Quick question about allocation
Burning Brakes
Joined: Oct 2006
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From: NW Arkansas
If a slot hasn't been "claimed" by a customer order, the sales manager would configure that slot for a lot car. Up until just a week or so before the order moved to production status, the dealer could still tweak it to a customer's preference. For a large volume dealer like mine, I could have had an order go in just a week or two after placing it and received the car probably within two months at the longest. Sounds like maybe OP's dealer is small and doesn't have many slots to play with.
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From: Toronto
This. Before I ended up buying my lot car 2 1/2 years ago, I was asking one of the two dealers I met with about ordering a car. He pulled up a spreadsheet showing me his incoming allocations for the next several months.
If a slot hasn't been "claimed" by a customer order, the sales manager would configure that slot for a lot car. Up until just a week or so before the order moved to production status, the dealer could still tweak it to a customer's preference. For a large volume dealer like mine, I could have had an order go in just a week or two after placing it and received the car probably within two months at the longest. Sounds like maybe OP's dealer is small and doesn't have many slots to play with.
If a slot hasn't been "claimed" by a customer order, the sales manager would configure that slot for a lot car. Up until just a week or so before the order moved to production status, the dealer could still tweak it to a customer's preference. For a large volume dealer like mine, I could have had an order go in just a week or two after placing it and received the car probably within two months at the longest. Sounds like maybe OP's dealer is small and doesn't have many slots to play with.
Racer
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This. Before I ended up buying my lot car 2 1/2 years ago, I was asking one of the two dealers I met with about ordering a car. He pulled up a spreadsheet showing me his incoming allocations for the next several months.
If a slot hasn't been "claimed" by a customer order, the sales manager would configure that slot for a lot car. Up until just a week or so before the order moved to production status, the dealer could still tweak it to a customer's preference. For a large volume dealer like mine, I could have had an order go in just a week or two after placing it and received the car probably within two months at the longest. Sounds like maybe OP's dealer is small and doesn't have many slots to play with.
If a slot hasn't been "claimed" by a customer order, the sales manager would configure that slot for a lot car. Up until just a week or so before the order moved to production status, the dealer could still tweak it to a customer's preference. For a large volume dealer like mine, I could have had an order go in just a week or two after placing it and received the car probably within two months at the longest. Sounds like maybe OP's dealer is small and doesn't have many slots to play with.
Porsche sales are very strong now whereas 2 1/2 years ago I think they were still recovering from 2008-2009. Just a hunch, but allocations might be harder to come by now.
Also, I'm under the impression that allocations are model specific. Can anybody confirm this? Thus, a 3.4 Coupe might be easy to get while a Targa GTS might have a lengthy wait. Is that accurate?
If so the question could have numerous correct answers.
Team Owner
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From: S.F Bay Area
Transparency is good... trust but verify, right?
Porsche sales are very strong now whereas 2 1/2 years ago I think they were still recovering from 2008-2009. Just a hunch, but allocations might be harder to come by now.
Also, I'm under the impression that allocations are model specific. Can anybody confirm this? Thus, a 3.4 Coupe might be easy to get while a Targa GTS might have a lengthy wait. Is that accurate?
If so the question could have numerous correct answers.
Porsche sales are very strong now whereas 2 1/2 years ago I think they were still recovering from 2008-2009. Just a hunch, but allocations might be harder to come by now.
Also, I'm under the impression that allocations are model specific. Can anybody confirm this? Thus, a 3.4 Coupe might be easy to get while a Targa GTS might have a lengthy wait. Is that accurate?
If so the question could have numerous correct answers.
So for example Brett @ Sonnen recently mentioned that he had 2x GTS coupe's, 2x GTS Cabriolets and I think a similar # of 4 variants ... not sure anyone has a Targa GTS yet!
