991.2 GT3 bun fight?
Discussion
Deansfield said:
I feel it's time the OPCs should consider the REAL enthusiasts FOR A CHANGE who have
Never been fortunate on previous allocations despite having loi in for years
Hard working guys who are not millionaires
Of course they must have buying / service history and promise not to flip
but we all know the dealers will supply the super wealthy again,some who I know will flip AGAIN the others will park them alongside the rest of their collection ,
Again leaving the guy I've mentioned (me) without
There are OPC's with some common sense though. I'm none of those things but did manage to bag a GT4 on a similar premise. However, it does on occasion mean swallowing your pride and putting a lot of work in to have them take your money, which is what I did, but got there in the end.Never been fortunate on previous allocations despite having loi in for years
Hard working guys who are not millionaires
Of course they must have buying / service history and promise not to flip
but we all know the dealers will supply the super wealthy again,some who I know will flip AGAIN the others will park them alongside the rest of their collection ,
Again leaving the guy I've mentioned (me) without
rkwm1 said:
No, Jeweller70 said that he was in Dubai and was told they will take orders from anybody.
Outside of the UK, I think that's very likely to be the case that one could put an order to get a LHD EU in say Germany easily enough. After all, the objective is to get the gt3 experience rather than flip a UK C16 car surely...? 
How about Porsche giving those dedicated customers who 'gambled' and ordered a 991.1 GT3 first option on a gen 2.
These were the truly enthusiastic çustomers who ordered a car on the basis it would depreciate similar to the 997 GT3 and prior to the established 'overs' scenario....furthermore they stuck with the cars having the distinct possibility of ramifications on unreliability and huge costs and were hugely inconvenienced throughout the engine debacle whilst many 'turncoats' bailed out.....and bought cars from other manufacturers e.g. Aston and Mclaren.
Seems fair enough to me.
Those who support Porsche in the bad times should be rewarded in the good times.
These were the truly enthusiastic çustomers who ordered a car on the basis it would depreciate similar to the 997 GT3 and prior to the established 'overs' scenario....furthermore they stuck with the cars having the distinct possibility of ramifications on unreliability and huge costs and were hugely inconvenienced throughout the engine debacle whilst many 'turncoats' bailed out.....and bought cars from other manufacturers e.g. Aston and Mclaren.
Seems fair enough to me.
Those who support Porsche in the bad times should be rewarded in the good times.
av185 said:
How about Porsche giving those dedicated customers who 'gambled' and ordered a 991.1 GT3 first option on a gen 2.
These were the truly enthusiastic çustomers who ordered a car on the basis it would depreciate similar to the 997 GT3 and prior to the established 'overs' scenario....furthermore they stuck with the cars having the distinct possibility of ramifications on unreliability and huge costs and were hugely inconvenienced throughout the engine debacle whilst many 'turncoats' bailed out.....and bought cars from other manufacturers e.g. Aston and Mclaren.
Seems fair enough to me.
Those who support Porsche in the bad times should be rewarded in the good times.
That'll be me then - brilliant , I'll take a manual, in either voodoo or slate - when can I pick it up - need to put decals all over it asap These were the truly enthusiastic çustomers who ordered a car on the basis it would depreciate similar to the 997 GT3 and prior to the established 'overs' scenario....furthermore they stuck with the cars having the distinct possibility of ramifications on unreliability and huge costs and were hugely inconvenienced throughout the engine debacle whilst many 'turncoats' bailed out.....and bought cars from other manufacturers e.g. Aston and Mclaren.
Seems fair enough to me.
Those who support Porsche in the bad times should be rewarded in the good times.
n17ves said:
robgt3 said:
I reckon the GT3 and GT2 will be both announced at Geneva.
Gt3 will be at Geneva, gt2 won't - I'm flying over to see the gt3 in the flesh.Edited by n17ves on Wednesday 8th February 19:22
Who else on here is planning to go and on what days? It'd be nice to meet up with any others there to compare notes on first impressions.
av185 said:
How about Porsche giving those dedicated customers who 'gambled' and ordered a 991.1 GT3 first option on a gen 2.
These were the truly enthusiastic çustomers who ordered a car on the basis it would depreciate similar to the 997 GT3 and prior to the established 'overs' scenario....furthermore they stuck with the cars having the distinct possibility of ramifications on unreliability and huge costs and were hugely inconvenienced throughout the engine debacle whilst many 'turncoats' bailed out.....and bought cars from other manufacturers e.g. Aston and Mclaren.
Seems fair enough to me.
Those who support Porsche in the bad times should be rewarded in the good times.
Indeed! These were the truly enthusiastic çustomers who ordered a car on the basis it would depreciate similar to the 997 GT3 and prior to the established 'overs' scenario....furthermore they stuck with the cars having the distinct possibility of ramifications on unreliability and huge costs and were hugely inconvenienced throughout the engine debacle whilst many 'turncoats' bailed out.....and bought cars from other manufacturers e.g. Aston and Mclaren.
