How high would you go?
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This looks as sketchy as f*ck, but here is a portion of my sales contract (with some personal items redacted military style...). Note - figures are in Australian pesos...
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I call no BS on your BS call!
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I call no BS on your BS call!
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I heard that some over here in the US were charged for ED and others weren't. Does that qualify as a discount for those that didn't have to pay? The configurator shows ED as a $0 charge, but some dealers charged their customer anyway.
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Never claimed that I got a significant discount. I got $1800 plus two cost options for free. As I said I didn't push hard as I wanted the sales person to go in and bat for my allocation. Again I said it may vary by market, but you clearly don't have to pay over recommended price (for the record I was around order number 70 when there were only 30 initial allocations in Australia).
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Never claimed that I got a significant discount. I got $1800 plus two cost options for free. As I said I didn't push hard as I wanted the sales person to go in and bat for my allocation. Again I said it may vary by market, but you clearly don't have to pay over recommended price (for the record I was around order number 70 when there were only 30 initial allocations in Australia).
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Well, I certainly don't feel like I have to prove jacksh@t to a trogan- I had negotiated 7 percent off on the not yet announced Caman R, and when I was underwhelmed and declined, I let the deposit ride. Negotiated a smaller discount on the GT4, but in this market it would probably be regarded as significant. Until it is on the autobahn, I'll be keeping the percentage to myself . Never bought a car from the dealer before.
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That's what I'm trying to do with these damn Porsche dealers by buying a GT4 and an RS but every dealer that I've talked to has a waitlist longer than the list that I'm one at a midwest dealer no less (and I live in CA/NV). I haven't called all the US dealers but I've called over 2 dozen. Yeah, some have allocations but they want crazy numbers over MSRP ($20k-$50k over). I don't know where these dealers are that offer discounts to buyers who haven't been on a list for years and/or never bought a car from them.
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Most of the people here saying they won't pay a cent over MSRP blah blah blah is only saying that because they aren't in OP's situation. Their opinions are worthless IMO. If those guys don't have an allocation, I am sure they would change their tune.
I guess the question is how much is the car worth to you, OP? The way I see it, I dont see any car that can perform the same level or better than the GT4 for under 100-130k (IE: prestine 997.2 GT3 & 991 GT3). So if it were me, I'd pay may be 10k over MSRP of $85k+. Another thing to consider is that I don't think Porshce is done giving out allocations yet. We haven't heard anyone with 2016 production dates. What I would do if i were you is call as many dealers as possible to get on the wait list and hope for the best. There will always be dealers selling allocations for $10-20k extra, so no sense in jumping on those deals yet.
I guess the question is how much is the car worth to you, OP? The way I see it, I dont see any car that can perform the same level or better than the GT4 for under 100-130k (IE: prestine 997.2 GT3 & 991 GT3). So if it were me, I'd pay may be 10k over MSRP of $85k+. Another thing to consider is that I don't think Porshce is done giving out allocations yet. We haven't heard anyone with 2016 production dates. What I would do if i were you is call as many dealers as possible to get on the wait list and hope for the best. There will always be dealers selling allocations for $10-20k extra, so no sense in jumping on those deals yet.
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Since the question has been asked I'll answer...I was willing to pay a little over MSRP ONLY IF I could get a GT4 with LWB seats. Well, I'll be buying a GT4 with LWB seats from a 918 owner for a small premium over MSRP. The car is speced fairly close to how I would have speced it and it is only of the colors that I would have picked. For me, I'm willing to pay that premium because I will get the car in the late summer and it'll have the seats that I want.
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Since the question has been asked I'll answer...I was willing to pay a little over MSRP ONLY IF I could get a GT4 with LWB seats. Well, I'll be buying a GT4 with LWB seats from a 918 owner for a small premium over MSRP. The car is speced fairly close to how I would have speced it and it is only of the colors that I would have picked. For me, I'm willing to pay that premium because I will get the car in the late summer and it'll have the seats that I want.
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Nota thing, the whole point of a GT car that isn't have a car spec'd full out of luxury crap. Manual cars should be cheaper because real driving enthusiasts by them and they tend not to be the loaded type.