Cayman 718 Delivery dates
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Olderandwiser22 said:
Had a long conversation with my opc yesterday. They don't anticipate a price rise in January.
However they do expect one early in the new year.
However they do expect one early in the new year.
My OPC is expecting a price rise in January. Not sure about the factory excuse, the drop in the value of the pound may have more to do with it. When I collected my 718 Boxster 10 days ago they told me they can't get any more Boxsters at the moment. First it was the Cayman and now the Boxster
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Hi there
Could you tell me when you put your deposit down ? And did your 718 come earlier than
they had quoted to you ? Cheers
Hi Scott,
I placed my order on 20th May (number 4 on the list) and went to lock-down on the 14th October. I was told that the car should arrive at the end of December and, after lock-down, the forecast was 23rd Dec. It arrived at the dealership on 23rd November and I collected it 10th Dec. The sales guy said it was a surprise to them as they thought it was going to be delayed.
On a different subject did you manage to negotiate any freebies etc?
Hi there
Could you tell me when you put your deposit down ? And did your 718 come earlier than
they had quoted to you ? Cheers
Hi Scott,
I placed my order on 20th May (number 4 on the list) and went to lock-down on the 14th October. I was told that the car should arrive at the end of December and, after lock-down, the forecast was 23rd Dec. It arrived at the dealership on 23rd November and I collected it 10th Dec. The sales guy said it was a surprise to them as they thought it was going to be delayed.
On a different subject did you manage to negotiate any freebies etc?
Armara said:
scott-3pjrj said:
Hi there
Could you tell me when you put your deposit down ? And did your 718 come earlier than
they had quoted to you ? Cheers
Hi Scott,
I placed my order on 20th May (number 4 on the list) and went to lock-down on the 14th October. I was told that the car should arrive at the end of December and, after lock-down, the forecast was 23rd Dec. It arrived at the dealership on 23rd November and I collected it 10th Dec. The sales guy said it was a surprise to them as they thought it was going to be delayed.
On a different subject did you manage to negotiate any freebies etc?
No discount or freebies lol although I got the Cayman demo for the weekend had a hoon down to the Kelpies with my pal with his 981 get the feeling they think there doing me a favour letting me buy a Porsche !! Same as me 5 months to lockdown and 2 months till delivery Could you tell me when you put your deposit down ? And did your 718 come earlier than
they had quoted to you ? Cheers
Hi Scott,
I placed my order on 20th May (number 4 on the list) and went to lock-down on the 14th October. I was told that the car should arrive at the end of December and, after lock-down, the forecast was 23rd Dec. It arrived at the dealership on 23rd November and I collected it 10th Dec. The sales guy said it was a surprise to them as they thought it was going to be delayed.
On a different subject did you manage to negotiate any freebies etc?
scott-3pjrj said:
No discount or freebies lol although I got the Cayman demo for the weekend had a hoon down to the Kelpies with my pal with his 981 get the feeling they think there doing me a favour letting me buy a Porsche !! Same as me 5 months to lockdown and 2 months till delivery
Lol - yes they do make you feel like that.Reading some of the feedback from other guys makes me think this isn't peculiar to our OPC. If I'm honest I feel like the whole experience of buying a new car was slightly spoiled due to the hard sales technique - would be good to hear what others think.
Armara said:
Lol - yes they do make you feel like that.
Reading some of the feedback from other guys makes me think this isn't peculiar to our OPC. If I'm honest I feel like the whole experience of buying a new car was slightly spoiled due to the hard sales technique - would be good to hear what others think.
Think the oil downturn is making the salesmen in Aberdeen more hard sell but would agree it isn't a nice buying experience my uncle worked for Porsche years ago as a manager was Reg Vardy then he said they were not a nice company to work for - hopefully a few more Cayman owners on PHeads in Aberdeenshire and we can get a few meets/hoons next year bud Reading some of the feedback from other guys makes me think this isn't peculiar to our OPC. If I'm honest I feel like the whole experience of buying a new car was slightly spoiled due to the hard sales technique - would be good to hear what others think.
