JFerraro17

basic666

how did you order a porsche without actually paying for it? I want in on that too...

but that sucks, when did you place the order?

Hurricane

That's the date I have for my GTS, too...

JFerraro17

Hurricane—

Did you order mid-September and have an original delivery date just after 1/1/18?

Hurricane

I ordered at the end of October.

This is the latest that I have:

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JFerraro17

At this point, their dates mean nothing to me. I’m completely disheartened, frankly.

Gus_Smedstad

The part shortage must have been recent, because my GTS that I ordered in early September is sitting at my dealership right now, 3 weeks ahead of the original delivery estimate. Now I'm waiting on a combination of the title arriving at the dealership, and finding a time when my wife can accompany me to sign paperwork. Due to the latter I suspect I'll be picking it up on Saturday.

BlackBeauty

I think the real issue is the factory shuts down for the last two weeks of the year. I have a GTS in order too. My guess is your production spot is really the second week of January, hence the March projected delivery. I'm sure it will come in early March - very frustrating but don't lose faith, Spring is coming!

swisman

Yep..my delivery is pushed back to March, as well. Build is delayed a little over a month.
Not a big deal for me since I live in the Northeast & the roads are usually crappy until March anyway.
But Porsche didn't know this 2 weeks ago?

JFerraro17

Sure, I completely understand the Christmas thing. Honestly, I would be leery of a car built that week. My point is, I was originally shown the car was going to be here the first week in January...on a boat over Christmas....which, if "ahead of schedule" form held, meant possibly late December delivery. I can see a two week slip for holiday break (although even that seems wrong/odd based on my original schedule). But we're talking THREE MONTHS DELAY as of now. Guys have practically ordered and been delivered quicker than 3 months, soup to nuts.

I know, I know, very little sympathy for a guy who won a 911. But the joy and excitement I felt that first day I found out have slowly been sapped away by a forever slipping delivery date. Call me impatient, but life is short, man.

PS. BlackBeauty, in Texas, this is some of the best driving time of the year right now!

subshooter

What part would cause delays in GTS models but no others? I am guessing it is the larger Turbo since it is a unique part to the GTS. Did this fire at the factory that produces your Turbo impact your car? It sure sounds like it.

See this thread:

https://rennlist.com/forums/991/1034...r-porsche.html

subshooter

I googled factory fires in Germany that make high performance engine components and came up with this:

https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/356370...nn-in-germany/

It's from May though so you would think that if this was the cause, it should have had an impact on the supply chain earlier than now. I doubt they stock up on Turbo chargers.

Edit: The Schaeffler Group makes ball bearings for car turbo chargers. Not sure if they make it for Porsche but the dots are lining up.

Yes, I have time on my hands to google this stuff.

Edit again: Schaeffler and Porsche have a clear relationship and Schaeffler does supply Porsche with parts. One of many articles.
https://www.prnewswire.com/news-rele...300096357.html

scsuperfan

how do you guys get those print out of times? Should i be able to log into something to see the status of my S on order?

Don't mean to derail the thread.

CombatChuk

I have a 991.2 GTS on order, it was a PTS November allocation. It went into production 11/13 and finally came out 12/6. I read on another thread that there was some production line update... Maybe that pushed everything back?

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