GT3 Dealer Allocation Thread
04-03-2017, 01:07 AM
#932
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Honestly, it is in the dealer's best interest to sell to the 918 VIP customers at MSRP for a few reasons. Firstly, as Whoopsy has mentioned, you can't just change host dealers anytime you want easily for convenience, but however it is possible if you are very dissatisfied with the dealer or you have a permanent resident location change, etc.
04-03-2017, 01:45 AM
#933
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Originally Posted by porscheflat6
Where is the list from .1GT3 sales? I am sure they are the same dealerships most people talk about.
And chasoul, thank you for a very informative post.
04-03-2017, 04:30 AM
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Thanks. All I can say is I am not new to the forum :P
Its how I provide insights for you guys anonymously.
04-03-2017, 04:35 AM
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04-03-2017, 04:37 AM
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04-03-2017, 04:38 AM
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I got 2 calls from the 2 dealers I had my name with. Both cited the same thing. We are ready to place your order for Aug/Sep delivery. Yay! Followed by, "we want $50k over sticker". Not yay 
And I'm a returning customer, which clearly made no difference. I have an AMG GTR coming in July at MSRP as I feared this would happen. Anyone know of any dealers in the US who will order a GT3 at MSRP? Willing to travel 
And I'm a returning customer, which clearly made no difference. I have an AMG GTR coming in July at MSRP as I feared this would happen. Anyone know of any dealers in the US who will order a GT3 at MSRP? Willing to travel
04-03-2017, 04:55 AM
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You're welcome
I wish you the best of luck getting one. It is very difficult in California. All I can say the demand is off the roof this time. Never have I seen a newly debut Porsche in which dealers get a phone call every 30 minutes for the first 5 days about ordering the new car. Not the GT4, not the R, and not the RS.
By the way guys, new Porsche Financial interest rate and money factors are out and they went up quite a lot. Residuals for GT3 are also out and they are low.
04-03-2017, 09:01 AM
#940
I think I've got allocation fatigue. Is that a thing? Is there a treatment for it?
I put my deposit down back when the rumours were first swirling about the potential for a manual. I've been following every tiny morsel of news since then.
Leading up to the big reveal at Geneva, I'd been messaging somewhat regularly with my SA. I guess maybe it was optimistic to hope that they'd have some idea of the number of allocations they'd get fairly soon after the announcement, but since then there's been no news at all.
So now I'm just desperate for any information at all and it's seeming more and more likely that I won't know anything tangible until mid-summer or even fall. I think it's gonna give me a stroke.
I'm an eternal optimist so I keep hoping that any day now I'll get the notice that there's going to be a car for me. I don't even care when it comes. It can come next year sometime. I'm perfectly happy with that. I just want to know there will be a car for me!
The waiting is excruciating!!
I'm saving every penny I can for this. I've cancelled some things I might have done this summer so I'll have extra money for the car. I'm wondering whether I should be limiting the mileage on my Boxster to try to maximize the trade-in value rather than just driving it to the ends of the Earth like I'd normally do.
If I'm not getting a car, then those things don't matter. If I AM getting a car, then they'll be very important.
The waiting is exhausting!!
Any psychologists here? Porsche Allocation Fatigue. Add that to the APA's DSM. I'm pretty sure it's a thing!!
I put my deposit down back when the rumours were first swirling about the potential for a manual. I've been following every tiny morsel of news since then.
Leading up to the big reveal at Geneva, I'd been messaging somewhat regularly with my SA. I guess maybe it was optimistic to hope that they'd have some idea of the number of allocations they'd get fairly soon after the announcement, but since then there's been no news at all.
So now I'm just desperate for any information at all and it's seeming more and more likely that I won't know anything tangible until mid-summer or even fall. I think it's gonna give me a stroke.
I'm an eternal optimist so I keep hoping that any day now I'll get the notice that there's going to be a car for me. I don't even care when it comes. It can come next year sometime. I'm perfectly happy with that. I just want to know there will be a car for me!
The waiting is excruciating!!
I'm saving every penny I can for this. I've cancelled some things I might have done this summer so I'll have extra money for the car. I'm wondering whether I should be limiting the mileage on my Boxster to try to maximize the trade-in value rather than just driving it to the ends of the Earth like I'd normally do.
If I'm not getting a car, then those things don't matter. If I AM getting a car, then they'll be very important.
The waiting is exhausting!!
Any psychologists here? Porsche Allocation Fatigue. Add that to the APA's DSM. I'm pretty sure it's a thing!!
04-03-2017, 09:09 AM
#941
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I said this back when the .2 was announced:
Demand will be off the hook.
Will be harder the get than .1 GT3 and will be less cars.
The GT variants will have shorter lifespans and less #'s for .2 and especially with the few remaining ones they need to crank out still.
The "everyone will get one" crowd should listen.
Will the $40K-$50K over thing last?? NO WAY. That's greedy dealers testing the waters. Porsche will keep releasing GT models for .2 and forward into 992 and beyond. Don't expect to retire on a car investment or drive for free. Porsche is into making money for itself, not flippers and those looking for a free ride. They aren't Amway or a Bernie mutual fund.
That being said, I don't endorse paying over MSRP or getting caught up in Porsche's hype. Stay in your current car or whatever and give them the finger. Feeding the dealer games only makes it worse.
Demand will be off the hook.
Will be harder the get than .1 GT3 and will be less cars.
The GT variants will have shorter lifespans and less #'s for .2 and especially with the few remaining ones they need to crank out still.
The "everyone will get one" crowd should listen.
Will the $40K-$50K over thing last?? NO WAY. That's greedy dealers testing the waters. Porsche will keep releasing GT models for .2 and forward into 992 and beyond. Don't expect to retire on a car investment or drive for free. Porsche is into making money for itself, not flippers and those looking for a free ride. They aren't Amway or a Bernie mutual fund.
That being said, I don't endorse paying over MSRP or getting caught up in Porsche's hype. Stay in your current car or whatever and give them the finger. Feeding the dealer games only makes it worse.
Last edited by STG; 04-03-2017 at 09:50 AM.
04-03-2017, 11:14 AM
#943
Thank you for your insight and contribution. I am like many other mortals who's cleaning lady comes to my house once a week and actually cleans my house. The only inside information she has supplied is what chemical is safe to use on cabinets.
04-03-2017, 11:20 AM
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On a different side note, although 918 VIP customers cannot just choose which dealer they want the allocation to be sent to, their car can be delivered to any dealer in the US every time. They call it courtesy delivery, where the ordering and purchasing of the car is still done through the original host dealer, but the car is sent directly from port and vessel to a different delivery dealer, where they would PDI and wash the car for them to pick up.
04-03-2017, 12:07 PM
#945
I have been on some sort of "list" for a while now. SA avoided me and then told me they are working through the allocations for the VIPs first...and then will work down the list...