GT2 RS Availablity
Discussion
footsoldier said:
There's a problem withTitanium cages on WP cars. (Supplier difficulty, not technically).
There is apparently going to be a reasonable delay for a lot of cars not yet built, but not sure how long.
Several people (not just in UK) have had this confirmed in the last few days.
Just been reading over on the Aston Martin section that some new cars specced with titanium exhausts have been delayed due to 'global shortage of titanium'.There is apparently going to be a reasonable delay for a lot of cars not yet built, but not sure how long.
Several people (not just in UK) have had this confirmed in the last few days.
Edited by footsoldier on Saturday 10th February 11:14
Edited by stevebu916 on Saturday 10th February 14:46
footsoldier said:
There's a problem withTitanium cages on WP cars. (Supplier difficulty, not technically).
There is apparently going to be a reasonable delay for a lot of cars not yet built, but not sure how long.
Several people (not just in UK) have had this confirmed in the last few days.
I've heard of two differing weight savings of the Titanium vs Steel cages..One was 7kg and the other is a 12kg saving..I know its somewhat trivial but does anyone know the correct figure..? There is apparently going to be a reasonable delay for a lot of cars not yet built, but not sure how long.
Several people (not just in UK) have had this confirmed in the last few days.
Edited by footsoldier on Saturday 10th February 11:14
MDL111 said:
footsoldier said:
throt said:
Everything we buy depreciates. Flipping is a form of income..
That's how you might like to see it, unless it's trading in disguise, it's a capital gain, and you would need to get credit for any capital loss on same stuff. Anyway, I'm not planning to flip, but also can see why people do. It's ok for people to be 'holier than thou' on it, but how many would not take up £250k free cash if offered? Sometimes seems like it's ok to sell drugs, guns and gold, but flip a car and you're immoral!
Edited by footsoldier on Monday 22 January 12:37
I think it is all fair enough, market forces perfectly at work (and I do think this period of big premiums will not last forever, the next thing will come along at some point). Just read an article that the Hagerty index is back to 2014 levels and dropped a similar percentage value to the drop in 2008 or 2009, so the making money with cars period might be over soon (for the non-professional trader).
I would never sell my GT2 for profit. I specced it with love and excitement to own it for years and years. I would sell it to trade/buy a nice CGT.
Is £700k really being paid for a nice fully loaded Launch spec WP?
Taffy66 said:
I've heard of two differing weight savings of the Titanium vs Steel cages..One was 7kg and the other is a 12kg saving..I know its somewhat trivial but does anyone know the correct figure..?
Same here, not sure which is correct, though the 7-8kg seemed a better source at the time (forgotten where I read it though!)I went with a steel cage on the Weissach Pack, because it is homologated, and also you can also add a front cage. Whether that's ever useful, who knows.,.but felt the right thing to do.
Bonus was a cost saving, and double bonus now, is that my car is still on schedule for completion this month.
Titanium cage supplier has gone bust AFAIK, so they need to validate an alternative.
footsoldier said:
Same here, not sure which is correct, though the 7-8kg seemed a better source at the time (forgotten where I read it though!)
I went with a steel cage on the Weissach Pack, because it is homologated, and also you can also add a front cage. Whether that's ever useful, who knows.,.but felt the right thing to do.
Bonus was a cost saving, and double bonus now, is that my car is still on schedule for completion this month.
Titanium cage supplier has gone bust AFAIK, so they need to validate an alternative.
A couple of months ago i sourced a company on the internet who made exact replicas of the 991's Titanium rear cage..They claimed that the Titanium cage weighs 40% less than the steel version and i know the steel cage weighs 17.5kg..This translates to a saving of 7kg and i'm sure i've read somewhere the Titanium weighs 10.5kg..I went with a steel cage on the Weissach Pack, because it is homologated, and also you can also add a front cage. Whether that's ever useful, who knows.,.but felt the right thing to do.
Bonus was a cost saving, and double bonus now, is that my car is still on schedule for completion this month.
Titanium cage supplier has gone bust AFAIK, so they need to validate an alternative.
not sure if this has been posted before (I think I have seen it before)
https://www.auto-motor-und-sport.de/video/porsche-...
https://www.auto-motor-und-sport.de/video/porsche-...
BrntRubber said:
The CGT is my dream car, my forever car!
I would never sell my GT2 for profit. I specced it with love and excitement to own it for years and years. I would sell it to trade/buy a nice CGT.
Is £700k really being paid for a nice fully loaded Launch spec WP?
if you advertise properly you'll be able to get closeI would never sell my GT2 for profit. I specced it with love and excitement to own it for years and years. I would sell it to trade/buy a nice CGT.
Is £700k really being paid for a nice fully loaded Launch spec WP?
Silver Bullet said:
yep titanium cages are the problem.
I went red to match the interior and I've still got my white RS and yellow TurboS , I like different colours.
Porsche confirmed up to 8 weeks delay.
Yup, another confirmation from my dealer as well for the titanium supply issue. My car was already in late stage production and was unaffected. Another car from the same dealer is delayed - by a couple of months. I went red to match the interior and I've still got my white RS and yellow TurboS , I like different colours.
Porsche confirmed up to 8 weeks delay.
melvster said:
That's an, er, interesting colour combination. Is that the first on the market? £580,000? Lummy.Tripe Bypass said:
melvster said:
That's an, er, interesting colour combination. Is that the first on the market? £580,000? Lummy.
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