Everyone who has ordered a 991 Please Read. (Collection of Info)
11-02-2017, 01:57 PM
#259
Three Wheelin'
My GTS Coupe just arrived at Davisville this morning at 06:25. That's an hour and a half beyond its scheduled ETA. Hope that doesn't mean a huge delay to my dealer!! 
11-02-2017, 08:49 PM
#260
11-11-2017, 08:22 PM
#263
Mine was also pushed back about 45 days from early Dec to mid-Jan. Dealer doesn't have any explanation. I'm getting a little impatient as I ordered in early July. Hope it's worth the wait!
11-15-2017, 12:02 AM
#264
Rennlist Member
These order to delivery times should be embarrassing to Porsche. You can literally conceive and deliver a baby quicker than some of these orders....and a lot/most of them are STOCK items, not PTS or LTS.
Hope this isn’t indicative of the ownership experience I’ve been dreaming of for decades.
So frustrating.
Hope this isn’t indicative of the ownership experience I’ve been dreaming of for decades.
So frustrating.
11-16-2017, 02:17 AM
#265
Burning Brakes
The first part of the delay isn't really Porsche - it's the time they give you to make up your mind. Time from getting my allocation on 9/12 to lock on 10/20 was a bit over a month. In theory I could have messed with the order all month long. Some people do, oscillating all the way up to the last moment.
Time from lock (V250) to start of construction was 2 weeks. Meaning they have 2 weeks to make sure they have the inventory of parts. That's not unreasonable either.
Time from start of construction to end is 7 days. That's not horrible. In theory my car is built now - I haven't actually pestered my dealer to find out if it's on schedule.
From vehicle completion to leaving Emden is 2 weeks. That is a long time, but it's dependent on ship schedules, and includes padding. With my wife's Cayman, the actual time from completion to getting on a ship was 9 days, not 21.
Transit time across the Atlantic is estimated at 14 days Emden to Davisville. It's sometimes that long, sometimes faster.
Time from Davisville to dealer is highly variable, mainly because it depends on a truck getting a reasonably full load going the same way.
My wife's Cayman was in our hands a full 3 weeks ahead of the estimate, 9 weeks after vehicle lock. 9 weeks is a lot less the time it takes to conceive and deliver a baby. Even if you've got 4 mothers working together on the job.
11-16-2017, 12:09 PM
#266
Rennlist Member
Gus—
I’m glad it worked out for you, that has not been my experience. My “Fixed” date has slipped twice, 7 days each time, with no input or changes from me, and no explanation whatsoever.
As it stands now, my PLANNED fixed date versus EXPECTED has an *additional* 2 week change/delay showing.
There is then a three week span between Fixed and Body Shop entry. I haven’t even looked at transit times, because what’s the point?
Add It all up, and the order I placed the third week of September will be here—theoretically—the second week of March.
Although not quite a 9 month gestation, 6 months to get a “standard” car seems a little absurd to me in this day and age.
Is what it is, as they say.
I’m glad it worked out for you, that has not been my experience. My “Fixed” date has slipped twice, 7 days each time, with no input or changes from me, and no explanation whatsoever.
As it stands now, my PLANNED fixed date versus EXPECTED has an *additional* 2 week change/delay showing.
There is then a three week span between Fixed and Body Shop entry. I haven’t even looked at transit times, because what’s the point?
Add It all up, and the order I placed the third week of September will be here—theoretically—the second week of March.
Although not quite a 9 month gestation, 6 months to get a “standard” car seems a little absurd to me in this day and age.
Is what it is, as they say.
11-21-2017, 08:53 PM
#267
Pro
Hey guys, quick question. I have a car on a carrier currently (Galveston Hwy) that says it's enroute to Halifax, Canada. I believed my car would be getting delivered to San Diego, does the boat stop in Halifax and then go onto San Diego?
Best Regards,
Dave
Best Regards,
Dave
11-21-2017, 08:56 PM
#268
Probably stops at Davisville RI where cars for the NE get off loaded and then on from there to Jacksonville FL for more off loads.
11-21-2017, 09:01 PM
#269
Pro
Best Regards,
Dave
12-03-2017, 11:59 PM
#270
There may be other stops not listed. My car ( delivered this past month) stopped at Long Beach, Port Hueneme, and then San Diego on back to back days and only the San Deigo stop was listed on the pwl line schedule.
Leaves a little mystery in the process.