Germany Factory collection Question

[Shiverman]

alan718s said:

Hi Alan. Still planning all the details of the trip, but I'm with you on not too long a drive each day. The Plan at the moment is 2 nights in Leipzig (night before and night of collection). Then we plan to go to Colditz and after travel to Hanover. From Hanover we will go to Antwerp for a couple of days and then maybe to Lille or Brugge Before the final leg home. So all in all around a 6-8 day trip.

I'll post up my thoughts on the collection and the final itinerary when we get back.

[GrahamPM]

I picked up my 997 Turbo from the factory - many moons ago now. Absolutely fantastic experience and well worth the additional expense.
The factory tour, the experience centre, the museum and assuming its not changed, the customer presentation area followed by lunch in the Porsche restaurant all made for a great start to the ownership experience. Our return trip home was great, touring through France stopping over in the champagne region.
When I bought the 991 I enquired, but the sales guy did say that they didn't real push it as it involved lots of additional paperwork & hassle!
My car was a late October delivery and could have resulted in the car being forced to be supplied on winter tyres, so was delivered to my local OPC
The handover was quite uneventful- even an anticlimax.
If you do get the opportunity to do a factory collect - go for it!
Graham

[lucido grigio]

alan718s said:

I once drove from Milan to Nice and i will never do that. it was a 11 hours drive

Sorry to divert topic but how did that take 11 hours,it's only318kms.

Maps says 3.75 hours.......

I've driven from further south in Tuscany to Calais in not much more time than that.

[alan718s]

lucido grigio said:

Sorry to divert topic but how did that take 11 hours,it's only318kms.

Maps says 3.75 hours.......

I've driven from further south in Tuscany to Calais in not much more time than that.

my bad i added up the total time including We were stuck in a tunnel at night for like 2 hours then taking breaks and stopping for dinner etc. on google maps says milan to nice is 6.45hours. my memory is very vague as its like 8 years ago now since my friend took us on a europe road trip after graduating from uni.

[jetbox]

Shiverman.

We did similar, 2 days in Leipzig and then headed down to Colditz before then heading across to the rhine valley for a few days.

Enjoy the roads and the scenery whilst you are there. We booked all the travel and accom ourselves with no issues and it worked out fine

[alan718s]

Robograd said:

Alan718s
I have tried to PM you the screen shot I have of the prices of collection (the only way I think I can get it to you - unless someone on here can instruct me on how to upload pictures from my Mac onto Pistonheads, AArrgh!!) but to receive it you need to tick the box on your profile that allows PM-ing

I got the PM rob, Cheers

[alan718s]

It’s finally happening guys!!

So i’vebeen told the car gets finished building on 6th April and i’ve request 16th April to collect.

Those who had experiance with factory collection can you remeber if they gave you the requested date and how far between Finish build day and requested collection date.

OPC still not told me how much it cost for this as its.m not on the website anymore.

[Sandy59]

lucido grigio said:

Why does it cost extra to collect from factory ,saving Porsche the cost of delivering the car 100s of miles to the UK ?

Factory tour ,a meal in the restaurant and visiting the museum isn't costly .....

It actually used to be free when I did it is 1998, basically in lieu of delivery charge I think.
I remember being sent a comprehensive package of business flight ticket, a bunch of Deutsche Marks for taxis from airport to hotel, and hotel to Factory, overnight room in nice hotel with a meal and drink voucher, a set of UK number plates, and a business ticket for Eurotunnel.
I do remember asking about any run in procedure - 996C2, and was just told first 500m keep below 6k revs, then 'pedal to the metal'.

Maybe they just charge now because they can, or the 'inconvenience' to them for a car handover etc