touringGT3

Heard from my dealership that my 911 will be delivered remotely or via at-home delivery. The car will be sent by flatbed to my home and just need to sign the paperwork.

Anyone else has done at-home delivery recently?

Also, any ideas if it's worth having the dealership do the usual prep and detailing? I was told this is optional and wondering if I should just have them skip this process. Thanks!

1RedHead

Prep and detail should not be a "option"....as in... I hope they are not implying that you would pay extra for it.

In regards to having them do it, depends upon what your are planning on doing with the car. If you were planning on having someone put PPF or having Ceramic coating put on, I would pass on having them detail the car. They will probably add more imperfections during the process that your shop will need to paint correct more before the treatment.

touringGT3

No, they're not saying I pay for it, but if I prefer they say it can be skipped.

Definitely interested in getting ceramic coating and partial ppf (front/hood and high impact areas), but I haven't researched this yet and I'm already itching to drive the car after waiting about 5 months for it.

LexVan

Don't let a dealership detail your car. Ever.

diononiz

I had home delivery completed about 2 weeks ago. The interior of my Carrera S cab was completely wrapped in plastic, including the seat, steering wheel, dash and center console. My SA had the paperwork sent to me, I signed in front of him, gave him the check and took delivery of the car.

It was done being mindful of social distancing regulations for our county.

Great overall experience and would recommend my SA Sam from Redwood City Porsche (formerly Carlsen) wholeheartedly.

touringGT3

I'm not as OCD as others, but yea, I'd prefer the car not get unwanted swirl marks and other issues. Any ideas what the "prep" step includes?

The same social distanced process was described to me by my SA/manager. Did it mean you also had the prep and detail skipped?

thunderhill

I got mine home-delivered today. Coincidentally, it's from Redwood but my SA is Jason, though.
I asked him not to wash my car and he triple-checked if I was sure While it wasn't washed before delivery, I still saw some swirl marks
Anyway, it was good experience and I would recommend it!

touringGT3

Congrats @thunderhill ! Pics or it didn't happen.

Guess this is now the norm, or at least during this COVID-19 lockdown/stay-at-home period.

rk-d

I was offered this. I'm going to wait til shelter in place is done. No point getting it now - can't really drive it anyway.

Penn4S

This is the best advice. Also even though the car is new have it paint corrected prior to PPF and ceramic. Even new cars off the boat have imperfections.

gcurnew

Unless your dealership brought the independent owner of the best detail and PPF shop in town in-house, and had him set up his own department. In this city at least, the Porsche dealer does top-notch work at competitive prices.

diononiz

yes I will get a full detail and walk through later.

doug992

I had the option for at home delivery opted to meet at the pizza place 2 blocks down instead and did the full transaction there

touringGT3

Yea, at-home delivery is very convenient, at least during these times. My dealer is also 60+ miles away from me so this is perfect.

So, leaning towards skipping both prep and detail. Would be fun to unwrap the car myself and make a video of it. But if anyone thinks the "prep" process shouldn't be skipped please advise. I also asked my SA to clarify what's involved with that process.

russbert

Hmm, I may be the ONLY one who does NOT want home delivery. Why? Because my dealer is 50 miles away and the detail shop is 50.5 miles away (there are just down the street from each other).
But mine was also supposed to have been built starting today and finishing next Friday so I know that's NOT going to happen so I'm still up in the air about any dates at this point. I will try and contact my SA via his mobile on Monday.