Originally Posted by bobert75

Thanks - better late to the party than uninvited! Porsche Towson. They called a week ago (last Monday) and said they'd try to trade a GTS allocation for an S for me, but I figured they wouldn't be able to find a trading partner. Then they called me this morning about an available T allocation. I showed up with a check < 3 hours later.

Here's something else I found interesting: my SA showed me a screen that showed there are only 69 currently scheduled/allocated T's in the entire US as of 1/16. I would have guessed it was a couple hundred - I told him at least half of those allocations are folks posting on rennlist since I'm pretty sure I've seen a few dozen ppl reporting allocations here the past four weeks (plus a select few in Nov)! Anyway, we could see the port of entry + the MSRP for all the current US-bound T's, and we could drill into each one. We saw a couple T's loaded up to $155k - an impressive feat w/o PTS! We drilled into the details/config of the last one - it was def not an "ethos" build nor a "poverty spec" like mine is (I was planning to spend about $30k more on a Carrera S w/PTS but I'm more than content w/my T build as-is).

Originally Posted by toph4242

Congrats on the Allocation! You and I are sharing the same build date!! My car is scheduled for build start 3/10 and completion on 3/17 as well. If it helps my scheduled for production date is 2/12, so I assume yours would be the same.
As for ED, sounds like Zuff is now fully booked for the year, but Leipzig is scheduling september dates... If you are willing to wait till september, I think they will hold that car that long for you. I am heading to Leipzig in June for mine, and they told me no issues holding it that long and could do longer if dates were changed.

Originally Posted by Ikone

That is interesting. My dealer is in VA, but since you are in MD, I thought maybe it might be the same dealer. My build was right at $130K. 18ways and Burmester were the only splurges. I still plan on getting a 911 but want to wait a bit for things to calm down. Dealer was asking for me to add things like coating and PPF and I do that with my detailer. I didn't want to pay for things that I would just have removed anyway. Plus the cost was ridiculous.

Originally Posted by bobert75

I hear you - Towson is < 20 min drive from me (close!) but there's a closer Porsche dealer I could walk to; however, I didn't want to work w/them because they make 911 buyers purchase a "silver protection pkg" costing like $2900 plus a prepaid maint pkg. I could live w/the latter since I'd clearly get something for it, but I wasn't interested in wasting $3k. I also balked at giving them $2500 just to be on their waitlist, tho they swear ("scout's honor!") that would guarantee my spot on said list (which admittedly clearly did not happen at Towson).

Originally Posted by anythingbuttime

I am all about NA, and would understand the sentiment I it was an S or S with power kit compared to the 991.2, but a base 991.1 has substantially more of a performance deficit than the higher trim levels.

Originally Posted by 737gdog

My ‘19T does not have buckets or pccb and I am taking it to the grave. Love the car. Would have enjoyed those options but wanted my young Daughter to ride in the back and I do not track the car so I am happy with steel brakes. Slick top and a manual. Happy guy.🍺

Originally Posted by bobert75

Thanks! Not sure what "scheduled for production date" is - same as lock date? It sounds like V250 "fixed" date (which says 3/3) might be the same as "freeze" date or "lock" date but I'm not sure - obv'ly it'd be nice to know the actual last date I can make changes, not that I'm too worried - only potentially waffling on RAS + the finish of the exhaust outlets.

I'm anxious to see what Joey comes up with. I'm pretty patient with waiting now that I have an allocation - I have three other cars & I really want to drive my own car all over the Alps. I did Euro Delivery for my M2 in Oct 2017 (did Stelvio - one hairpin was so tight I had to reverse, which was def not the fun part...), then I went over & rented an M2 in early June 2019 (did Grossglockner + Klausen but Gotthard/Furka/Grimsel/Susten were not fully open). That said, having my car sit for a whopping six months does not sound too palatable...

Originally Posted by ipse dixit

No doubt, but for me if I were to get a T, performance vis-a-vis its siblings the S or GTS is irrelevant.

What I want is more tactile visceral experience where you are driving the car more than the car is driving you.

Originally Posted by Barkat03

Just returned from face to face meet with dealer to freeze options, although official freeze date is this Friday.
Delivery scheduled for March 17th.
My dealer has 20 x Carrera T orders, slightly more manual than auto.
Was considering red, but there was a 2018 red 921.2 in for a service and didn’t look great, so GT silver it is.
Now just need to sell the Taycan to part fund it, but sadly they’re depreciating rather quickly at mo😞😞

Originally Posted by robopp

20 T orders, or 20 T allocations? I’m very curious if the 69 US allocations is true or not.

Originally Posted by 737gdog

My ‘19T does not have buckets or pccb and I am taking it to the grave. Love the car. Would have enjoyed those options but wanted my young Daughter to ride in the back and I do not track the car so I am happy with steel brakes. Slick top and a manual. Happy guy.🍺