PTS now officially $12,830 and could go up!
08-03-2017, 01:03 PM
#136
Drifting
I don't think enough is made of the dealer relationship. For some of us it didn't take weeks of searching eBay. Dealer calls and says your PTS GT3RS is ready to spec, come in whenever you want. Same goes for everything else you want.
If you cherry pick and just want the HOT stuff, and buy every car from a different dealer, you will have to work hard, pay more and find cars yourself.
Dont get me wrong, it's probably cheaper to cherry pick but if you want a premium experience you have to earn it.
If you cherry pick and just want the HOT stuff, and buy every car from a different dealer, you will have to work hard, pay more and find cars yourself.
Dont get me wrong, it's probably cheaper to cherry pick but if you want a premium experience you have to earn it.
Bought a GT3RS fun NA Voo Doo and before that a Carrera GT and owned other Porsches but it's been 10 years - easy for you is not easy for others and I don't think a GT3 has the panache to pull this off perhaps short term but we all know how a many grab ends this is a slippery slope imagine how the prior GT3 owners feel history repeats itself.
I understand you got a call and PTS in Porsche terms from the outside looking in I just don't see it and that's my .02
08-03-2017, 01:17 PM
#138
Race Director
Originally Posted by shapiroeric
I would bet good money there will still be plenty of people lining up for PTS cars.....and fairly certain that any PTS "slots" will all get filled.....just my $.02
Exactly. They're just trying to shake off some of the low-lying fruit on the tree.
They may lose 20% of people who may have been interested, but still have double the amount of demand that they have capacity for.
08-03-2017, 01:28 PM
#139
08-03-2017, 01:37 PM
#140
Some of you same guys who like giving me grief about bashing stealers and their their ADMs and games are the same ones moaning about the high PTS cost...too funny. Who cares...if you want PTS just be ready to pay but it's still going to be the luck of the draw and if you don't fine just pick a non-PTS color....not hard people. Guess I'm channeling my "Mooty" a bit.
08-03-2017, 01:49 PM
#141
I don't think enough is made of the dealer relationship. For some of us it didn't take weeks of searching eBay. Dealer calls and says your PTS GT3RS is ready to spec, come in whenever you want. Same goes for everything else you want.
If you cherry pick and just want the HOT stuff, and buy every car from a different dealer, you will have to work hard, pay more and find cars yourself.
Dont get me wrong, it's probably cheaper to cherry pick but if you want a premium experience you have to earn it.
If you cherry pick and just want the HOT stuff, and buy every car from a different dealer, you will have to work hard, pay more and find cars yourself.
Dont get me wrong, it's probably cheaper to cherry pick but if you want a premium experience you have to earn it.
08-03-2017, 01:49 PM
#142
08-03-2017, 01:53 PM
#143
Bad analogy. In that instance, you know the price is $55 when you look at the menu. You can decide to buy or not.
In this case, those of us who asked for PTS were not told a price up front. We assumed (possibly incorrectly) that it was a $6960 option like it is on all other 911's. In a rational world, that assumption would make sense. Then there are orders showing a $9270 price, followed by orders showing a $12,830 price. No one knows the actual price.
All the frustration and hysteria could have been avoided if Porsche simply told us the price up front. Then it would be easy to decide - buy or pass.
In this case, those of us who asked for PTS were not told a price up front. We assumed (possibly incorrectly) that it was a $6960 option like it is on all other 911's. In a rational world, that assumption would make sense. Then there are orders showing a $9270 price, followed by orders showing a $12,830 price. No one knows the actual price.
All the frustration and hysteria could have been avoided if Porsche simply told us the price up front. Then it would be easy to decide - buy or pass.
Last edited by mass27; 08-27-2017 at 01:44 PM.
08-03-2017, 02:05 PM
#144
so if you have a gt3 that's almost $200k, or north of $180k, are you gonna track it?
i already see less than normal gt cars on track the last few years.
the reason i sold my 997.2 RS was i was getting uncomfortable pushing the car on track.
even with paying for extra insurance it is still getting pricey.
im lost on this one.
i already see less than normal gt cars on track the last few years.
the reason i sold my 997.2 RS was i was getting uncomfortable pushing the car on track.
even with paying for extra insurance it is still getting pricey.
im lost on this one.
08-03-2017, 02:13 PM
#145
Only in select markets. In the smaller ones they are lucky to maybe get 2 if that many.
08-03-2017, 02:22 PM
#146
Rennlist Member
Easy said then done, no one was born with a Porsche dealer relationship. Besides, there have been several stories about folks who have bought many cars from their local dealer only to be given the middle finger asking for an ADM because their dealer has morphed into a stealer with $$$ in their head. The number of good guy dealers continues to shrink every year unfortunately but hey if you have a relationship with a good guy dealer then you should consider yourself fortunate.
so if you have a gt3 that's almost $200k, or north of $180k, are you gonna track it?
i already see less than normal gt cars on track the last few years.
the reason i sold my 997.2 RS was i was getting uncomfortable pushing the car on track.
even with paying for extra insurance it is still getting pricey.
im lost on this one.
i already see less than normal gt cars on track the last few years.
the reason i sold my 997.2 RS was i was getting uncomfortable pushing the car on track.
even with paying for extra insurance it is still getting pricey.
im lost on this one.
This is my logic, enjoy street cars on the street and race cars on the track. So, yes no track for this GT3!
08-03-2017, 02:30 PM
#147
so if you have a gt3 that's almost $200k, or north of $180k, are you gonna track it?
i already see less than normal gt cars on track the last few years.
the reason i sold my 997.2 RS was i was getting uncomfortable pushing the car on track.
even with paying for extra insurance it is still getting pricey.
im lost on this one.
i already see less than normal gt cars on track the last few years.
the reason i sold my 997.2 RS was i was getting uncomfortable pushing the car on track.
even with paying for extra insurance it is still getting pricey.
im lost on this one.
Lol for the first time in my life I'm actually considering a stripper as possible.
08-03-2017, 02:30 PM
#148
Easy said then done, no one was born with a Porsche dealer relationship. Besides, there have been several stories about folks who have bought many cars from their local dealer only to be given the middle finger asking for an ADM because their dealer has morphed into a stealer with $$$ in their head. The number of good guy dealers continues to shrink every year unfortunately but hey if you have a relationship with a good guy dealer then you should consider yourself fortunate.
08-03-2017, 02:33 PM
#149
Some of you same guys who like giving me grief about bashing stealers and their their ADMs and games are the same ones moaning about the high PTS cost...too funny. Who cares...if you want PTS just be ready to pay but it's still going to be the luck of the draw and if you don't fine just pick a non-PTS color....not hard people. Guess I'm channeling my "Mooty" a bit.
To be clear, I'm also ok with 13k PTS. It's getting too common and still a deal compared to the competition.
08-03-2017, 02:36 PM
#150