Seems fair enough to me.
Those who support Porsche in the bad times should be rewarded in the good times.
But my OPC have indicated they still have a number of customers who missed out on the 991.1 GT3 who are likely to take priority.
tuffer said:
This sums it up nicely: https://m.youtube.com/watch?feature=youtu.be&v...
That is f***ing brilliant gave me a good laugh!
ClioTrophy55 said:
n17ves said:
robgt3 said:
I reckon the GT3 and GT2 will be both announced at Geneva.
Gt3 will be at Geneva, gt2 won't - I'm flying over to see the gt3 in the flesh.Edited by n17ves on Wednesday 8th February 19:22
Who else on here is planning to go and on what days? It'd be nice to meet up with any others there to compare notes on first impressions.
sidicks said:
av185 said:
How about Porsche giving those dedicated customers who 'gambled' and ordered a 991.1 GT3 first option on a gen 2.
These were the truly enthusiastic çustomers who ordered a car on the basis it would depreciate similar to the 997 GT3 and prior to the established 'overs' scenario....furthermore they stuck with the cars having the distinct possibility of ramifications on unreliability and huge costs and were hugely inconvenienced throughout the engine debacle whilst many 'turncoats' bailed out.....and bought cars from other manufacturers e.g. Aston and Mclaren.
Seems fair enough to me.
Those who support Porsche in the bad times should be rewarded in the good times.
Indeed! These were the truly enthusiastic çustomers who ordered a car on the basis it would depreciate similar to the 997 GT3 and prior to the established 'overs' scenario....furthermore they stuck with the cars having the distinct possibility of ramifications on unreliability and huge costs and were hugely inconvenienced throughout the engine debacle whilst many 'turncoats' bailed out.....and bought cars from other manufacturers e.g. Aston and Mclaren.
Seems fair enough to me.
Those who support Porsche in the bad times should be rewarded in the good times.
But my OPC have indicated they still have a number of customers who missed out on the 991.1 GT3 who are likely to take priority.
Those customers who've had a 991.1 GT3, GT4, R, RS.... have already had their 'slice of the cake'.
RSVP911 said:
That'll be me then - brilliant , I'll take a manual, in either voodoo or slate - when can I pick it up - need to put decals all over it asap
The red stitching nicely :Koln-RS said:
sidicks said:
av185 said:
How about Porsche giving those dedicated customers who 'gambled' and ordered a 991.1 GT3 first option on a gen 2.
These were the truly enthusiastic çustomers who ordered a car on the basis it would depreciate similar to the 997 GT3 and prior to the established 'overs' scenario....furthermore they stuck with the cars having the distinct possibility of ramifications on unreliability and huge costs and were hugely inconvenienced throughout the engine debacle whilst many 'turncoats' bailed out.....and bought cars from other manufacturers e.g. Aston and Mclaren.
Seems fair enough to me.
Those who support Porsche in the bad times should be rewarded in the good times.
Indeed! These were the truly enthusiastic çustomers who ordered a car on the basis it would depreciate similar to the 997 GT3 and prior to the established 'overs' scenario....furthermore they stuck with the cars having the distinct possibility of ramifications on unreliability and huge costs and were hugely inconvenienced throughout the engine debacle whilst many 'turncoats' bailed out.....and bought cars from other manufacturers e.g. Aston and Mclaren.
Seems fair enough to me.
Those who support Porsche in the bad times should be rewarded in the good times.
But my OPC have indicated they still have a number of customers who missed out on the 991.1 GT3 who are likely to take priority.
Those customers who've had a 991.1 GT3, GT4, R, RS.... have already had their 'slice of the cake'.
I actually agree with av185, although I bet there isn't many 991.1 GT3 owners that purchased the car from new and actually still own one! I imagine most would have cashed in by now, which in my eyes means they shouldn't be afforded the opportunity to purchase at list.
Koln-RS said:
Yes, but surely it should be the loyal customers who regularly bought the mainstream models during the slow times that should be given some consideration.
Not sure about this. 
And as already mentioned different OPCs have widely differing attitudes.
Surely if these customers you talk about regularly buying mainstream models had wanted to buy a 'pre bunfight' previous gen GT Porsche then they could have done merely by placing an order and this would have guaranteed them a car.
Without stating the obvious, don't forget that the PH Porsche massive are not representative of your average Porsche customer for which a GT product is really of no interest whatsoever and despite increased latter model usability these cars would be way too hardcore for many. And the last thing Porsche would want would be to sell a GT product to the 'wrong' profile customer resulting in depriving a true enthusiast of a car also encouraging the possibility of a flipping situation.
Edited by av185 on Friday 10th February 13:42
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