TRAKCAR

Savy, so exiting and damn cool to get pictures posted straight coming of the ...plane!
Who's got the white one??

I can't wait to get more info, results, worth it/not worth it input and pics on this build from savy based on real heavy tracking
This will be the GT3RS+++

MJones

WHAT?
Only two cars...
Thats not cost effective shipping?

1198r

I have seen the red one in the flesh here in Dubai (owner fantastic chap) at two track days and it's awesome looking - congrats Savyboy - stoked for ya!

savyboy

I had the understanding that all 2RS must have had signed buyer orders before submitting the build to Porsche back in Sept? Did your car not have a buyers order? If not, how did you keep your allocation? My dealer wanted three more 2RS's for ready to buy customers and could not get them?

Serge- it is! Come over and introduce yourself when you see me on track so I can meet you in person?

Fatih, I posted the flight info over on TS and was hoping another P-car nut would act as spy-on the ground

Yeah, some slumming... Only the best track car in the world...be smart and buy a 2RS with 500 miles in two years from a bubble wrapper.

Francois- After seeing these pics now I am excited. We need pics of them coming off the boat, any more spies ready to take action???

NinetyOne- lol. That delivery was paid for by Porsche. I dug a bit and it looks like this "only" could cost them $5k-6k per car. So not cheap but not insane expensive either.

Thanks Chris, you're next right? Hate to think of what this would cost down there with all the taxes/duties/fees. Ugh...

It is pretty cool isn't it Peter? Pics coming off the boat are great but on an airfreight pallet is something you don't see every day. The white one is beautiful! Wonder why people are so reluctant to admit to buying one?

You know I added them up and I did 51 track days in 2010? That is freaking crazy! Yesterday I drove over to the TireRack warehouse here and picked up a set of tires for the new car as me thinks rears, in the special N2-spec construction unique to the 2RS, will soon be in short supply

Plan to have it on track March 7/8 at Laguna Seca. Got to get a roll bar and harnesses in it ASAP.

But it is cost effective customer service...lol! Use your connections Brian and sneak into the event. Hell, you never said if you bought one? Did you?

Thanks 1198r!

I am very thankful to have earned the opportunity to experience cars like this. Truly a car-obsessed kids dream come true.

Carrera GT

The "back story" being that Porsche did not complete the build of the production run of the GT2 RS until literally the last few days. Cars built on schedule went on the usual rusty barge to ensure that traditional haze of oxidation on all new Porsches. Cars that literally missed the boat were then stacked up in the corner while they called the customers to say "hey, are you going to the launch event?" (neglecting to mention "your answer will determine whether we air freight your car to arrive on time) so now there's also cars arriving via regular sea freight, not showing up for another month. I guess Porsche was surreptitiously trying to avoid the cost (US$10K?) per car to air-freight if they could avoid it. I think if they had at least been "up front" with customers and said something like "here's the situation, your car is a month late, but we can air freight it, you decide" they could have presented a reasonable price adjustment and played a fair game for all concerned.

Hard to imagine how they let the logistics of their core business get so far out of whack, but there's always some delay in a stitch of leather or the die lot match of some fabric or wheels in black or whatever else.

From what I've seen so far, the handling of the GT2 RS has been a sequence of failures culminating in this latest egregious disregard for the customer.

hansw

The logistics chain must have been impacted by the big snow storms that hit Germany a few weeks ago. Big traffic delays ensued, delaying delivery from the warehouses on wheels for just-in-time delivery, aka trucks. Those delays must have contributed at least in part to what appears to be a bigger delay than what could be explained by the bad weather alone.

A430v

Failure of customer service - I'm not so sure. They were WILLING to airfreight the car (at their expense), ensuring your car would be @ the launch event, that is customer service!

I can confirm everything you said, BUT I was told by my dealer that your answer would determine whether it goes on a plane or not. So there was open communication throughout...

I am actually quite pleased with what Porsche is doing for GT2 RS owners and hope it will continue with the GT3 (x) if that gets released.

PS: CONGRATS Savvyboy! Enjoy and drive safe with all that power!

TRAKCAR

VERY. Porsche just scored some points and I didn't even buy one..

I can't even imagine what an extra almost 200HP will do to the tires. Good thing you have a little extra space to store them ;-)

Be sure to get some pics. Roll bar and seat belts is all you'd need for the occasional track day. Maybe just get a harness bar for this one? It will make a fantastic weekend cruiser plus at 180Mph?+ going into braking zones will be a different world; The bar won't do much... Just be take it a little easier and careful, leave it parked when wet...

Exactly!

malmasri

Savyboy: Waiting for the 1st track drive report...congrats
stay of the concrete walls

carrering

have a PPF crew on hand at delivery before driving at el toro. the runways is nothing but hacked up pieces of tarmac.

C4S993

Is the front bumper lower rubber rash piece stored in the back seat ?

A430v

Yup - left off on all the GT cars for clearance issues during transportation...

Coochas

The power of Rennlist! See your car before your dealer does!
Congrats in advance Pete. That is a very cool car.

Nizer

Brakes???

911rox

I wish!!! Only if I were to relocate to the US where pricing is reasonable!!! US$600k here plus options... ouch!

I'll be living the dream through you guys!