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Trying to find a car online via www.cars.com and similar sites is a bag of hurt. Dealers are slow to take down sold vehicles, thinking they can bait-and-switch inquiring buyers to a different model. I expect more from Porsche dealers, but it's my eternal optimism that always gets me in trouble.
Perhaps sharing my experience on how I secured mine in august 2019 will help. (although it was before covid and the boom of online actions websites)
After the exact frustration you describe, I came up with this reasoning: when a Porsche dealership create a listing, it will ultimately end up on this webpage, (the domain name used to be https://nationalpreownedporsche.com/ back then) . Because there isn't that many cars, what I was doing is just refresh the page, twice a day, every single day... breakfast while the coffee cools down a little, or a while waiting the dinner finish to cook. I took time to get familiar with every single existing model listed for sale (even if no longer for sale) to be able to spot anything new immediately.
About 2 month in after having adopted this strategy, the listing of what would become my dead man car ended up showing up on the exact day the dealer finished the pre sale inspection listed with the Engine Control Unit report ready. They didn't even had the professional photographer to shoot the car yet so it was just one of these ugly CG image instead on the oneline listing. The color on the listing was even wrong, they had advertised Graphite Blue instead of the actual Sapphire Blue. But my efforts to verify the vin of every single new listing showing up into vinanalytic ultimately revealed the exact color I wanted along with ticking many other options I wanted (18 ways club ). This listing turned out 2k miles, 25mph average operating speed, max RPM in the ~7000, and was pretty damn close to exactly what I had configured the car if I had the allocation. only 10k over MRSP instead of crazy higher premium for that very specific spec I wanted. So I closed the deal immediately and the picture-less listing didn't last 3 days on that website.
Perhaps sharing my experience on how I secured mine in august 2019 will help. (although it was before covid and the boom of online actions websites)
After the exact frustration you describe, I came up with this reasoning: when a Porsche dealership create a listing, it will ultimately end up on this webpage, (the domain name used to be https://nationalpreownedporsche.com/ back then) . Because there isn't that many cars, what I was doing is just refresh the page, twice a day, every single day... breakfast while the coffee cools down a little, or a while waiting the dinner finish to cook. I took time to get familiar with every single existing model listed for sale (even if no longer for sale) to be able to spot anything new immediately.
About 2 month in after having adopted this strategy, the listing of what would become my dead man car ended up showing up on the exact day the dealer finished the pre sale inspection listed with the Engine Control Unit report ready. They didn't even had the professional photographer to shoot the car yet so it was just one of these ugly CG image instead on the oneline listing. The color on the listing was even wrong, they had advertised Graphite Blue instead of the actual Sapphire Blue. But my efforts to verify the vin of every single new listing showing up into vinanalytic ultimately revealed the exact color I wanted along with ticking many other options I wanted (18 ways club ). This listing turned out 2k miles, 25mph average operating speed, max RPM in the ~7000, and was pretty damn close to exactly what I had configured the car if I had the allocation. only 10k over MRSP instead of crazy higher premium for that very specific spec I wanted. So I closed the deal immediately and the picture-less listing didn't last 3 days on that website.
Very happy 8k miles since. Best of luck!
Wow, that's a wonderful website from Porsche...I was doing the exact same thing with a saved search in Autotrader. Unfortunately with that there are a lot of paid ads that they throw in everywhere but I could scan the entire thing within seconds to find new listings. Then discovered the vin analytics website as well later so at least I had an idea where the MSRP and options were on the cars. Found mine as well and jumped on it, will hopefully get here this week barring any tropical storms that leave a path of destruction in their wake...
Measures on the suspension:
Front -10mm
Rear -10mm
plus what you can see in the protocol.
Apart from the lower ride the changes are very moderate and more of a fine tuning or calibration. I am not good enough of a driver to really tell a big difference in feeling on the road.
BUT:
I do regularly track the car and the times were more than 1 second quicker on Salzburgring, Austria, (1:31.90) and almost 2 seconds quicker in Autodrom Most, CZ Republic, (1:48.40) compared to the previous track days.
I think the car is quicker with less effort.
Tire wear is also more even inside and outside.
High speed stability (over 300 km/h) on the Autobahn, even in "corners", is still outstanding and far away from being nervous. It feels kind of the same. I don't really care for that though. The goal was to optimize a bit for track without sacrificing every day usability. Just two days ago I managed to hit the 330km/h (speedometer, not GPS) mark on straight line and it felt as always.
I am tempted to go even more negative camber next time I go for service.
Weight of the car is 1503kg with completely full 90 liter tank and XPEL stealth full wrap and brand new tires. Full bucket seats. No driver on board.
2x 1L oil canisters + 2x owner's manuals + tire repair kit and and tool kit were also on board.
Wheel load distribution:
Front Left: 304 kg
Front right: 302 kg
Rear left: 449 kg
Rear right: 448 kg
About the Numeric shifter:
It does feel more "crisp" and defined, lever throw is noticeably shorter, yet it is far away from being too hard to throw. So no need to worry about that at all. There is little more effort, yes, but not worth mentioning. I am running the 2mm spring. Installation was super simple and takes less than one hour.
However, you do have to be more careful when shifting really quickly. Whereas the original shifter kind of finds the gate fairly easily and almost by itself, the Numeric requires more attention, so you want to be careful when shifting really fast and in the heat of a fast lap. It needs more precision and attention.
On the track, I have to admit, I think I still prefer the standard shifter. Nevertheless it is a nice piece of manufacturing.
Great pic. She's a beauty. I went the chrome and light wheel route but have a big soft spot for this trim and wheel combo - especially on a red touring.
Great pic. She's a beauty. I went the chrome and light wheel route but have a big soft spot for this trim and wheel combo - especially on a red touring.
Thank you. I used to be a fan of the black wheels on a car with black trim. I never would have ordered it this way - glad I wasn’t in charge of that decision because now I prefer the satin platinum over the black. I love the chrome combo as well, window trim is more on that is more of a satin, which I really like.
08-16-2020, 04:09 PM
). This listing turned out 2k miles, 25mph average operating speed, max RPM in the ~7000, and was pretty damn close to exactly what I had configured the car if I had the allocation. only 10k over MRSP instead of crazy higher premium for that very specific spec I wanted. So I closed the deal immediately and the picture-less listing didn't last 3 days on that website.
