luv2sleep

I found a local dealership willing to do MSRP for a GTS order. I'm on their "list" and should find out in a few weeks if I made the cut, lol. Couple of stealerships here in SoCal are charging $5-10k ADM, which I find ludicrous for a Macan. 992 TT/TTS orders are pulling that stunt but even then, I refuse to pay ADM. If I purchase this vehicle, which is most likely, it would be my first "MSRP" car! Crazy world we live in.

flyingchappy

Interesting. I built one in June and they are now telling me it’s not out of production until Oct 29th.

TikiLou

Sorry to hear that. I have to imagine it has to do with specific features. Things we don't have in ours include Burmester, ACC, PTV+, 18-way seats, LKA, Smartphone compartment. If yours has any of those, maybe they're contributing to the timeframe?

meyecul

Not a backlog of taken orders, more meaning backlog of customers that wanted GTS Macans and could not get an allocation. You likely got a late July allocation due to your dealer gaining an allocation, trading for one, or someone backing out theirs (possibly to wait on a 2022 at that point). Either that or of course just lucky. Awesome that they completed your build early.

Hopefully it gets on a ship right away instead of sitting at Emden for a month like mine seems like it will be doing. It has watched two ships heading for my delivery port come and go. Seems no rhyme or reason to how all this ship scheduling is working. I am reading over on rennlist about 992 orders arriving at Emden beginning of Oct and getting on a west coast bound ship a day or two later and on the way. Yet, my Macan GTS that needs that same ship (or even the one a week later) has been sitting at the port since Sept 21 still has not moved an inch. Nuts.

TikiLou

I think we did get lucky TBH. Not only with the allocation (I was waffling on a MY22 and my SA suggested going with a MY21), but yeah, it only sat at the port in Emden for 5 days and then was on its way. Fingers crossed that it's got all its parts when it get here

Terry Adams

Mine sat in Emden for a few days too, while they loaded the others.

meyecul

Oh, thats cool it made it on a ship! Was yours to the west coast as well?

TikiLou

Baltimore (we're in the Chicago area)

flyingchappy

Yep, I got the dreaded 18 ways and PTV+ on my order.

schnell

The situation with computer-chip dependent options seems to change quickly... we got the 18 way seats on our July build (ordered in April), but they shipped it with a manual steering column adjuster. When the electrically adjustable column becomes available, the dealer will pick up the vehicle and swap the column.

SD00

^^^^^ Exact same for me. April order, August delivery.

TikiLou

I SO wish I'd ordered in April instead of July...if I had, my incoming GTS would also be Mamba Green Metallic. I'm still at a loss as to why they discontinued it. It's one of the most beautiful colors they've ever offered IMO.

schnell

My wife and I really had no long discussions about color choice when we did our configuration... it was the clear winner.

I'd like to say we were super-smart or had a secret informant, but it was just luck that we pushed the button when we did. We had been planning to do it in spring of 2020, but then COVID-19, etc.,etc.

Virtually every time we go out, we get smiles and thumbs up from other drivers, and if we stop somewhere (even gas stations) someone will probably come up to us and tell us how they love the color. We were pleasantly used to that with our Speed Yellow 993, but this is a surprise. I guess in a world of white, black, and silver vehicles it does stand out. But beyond being just different, it really is beautiful, especially in the sunlight.

flyingchappy

Just got word that my 21’ GTS cleared production and it’s on its way to port. Odd taking a delivery of a MY21 so late.

schnell

Congrats on the build finishing... I suspect you will love it as much as we love ours!