GT3 Touring PTS availability
11-13-2017, 11:42 PM
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GT3 Touring PTS availability
Calling all cleaning ladies!
Starting this thread to gather any intel from those who may be in the know about when PTS will become available to order in combination with the GT3 Touring Package.
Porsche Exclusive here in USA continues to say they "believe" PTS will be made available for GT3 Touring Package cars from February 2018 production forward, but it's not yet official and cannot be ordered yet.
What's frustrating and confusing about this state of affairs is that those of us with V180 PTS GT3 orders for Feb/Mar/Apr production are starting to see those orders lock (V215), after which it's impossible to add Touring Pkg option. So if Porsche plans to start producing PTS GT3 Touring Pkg cars in Feb, how can they have not made the option available to order by now?
It's put those of us with PTS GT3 orders who would prefer Touring Pkg in the uneasy position of having to give up PTS to order Touring Pkg now or else keep our PTS GT3 (winged) order live to hold onto our PTS allocation and risk the order locking before the Touring Pkg option becomes available in combination with PTS. (Yeah, yeah, I know, first world problems, but isn't that what RL is for?)
Starting this thread to gather any intel from those who may be in the know about when PTS will become available to order in combination with the GT3 Touring Package.
Porsche Exclusive here in USA continues to say they "believe" PTS will be made available for GT3 Touring Package cars from February 2018 production forward, but it's not yet official and cannot be ordered yet.
What's frustrating and confusing about this state of affairs is that those of us with V180 PTS GT3 orders for Feb/Mar/Apr production are starting to see those orders lock (V215), after which it's impossible to add Touring Pkg option. So if Porsche plans to start producing PTS GT3 Touring Pkg cars in Feb, how can they have not made the option available to order by now?
It's put those of us with PTS GT3 orders who would prefer Touring Pkg in the uneasy position of having to give up PTS to order Touring Pkg now or else keep our PTS GT3 (winged) order live to hold onto our PTS allocation and risk the order locking before the Touring Pkg option becomes available in combination with PTS. (Yeah, yeah, I know, first world problems, but isn't that what RL is for?)
11-13-2017, 11:58 PM
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^ i understand your Q and you frustration, but PAG doesn't give a fk
i have wing'd GT3 PTS. but my option list is different dependence on if i get PTS approved or not. now it's approved, i cannot change the option...
oh well
i have wing'd GT3 PTS. but my option list is different dependence on if i get PTS approved or not. now it's approved, i cannot change the option...
oh well
11-14-2017, 12:46 AM
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I wanted a 2018 build for this reason, but just settled for an allocation which is set to lock within the next week. However, when we switched options to touring today, it went back to V170. I doubt it'll buy me enough time to see if and when PTS for Touring is available before it locks, but I'll be happy either way. I don't feel like waiting another year for something may or may not happen.
11-14-2017, 01:06 AM
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I was told by a large dealer today that PTS will not be available on the Touring. For what it’s worth.
11-14-2017, 01:06 AM
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You can’t get everything you want from Porsche. That would be a very bad omen. It’s a crazy hot intelligent, pick 2, system. Early .1 gt3’s couldn’t get buckets or PTS. Early RS’s couldn’t get deviated stitching. Late RS’s couldn’t get PTS but could get stitching.
11-14-2017, 03:34 AM
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my dealer in the middle east informed us that PAG is still not approving anything at the moment. but cleaning ladies say maybe feb next year.
issue will be that very very few out there will be spec with PTS & CXX due to the production timing for GT3
issue will be that very very few out there will be spec with PTS & CXX due to the production timing for GT3
11-14-2017, 07:43 AM
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11-14-2017, 10:24 AM
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What others have said here, and I've also been told personally by Exclusive, in Q1 Porsche is 80% likely (that's as certain as they will get)
to offer PTS and also deviated stitching to the GT3 Touring.
If you have an allocation that has not locked you can push back your build to take advantage of their 80% certainty... I passed.
11-14-2017, 11:23 AM
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Porsche Exclusive Manufaktur Sales Manager Jon Brunot in Atlanta says it's as simple as requesting this from your SE. Although my SE seems to think it may require a new allocation.
Jon in Atlanta says once you have a confirmed allocation it's yours, and if pushing the build date back is required, then it can be done.
Just repeating what he has been told me on several occasions.
Hey nothing stopping anyone from calling Exclusive and speak to him or anyone else qualified about this. +1.770.290.3574
More facts (or at best educated assertions)... less rumours.
Jon in Atlanta says once you have a confirmed allocation it's yours, and if pushing the build date back is required, then it can be done.
Just repeating what he has been told me on several occasions.
Hey nothing stopping anyone from calling Exclusive and speak to him or anyone else qualified about this. +1.770.290.3574
More facts (or at best educated assertions)... less rumours.
11-14-2017, 11:30 AM
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When I was at Exclusive two weeks ago in Stuttgart I asked for a friend of mine with a GT3 on order with a production date late March. So the consultant was confident that PTS is coming, he talked about Jan time frame when order books open. They had a Deep Sea Blue GT3 in the works, this on a Touring will be amazing!
11-14-2017, 01:53 PM
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