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07-29-2018, 07:54 PM
#663
Rennlist Member
Alex, i just took delivery of mine. Last 4 digits of my vin are 5837. My build date was 12/17. I wonder what the first US VIN is...
oes Q=alex_c;15156854]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.
oes Q=alex_c;15156854]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.
Thank you for the info. You, my friend, are now T #1 in my VIN list. The previous lowest VIN for a known T in the US was 5843. Yours at 5837 is the lowest I've seen anywhere. Could it be indeed the first in the US? Could be!
Congrats!
07-29-2018, 10:32 PM
#664
Instructor
Thank you for the info. You, my friend, are now T #1 in my VIN list. The previous lowest VIN for a known T in the US was 5843. Yours at 5837 is the lowest I've seen anywhere. Could it be indeed the first in the US? Could be!
Congrats![/QUOTE]
Wow! Is there a way via PCNA to validate that?? Huge thanks to you for keep such detailed records of these great cars!
07-29-2018, 10:47 PM
#665
Rennlist Member
I's sure PCNA has the detailed records of all vehicles. Mine is just an un-official sample of vehicles from public sources where I've been able to find the VIN numbers (Porsche dealers inventory, Cars.com, autotrader.com, etc), but ultimately, it is users like you who share this info which makes this possible.
07-31-2018, 06:12 PM
#666
Burning Brakes
Thread Starter
My vin is *5807
07-31-2018, 10:18 PM
#667
Rennlist Member
^^^ I think BlackOptic's car was the first I saw offered for sale (FL Correct?). It was on the boat just ahead of my car and offered for sale about 2 weeks earlier than when mine arrived, IIRC.
07-31-2018, 10:34 PM
#668
Rennlist Member
07-31-2018, 11:03 PM
#669
Rennlist Member
Originally Posted by BradleyCB
Good morning all. I read through this forum over the past couple of days and had convinced myself my wife and I needed to join the T owner's club. Our Salt Lake City dealer had a gently "used" Miami Blue T in stock. We called about it. We talked with the manager. We drove down yesterday afternoon to see it. And when we got there...another sales rep had his card on it. Someone called and made a deposit. It was such a beautiful car though! It had the standard interior with yellow pinstripes and yellow seat belts. Now we are waiting to see if this transaction goes through.
While we were there, my wife drove a used GT4. She loved it, but I was still a little disappointed from the T being unavailable.
What do you guys think? As a third car for fun, do you think we should (i) consider the GT4, or (ii) look across the US at one of the other T models still allegedly available?
I appreciate the feedback.
While we were there, my wife drove a used GT4. She loved it, but I was still a little disappointed from the T being unavailable.
What do you guys think? As a third car for fun, do you think we should (i) consider the GT4, or (ii) look across the US at one of the other T models still allegedly available?
I appreciate the feedback.
08-01-2018, 08:56 PM
#672
Instructor
Gorilla
I’ve read it somewhere but, can one of you T experts point me to anything official or otherwise that’s states you can NOT have factory optioned window tint/glazing on the lightweight glass?
thanks guys
thanks guys
08-01-2018, 09:17 PM
#673
Burning Brakes
matt
08-01-2018, 10:53 PM
#674
To those with a car from Emden, how many weeks ahead of your forecast date are you?
Thanks.
Thanks.
08-01-2018, 11:09 PM
#675
Burning Brakes