Prospective said:
Hi my spec lock down was 20th November 2016 with build date 15th December 2016, delivery to OPC
15th January 2017.
No indication it would be sooner although other posts on here indicate delivery to OPC could well be sooner.
My piggy bank is beginning to look very worried
Nearly there Keith 15th January 2017.
No indication it would be sooner although other posts on here indicate delivery to OPC could well be sooner.
My piggy bank is beginning to look very worried
Got a call from the OPC yesterday. My Cayman build is scheduled for May, and should be a late May delivery (won't be surprised if it is June). Will let me know about freeze dates closer to the time.
I'm guessing there is going to be a bit of a break in production in the first quarter of 2017, as I was next on the list for local OPC. Pretty sure this means they must have no cars allocated for March/April.
Liam
I'm guessing there is going to be a bit of a break in production in the first quarter of 2017, as I was next on the list for local OPC. Pretty sure this means they must have no cars allocated for March/April.
Liam
LiamH66 said:
Got a call from the OPC yesterday. My Cayman build is scheduled for May, and should be a late May delivery (won't be surprised if it is June). Will let me know about freeze dates closer to the time.
I'm guessing there is going to be a bit of a break in production in the first quarter of 2017, as I was next on the list for local OPC. Pretty sure this means they must have no cars allocated for March/April.
Liam
Ah balls. Sounds that way as this factory "re-tooling" drags on. I'm guessing there is going to be a bit of a break in production in the first quarter of 2017, as I was next on the list for local OPC. Pretty sure this means they must have no cars allocated for March/April.
Liam
I'm next in line at my OPC too and he had originally been optimistic about something appearing in March (they only had two slots for Q1, 1 in Jan, 1 in Feb).
Looks like i'll be subject to the daft tax rise then....
LiamH66 said:
Got a call from the OPC yesterday. My Cayman build is scheduled for May, and should be a late May delivery (won't be surprised if it is June). Will let me know about freeze dates closer to the time.
I'm guessing there is going to be a bit of a break in production in the first quarter of 2017, as I was next on the list for local OPC. Pretty sure this means they must have no cars allocated for March/April.
Liam
I was told just before Xmas by OPC that my Cayman was still scheduled to be built/completed 15/2/2017 & should be in UK by 1st March ! I'll post if I hear any different. I'm guessing there is going to be a bit of a break in production in the first quarter of 2017, as I was next on the list for local OPC. Pretty sure this means they must have no cars allocated for March/April.
Liam
My spec lockdown is 10th January ( although spec confirmed 6 weeks ago), so balance of 10% deposit will be paid then.
alanshaw said:
I was told just before Xmas by OPC that my Cayman was still scheduled to be built/completed 15/2/2017 & should be in UK by 1st March ! I'll post if I hear any different.
My spec lockdown is 10th January ( although spec confirmed 6 weeks ago), so balance of 10% deposit will be paid then.
When did you order Alan?My spec lockdown is 10th January ( although spec confirmed 6 weeks ago), so balance of 10% deposit will be paid then.
tcs0tm said:
Wow that's some wait - I have quickly learned that the sales rep I dealt with is either highly optimistic or told me what I wanted to hear as I order Mid November and was told March. I have accepted that this is b
ks 
Looks like you'll probably click for the increased tax ks 
, unless your lucky.........what spec did you go for ?alanshaw said:
tcs0tm said:
Wow that's some wait - I have quickly learned that the sales rep I dealt with is either highly optimistic or told me what I wanted to hear as I order Mid November and was told March. I have accepted that this is bks
Looks like you'll probably click for the increased tax ks , unless your lucky.........what spec did you go for ?
tcs0tm said:
HoHoHo said:
Providing it's delivered before 1st April any new car will still be charged as per the existing VED rules
Yes , True but not much wiggle room. Given others wait times i'm expecting June / July especially as others have mentioned a factory retooling
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