JiminyGlick

I am in the market for a 992 and I want to take delivery at some point in April 2022. On a couple of threads I have seen people talk about doing "pre trade-ins" with their dealers. How exactly does that work? I'm assuming its a process of giving them your trade-in early to lock in today's used car prices but you take delivery on your new car at some point in the future. Is that about right? Or is it something else? Personally, I had never heard of that practice until joining these boards and I do intend to trade in my second car for the 992. Advice please.

Gentian21

You have it exactly right. The downside of all of this, of course, is that you are without your car for months. I protruded my Cayman GTS for a 992, and had no Porsche for seven months. In retrospect, it was no big deal, but when I was waiting it was painful.

JiminyGlick

Thanks. This is my first 992 so I already know the pain of being without a Porsche for many, many, many moons I'll be trading in my 2019 Mustang but I still have my SUV. So I'll be without a sportscar for a little bit, but I'll find a way to manage.

audi4t

I lease a Mercedes C43 AMG and have 7 payments left.

My Carrera is scheduled for delivery 11/28.

I am turning the C43 in at the beginning of September with my dealer with no early lease termination fee.

This will save me about $5500 in lease payments - I have another vehicle to use in the mean time.

I also have an option with CarMax which would actually put $2000 in my pocket. I will leverage this with my Mercedes dealer.

The used car market is crazy !!!!

JiminyGlick

Yes that's what I'm trying to lock in now. I have a 2019 Mustang GT with less than 21k miles and even CarMax has given me a crazy number.

audi4t

My 2019 C43 AMG only has 8612 miles 🤣🤣

peterdouglas

Yes- your general understanding is completely correct, at least in my experience.
For example, I agreed the trade-in of my 991.1 Targa4S in March 2020 and delivered it to the dealer at that time, when I spec’ed and agreed the purchase of my 992TTS (delivered in December 2020)

In my state (CT), this also had the benefit of reducing my reportable purchase price for sales-tax purposes.

rk-d

I negotiated the price of my trade in and locked in the price before the actual physical trade in happens later this year. My car has lower miles and I’ve been careful not to add excessive miles to it. In my case, they gave me the ~KBB for February. Normally, this would generally work in my favor, but strangely enough the car is worth more now than it was in February. No big deal, since I negotiated a discount on the new car at that time,which I likely wouldn’t get now, so it cuts both ways.

icanthelpit

Yep. Traded a car to get in line for a GTS. There are two of us and we have three vehicles remaining so I wanted to get as much value for my trade as possible especially since it may be up to a year before my Porsche lands. Hoping for sooner but it is anyone’s guess at this time to see if I get an early allocation.

Scott P

Are you going with a lizard green exterior? I love that color but didn't have the ***** to order it today. Good for you if so.

audi4t

Yes - Python Green - here’s my configuration

PNCXJCE1




I like bold 🤣🤣🤣


I just had my 135i vinyl wrapped Satin Yellow !!!

Russian Mafia

Short selling a 2019 vehicle into a 2022 992 would seem to make sense right now.

JiminyGlick

"Short selling"??? How do you mean?

JiminyGlick

I like the Python Green selection. That color has me re-thinking my desire for GR. It's a very unique choice, not a lot of green cars out there.

Russian Mafia

Taking advantage of prices today which may not be as attractive when you receive your car, not that the price of your 992 will decrease.