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Old 07-20-2018, 06:31 AM
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I can tell you that my local PCA chapter requires the cover to be in place, or the battery terminals must be taped, to prevent accidental discharge in the event of a track day incident. The cover also reduces the amount of road dust and grime that gets into the frunk.
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So it does have a function - thanks,
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The T is special to me as its my first porsche and It is true that anyone can get one ! The only requirement is hard work and commitment to the way you make money to afford to buy it for - 120k 🤷🏼*♂️
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Picked mine up yesterday.




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Originally Posted by racemor
Picked mine up yesterday.
She's a beaut. (Of course, I am biased.)

Been traveling for 3-4 weeks... Gotta get my T out this weekend!
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Originally Posted by G99x.y
Thanks for sharing. I like this guy’s stuff, even if the video does contain one or two inaccuracies
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Congrats, racemor, and welcome to Club T
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Originally Posted by Ukkid74
The T is special to me as its my first porsche and It is true that anyone can get one ! The only requirement is hard work and commitment to the way you make money to afford to buy it for - 120k 🤷🏼*♂️
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so true ....
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Another nice review of the T on Youtube this week:

MotoMan:



It is nice to hear two back to back reviews, from Nick and MotoMan where both say that the 911T is the most fun to drive!

But then again, for some, this is "just a Base Carrera with stickers and a badge...". NOT!!!
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Originally Posted by alex_c
Based on VIN numbers and total production.

I did a post a few weeks ago after analyzing hundreds of VINs from November to March.
Way too premature to make a total volume produced claim. N America is just starting to get their allocation. Two dealers told me there is no volume restriction. This is not a limited production car. We won’t know how many are produced until production ends next spring/summer.
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Originally Posted by UVXY
Picked up my T last week from Pfaff, was told there were no allocations at this point in time..

Friend who owns 3 mclarens wants a T, he was told there were no allocations available.....
not true. I was just speaking to Pfaff. You can order today and get the car in Nov/Dec. Your friend probably wanted it sooner.

At at least with large dealers, there is No issue with allocation.
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Originally Posted by Surge74


Way too premature to make a total volume produced claim. N America is just starting to get their allocation. Two dealers told me there is no volume restriction. This is not a limited production car. We won’t know how many are produced until production ends next spring/summer.
I wouldn't say too premature for 2018's. The final 2018's are being built now, and there is no way they will produce a noticeable number in the time left. For 2019 the 3 dealers for Houston are sold out. There may be more allocations in the future, but for now, at least here, there are none.

The earliest VIN I've found for a Carrera T in the US for a vehicle produced in 12/17 (first official month of production of the T for the US) has a VIN ***5843. The latest I've seen, produced in 5/18 is ***6582. That is a total of 739 cars INCLUDING ALL BASE CARRERAS, which share the same VIN format as the T. Looking at the number of Base cars listed produced in the same period, there is AT LEAST a 2:1 Base vs T, which would make it IMPOSSIBLE to be more than 250 to 300 T's in the US at this moment.

IF ANYONE who has received their T with the last 4 digits of their VIN greater than 6582, please post it here.

Given this, assuming ALL Base/T allocations ended up being T's, I have not seen a single month with more than 150 Base/T's built for the US. So, assuming ALL of the B/T's produced in June and July are T's, that will be an additional 300 T's (highly unlikely as there would be a shortage of Base cars). Even with that wild assumption, there is no way we can have more than 600 - 700 T's for MY2018. Compare this to over 2,300 GT3's US bound cars, and you can see that even when not limited by a hard number, they are quite rare in the grand scheme of things.

These are FACTS, not opinions of a dealer, or sales people chatter. If you have hard facts like these that can challenge my claim, you are encouraged to post them.

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Originally Posted by Surge74


not true. I was just speaking to Pfaff. You can order today and get the car in Nov/Dec. Your friend probably wanted it sooner.

At at least with large dealers, there is No issue with allocation.
The claim from @UVXY is that his friend "was told there were no allocations available." How can you claim that is not true? He didn't say Porsche said no more allocations, but his dealer told him that. Unless you were there you can't claim that it is not true he was told that. His dealer may be wrong, but that does not make UVXY's statement not true. It's a matter of semantics.
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Because if you read what I wrote, you’ll realize I was speaking to the SAME Dealer!


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