I stand by my statement. A person commented that you were lucky to choose your color. I responded it wasn't luck, but rather the ADM you paid.
How is this incorrect ?

 

 

Black on Black delivery. With yellow accents. Fantastic combo.

 

What do we know about a new intake system on the 991.2.2 GT3RS?
991.2.2 meaning with particle filter. built for EU within 2019. ready for Euro6c.

991.2 GT3 R (race car) got this upgrade already. single throttle bodies (now 6 (2019) instead of 2 (2016) bodies). What a new groundbreaking technology! ...
source: https://files1.porsche.com/filestore...schreibung.pdf

So why not bring it also with the 991.2.2 GT3RS? to fill the loss of power based on the particle filter.

does the 991.2 MDG 4.0l engine have one or two throttle bodies? i think one as the Metzgers?

even if the 991.1 GT3 R got already two.
based on source: https://files3.porsche.com/filestore...schreibung.pdf

 

First of all, production numbers are not set at the beginning of production but close to the end of production. Even if you have a cleaning lady like the president of Porsche, or head of production, he wouldn't be able to tell you the production number even in ball park for the entire .2 GT3 RS cycle. For the first 6-8 months, GT4 and .1 GT3RS had an estimated North America production of ~1400 and ~1000, even the PCNA that handles all allocation was told that; and then the end production was ~2100, and ~1450, thats like 50% more. For 991.1 GT3, PCNA PAG no one knew there would be a 2016 GT3 internally, then voila, 2016. Most people think Porsche have everything figured out and everything is more or less set in a strict schedule. I was told many times this car will be debut at this month of this year by Porsche internal heads themselves and then schedule changed didn't happen. AP told VIP customer his promised allocated GT2RS will have 670hp like 8 months before the car debut, then nope, its not 670hp.

 

What now? Dealers charge extra price for able to choose your own color? Its like low cost carrier airlines?

So if don't pay ADM, people do can get a .2 GT3RS but they just can't choose the color? Dealer will let you build your whole spec (front lift or not, bucket or not) but just not the color?

How to dealers prevent people from choosing the color they want anyways.
"What color do you want?"
"Lizard Green"
"Ok, no you can't get that, any other color is ok, unless you pay ADM"

Does ADM and color picking go hand in hand? So people who paid ADM would be able to get it without ADM if they give up their color choice? And people who paid MSRP most likely won't be able to pick their own colors?

 

You're assuming too many things. Yes, some VIP are of what you described above, what exact % is unknown, but from the 30+ VIPs I know, less than 25% are like that. And when I mean by "like that" I mean taking 65k - 130k losses on new Porsche over 5 or 6 years to get one GT3RS at MSRP.

I've covered these topics in the past but since you're new i'll reiterate a little:

One other type of dealer VIP are people who do take those 65k - 200k losses on multiple new "ordinary model" cars (new Porsche every year), but they don't just get one GT3RS. Between 2015 and 2018, they got .1 GT3, .1GT3 RS, GT4, .2GT3, and .2 GT3RS for MSRP (and some lower than MSRP), on top of the ordinary "new Porsche". I know some that even got 2014 GT3, 2015 GT3, and 2016 GT3 and multiple GT4 and multiple .2 GT3.

Another type of dealer VIP are people who just been buying cars at the dealer for like 20+ years, so they have 930, 993 turbo, 996 GT2, 997.1 RS, 997.2 RS, RS 4.0 etc throughout all the years and some sold them and some kept them but all appreciated a lot, they don't really buy "non GT" cars, and dealer just call them up as the next GT car announces because the dealer trust them and know their intentions instead of dealing with unknown customers. These people also get more than just one GT car every 5 years, just RS they would have 2 between 2016 and 2018, plus GT3 and GT4s if they choose.

Another type of dealer VIP are those like the one you described but super smart about the cars they pick as "non GT" cars. They still achieve dealer VIP by buying a "non GT" every year or 2 years. 2015 Macan S with base necessity like premium package only and 5-7% discount is around 53k, look at how much 2015 Macan S with 30k miles or so (clean one owner history) are average auctioning off for, low 40s. That's 11k ~13k loss over 3.5 years (car released in May 2014). 2017 Macan GTS, most are still trading at purchase price or a few thousand below (original purchase price of MSRP minus 6-8%) after 2 years (car released in March 2016), thats 0k ~ 5k loss over 2 years. Cayman R are still trading at 5-10k under purchase price back in 2012 (1k per year loss). 987 Boxster Spyder and 981 boxster spyder, just to name a few. It may seem implausible that someone picked only the cars that didn't depreciate but most of these are pros that been doing this for 15+ years or are car industry people buying their own personal cars. Same here these people are getting multiple RS and GT3s and such over the years.

The list goes on (people who buy only used non-GT cars, people who are just cool, and more), there are so many types of dealer VIP that all are considered VIP in their own ways, your theory encompass some but not a majority percentage. And that's just dealer VIPs, then there's Porsche VIPs, who still get their car from a dealer, which are mostly categorized into PMNA VIPs, 918 VIPs, and PCNA VIPs.

 

Some pictures find of the GT3 R motor.

 

 

Gold wheels with LG is not to my taste...but each to their own. They look great with red and black...but green. I have gone with platinum wheels on my LG.

 

There is merit to many of your points but I have a few month history with the Porsche brand, and I a not, nor will I be for sometime considered a long time established client. I also realize that there are people who achieve VIP status in other ways but I again, sadly, am not numbered amongst that august body. Here in the USA, understanding Canada is different, if you want a GT car and do not want to wait several years on the master super secret "list" and play the game the ADM is a reality. Now we can discuss how much of an ADM one can manage but I feel many of the dealerships are setting the ADM admission price higher with the first batch of allocations and those ADMs may improve over the next several months but for now welcome to the land of you have no choice, that is, if you want a GT3-RS.

 

I initially was in the delete camp but my wife fell in love with he side decal .......it has grown on me; I like it quite a bit now.

Absolutely correct, color (colour) is a very personal choice and for me LG and Gold wheels, and dare I say it, LG interior and LG seat belts are pretty cool.

 

Well at least you are both in agreement as my wife and I are about the Lizard Green beauty, and for full disclosure, I can neither prove nor disprove that Porsches rendition of Lizard Green is accurate, that is I am not a trained herpetologist but we can state emphatically that we both love the color (colour).

 

I have had a .2 997 RS, a .1 GT3, a .1 RS, a .2 GT3 and soon a .2 RS. All at MSRP plus other cars I wanted. What's the problem with someone paying ADM? I paid it on a used 458. So what? I could have the car that day as apposed to 1.5 years later. Open market price is MSRP plus ADM.