw over GT2RS buyers.
Hindsight is 20/20. Trying to anticipate worldwide demand for the most expensive wheels in the marketplace is not so easy. The fact those wheels became hard-to-get created more demand for them, which only compounded the problem. Hope this adds a little clarity and removes some conspiracy.
Hindsight is 20/20. Trying to anticipate worldwide demand for the most expensive wheels in the marketplace is not so easy. The fact those wheels became hard-to-get created more demand for them, which only compounded the problem. Hope this adds a little clarity and removes some conspiracy.
01-27-2019, 03:53 PM
#40
All GT2RS allocations in the US are frozen, so that is why the recent availability of magnesium wheels have not been allocated toward the them. In the meantime, the supply/production of magnesium wheels caught back up. Since the only allocations that are still changeable are the GT3RS's, Porsche allocated them toward those cars to give those last few people the opportunity. The situation is not as it is characterized here in these posts, where Porsche is supposedly trying to screw over GT2RS buyers.
Hindsight is 20/20. Trying to anticipate worldwide demand for the most expensive wheels in the marketplace is not so easy. The fact those wheels became hard-to-get created more demand for them, which only compounded the problem. Hope this adds a little clarity and removes some conspiracy.
Hindsight is 20/20. Trying to anticipate worldwide demand for the most expensive wheels in the marketplace is not so easy. The fact those wheels became hard-to-get created more demand for them, which only compounded the problem. Hope this adds a little clarity and removes some conspiracy.
01-27-2019, 04:14 PM
#41
All GT2RS allocations in the US are frozen, so that is why the recent availability of magnesium wheels have not been allocated toward the them. In the meantime, the supply/production of magnesium wheels caught back up. Since the only allocations that are still changeable are the GT3RS's, Porsche allocated them toward those cars to give those last few people the opportunity. The situation is not as it is characterized here in these posts, where Porsche is supposedly trying to screw over GT2RS buyers.
Hindsight is 20/20. Trying to anticipate worldwide demand for the most expensive wheels in the marketplace is not so easy. The fact those wheels became hard-to-get created more demand for them, which only compounded the problem. Hope this adds a little clarity and removes some conspiracy.
Hindsight is 20/20. Trying to anticipate worldwide demand for the most expensive wheels in the marketplace is not so easy. The fact those wheels became hard-to-get created more demand for them, which only compounded the problem. Hope this adds a little clarity and removes some conspiracy.
Last edited by Hex; 01-27-2019 at 05:12 PM.
01-27-2019, 04:45 PM
#42
Three Wheelin'
Thank you for heads up that GT2RS are frozen in 2019. The online configuration is misleading. On ordering a GT3RS sees that the magnesium alloys are available is a good thing as that was not available before when I got my 991.2 GT3RS. Conversely one who is ordering a GT2RS sees in the configurator that magnesium wheels are no longer offered or available. I was lucky to have my GT2RS have the magnesium wheels, however the recent deliveries if the GT2RS who couldn't order the magnesium wheels should have the ability to back order the magnesium wheels which was an integral part of an owner ordering the Weissach package.
Had the magnesium wheels been available at the time I ordered my 991.2 GT3RS, I would have chosen the magnesium rims over the arum wheels originally and still offered in the GT3RS configurator. Either way there is an unfairness to the situation. Oh well.
All I am trying to point out is give the GT2RS owners who were deprived of the magnesium wheels to have them as back order, as part of the original configuration cost.
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The only thing I can think of to remediate the situation is that owners who took delivery of their GT2RS without the magnesium rims, is for them to get the magnesium wheel set at a discounted price and hope it matches the original configurator cost of $13K.
