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Old 11-02-2015, 04:36 PM
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My RS is on the Delphinus Leader. It was picked up on 10-15 or so and has gone to Spain, Canada and now New York. You would think Porsche would want to collect their money faster than that. You have to believe that my car is not the only one on the boat bound for JAX.

Not that I am impatient or anything. It's only been about 6 months since I ordered it.
Old 11-02-2015, 04:41 PM
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That's awful. The trip is the longest part of the wait but to make all those stops, ugh.
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I am also on that ship. Sat in Emden for 2 weeks before it got on a boat. I guess it cost less to fly many stops rather than a non stop. Also no food or movies.
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I guess I am lucky mine only sat in Emden for a day or two. My TT and GT3 were straight shots.
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... same here my RS should be in Jacksonville Nov. 10-12....
Old 11-02-2015, 10:33 PM
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Nice to hear from others in my boat (no pun intended). I have Sapphire Blue GT3 on it as well. Like a Van Halen (dating myself?) world tour - geez! I was so excited when it rolled out of Emden and now after weeks long world tout it appears to be lost in the Bermuda Triangle - vessel tracker had it until it left Halifax, Nova Scotia and lost contact 18 hours ago. Cant tell what eta to Porsche Orlando will be so I can line up truck to Houston. It only sat a few days in Emden though.
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It's due in New York tomorrow. Once it's in port it will show the new destination. Once its in port and off loaded it can take a week or so to get thru PDI in port. My experience with several 911's.

I will see it in a couple of weeks if I am lucky.
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Thanks for the intel.
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My car is on the boat too. Don't know which one, don't care. I'll know when to pick it up when I get the call.
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My GT4 left emden on October 23, went to Halifax, and Rhode Island and is already on way to Houston. Will be here 2 weeks ahead of schedule
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6 months for my 458 spider including 2 months in transit. Good thing I bought my low mileage gt3 used lol. There's a FNA black hole in New Jersey. Even my sales manager had no idea where the spider was.
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Delphinus Leader now scheduled to stop in Baltimore. Also looks like a stop at McDonald's for hamburg in Savannah and a 3am steak and shake milk shake in Brunswick. All this before the Jacksonville stop January 15, 2016. I may have that wrong. It could be January 15, 2017. Hope they did not hear of the port in Charleston SC. Cheer up things could be worse. Sure enough I cheered up and things got worse. Fly it back next time.
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Porsche still shows it hits JAX 11-8-15. Why would you put several million dollars worth of cars on a boat for 3 weeks? If I were Porsche I would want to be paid for them asap. Oh well.

I think flying it back is 7 to 10K I can wait a month for 7 to 10K.
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My car is at port in Rhode Island. Expected to be at dealership on 11/20/2015.
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You probably saw the announcement from PCNA in Sept. that effective 10/15 Porches for SE dealers would come to Jacksonville, not Brunswick as they had been since 2002.


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