wtdoom

What the hell kind of draconian nonsense is that ? Losing a car over 40kph? Absolutely ridiculous

Whoopsy

Abuse of a law intended for drug dealers.

But the prospect of 'freebie' money for the government has the court sided with them on challenges.

Spyerx

I love the signs in Toronto on the QE heading south from the city that say something like "50km/h over, 10k fine, roadside suspension, vehicle seizure"

5ive0

Actually the excessive speeding rule only means that your car is taken away for 7 days, and as far as I understand it's usually used for 50-60k over. Which still isn't hard to do, 110kms and some of the 50k streets here is done regularly.

For civil forfeiture, If the police can prove your vehicle was being used for criminal purpose or a significant danger to public. So maybe if you were doing 200k in a 50 they can articulate it, or if it's dangerous driving causing death. I think it would be stretch for a regular speeder to have the car taken. Haven't heard of that before.

For the most part I've found Vancouver city is pretty laid back. I haven't had a front plate for years. Where they make a huge issue is in the suburbs Richmond burnaby etc, all the places patrolled by the RCMP... Oh and west vancouver is bad too.
I don't think whoopsy will have a problem with that car unless he is 19 with an N, which he isn't.

Z356

I looked around at photos that I took at past 918 driving events to see if I could find one with the 'factory' holes. And I think the first attached is one! That is great that you have these holes pre-drilled and ready to 'go' * from factory. That's a very lucky break for those installing the harnesses after delivery...if you care to do that for tracking your 918.

Saludos,
Eduardo
Carmel

*Harness securing bolts can be 'screwed-in' of a certain metric size (see photo #2 found on the internet on a pre-production 918 'mule').
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unotaz

I agree, and this is what you get with a socialist society like Canada, similar to Switzerland and you don't want to get caught speeding there as well!

anonymous918

or one reason to move to a country where they don't have speed limits

btw, beside phonebook and factory visit, what other bits of wisdom have you learned?

tcsracing1

LoL! PMNA clubsport sex swing.

Porsche-Suchtig

Whoopsy: See the configurator. Your plan also requires you to order at least one of Part No. WPZ0069 ("Sex Kitten").

On another note, I see now why you titled this post "My 918 or at least a report of it". It's much easier to get reports of a 918 than it is to actually take possession of the car. All I know is that as of Thursday early afternoon mine landed at LAX -- which is within 60-70 miles of my house -- but I can't find anyone who knows where it is or when it will actually complete the last 60-70 miles of its journey. I feel like a guy who won the lottery only to find the doors to the State lottery office moved to an undisclosed location.

Whoopsy

It's okay, Porsche lost my car for 3 weeks too, and they also lost my owner's manual haha.

anonymous918

that is not acceptable given how much we paying Porsche.

they really should have built a website where you can track everything that happens to your car: when it is getting painted, when it is getting loaded on the transport, where that transport at present, where car is physically at the present point... kind of like a GPS transponder in the car that always show you where the car is in the world as it makes your way to the dealership for delivery.

swb3

My dealer has been trying to get a shipping status update on my car and its now over a week waiting for a response..."All I want for Christmas is a 9 1 8 A 9 1 8 A 9 1 8 A 9 1 8"

Porsche-Suchtig

That would definitely be more in line with the technological nature of the car as well as the VIP experience in general.

Ironically, I was told by someone at PCNA in the 918 program that the standard computer screens that allow your Porsche dealer to tell where your car is in the process (in fairly large discrete chunks - like in queue, order locked, manufacturing complete, waiting for shipping, etc.) isn't even reliable for 918s. So your dealer doesn't even have the same level of information on a 918 as s/he has for a Boxster.

As an example, the dealer screen showed my car being shipped by boat to the port in SD. But it was sent by air to LAX. Info on how a car is being shipped/air freighted, and when, is apparently stored in an excel file somewhere.

Right now I'd be happy with some Morse Code or a telegraph signal.

But, the execution on the car is flawless. Perhaps the execution on the customer level will get better down the line.

Whoopsy

My car was still part of the early cars, so hiccups are expected. Now it's much better, at most they will lose track of your car for a couple days.

For the build process, I am much more reliable than Porsche's own computer system, give me which day your car enters production I can nail it down to between 2 stations. Someone here came back from the factory not too long ago, his car is exactly where i said it will be.

tdf360

You really don't want to get a speeding ticket in the conservative bastion of VA either.

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