Do you work for Porsche? Is that the basis for the statement of facts you put forth. I don’t think it’s a conspiracy. No one said Porsche is trying to screw over GT2RS buyers either. However, not back filling requests for the mag wheels sets up an unfair situation where two people pay the same money for a car with one buyer being able to order the mag wheels while another buyer can not. Initially Porsche back filled mag wheel orders while letting the owners keep the stock wheels. And now they won’t even let owners buy the mag wheels later at the configurator option price. That’s a pretty arbitrary business practice and leaves some very good customers without the spec they want. The Weissach package was designed to optimally work with the mag wheels and most of the weight savings comes from the mag wheels. The mag wheels also provide dynamic benefits in handling as well as acceleration and braking. This is not a shining example of Porsche taking care of their good customers.
Had the magnesium wheels been available at the time I ordered my 991.2 GT3RS, I would have chosen the magnesium rims over the arum wheels originally and still offered in the GT3RS configurator. Either way there is an unfairness to the situation. Oh well.
All I am trying to point out is give the GT2RS owners who were deprived of the magnesium wheels to have them as back order, as part of the original configuration cost.
Drive safe,
GT3RS-Fan1
All GT2RS allocations in the US are frozen, so that is why the recent availability of magnesium wheels have not been allocated toward the them. In the meantime, the supply/production of magnesium wheels caught back up. Since the only allocations that are still changeable are the GT3RS's, Porsche allocated them toward those cars to give those last few people the opportunity. The situation is not as it is characterized here in these posts, where Porsche is supposedly trying to screw over GT2RS buyers.
Hindsight is 20/20. Trying to anticipate worldwide demand for the most expensive wheels in the marketplace is not so easy. The fact those wheels became hard-to-get created more demand for them, which only compounded the problem. Hope this adds a little clarity and removes some conspiracy.
Hindsight is 20/20. Trying to anticipate worldwide demand for the most expensive wheels in the marketplace is not so easy. The fact those wheels became hard-to-get created more demand for them, which only compounded the problem. Hope this adds a little clarity and removes some conspiracy.
Do you work for Porsche? Is that the basis for the statement of facts you put forth. I don’t think it’s a conspiracy. No one said Porsche is trying to screw over GT2RS buyers either. However, not back filling requests for the mag wheels sets up an unfair situation where two people pay the same money for a car with one buyer being able to order the mag wheels while another buyer can not. Initially Porsche back filled mag wheel orders while letting the owners keep the stock wheels. And now they won’t even let owners buy the mag wheels later at the configurator option price. That’s a pretty arbitrary business practice and leaves some very good customers without the spec they want. The Weissach package was designed to optimally work with the mag wheels and most of the weight savings comes from the mag wheels. The mag wheels also provide dynamic benefits in handling as well as acceleration and braking. This is not a shining example of Porsche taking care of their good customers.
01-27-2019, 08:42 PM
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Do you work for Porsche? Is that the basis for the statement of facts you put forth? I don’t think it’s a conspiracy. No one said Porsche is trying to screw over GT2RS buyers either. However, not back filling requests for the mag wheels sets up an unfair situation where two people pay the same money for a car with one buyer being able to order the mag wheels while another buyer can not. Initially Porsche back filled mag wheel orders while letting the owners keep the stock wheels. And now they won’t even let owners buy the mag wheels later at the configurator option price. That’s a pretty arbitrary business practice and leaves some very good customers without the spec they want. The Weissach package was designed to optimally work with the mag wheels and most of the weight savings comes from the mag wheels. The mag wheels also provide dynamic benefits in handling as well as acceleration and braking. This is not a shining example of Porsche taking care of their good customers.
01-27-2019, 09:29 PM
#44
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They certainly don’t have a problem sending me the CF steering wheel later. Seems like that is a supplier problem as well.
01-27-2019, 11:28 PM
#45
Ditto. Would have done the same. Bummed that even with the WP on my car I can’t get the wheels for a later delivery. Understand there may be supply issues but why punish the customer?
They certainly don’t have a problem sending me the CF steering wheel later. Seems like that is a supplier problem as well.
CF GT2rs steering wheels and mag wheels were for sale online at suncoast last year when Porsche had none for customer cars. Strange situation...