Congrats!

 

Just ran the vin through a decoder. Interesting. Ours should be identical but for the last 4 digits which appears to be the sequential chassis number. Mine was 1636. I guess, and it is only that, that mine is the 1636th 991 produced. It may also be that it was the 1636th 991s produced. Your 991 was completed before mine so your number should be lower. The number to the left of the last 4 digits should be 2 and somehow relates to the engine type. I don't know, but I wonder if it would be a 1 on the base.

 

Check out Scouser's Porsche VIN Decoder.

 

Thanks for the info. My last four are 1658. You car is older than mine!

 

Not sure how that is possible. But, hey, who would have thought 991 came after 997? New math!

 

I was checking out my dealer's website as you suggested and I did not find my car yet. But, I did see the car that was immediately prior to yours on the assembly line, VIN -----21657. It is on the website for Jack Daniels
Porsche in Upper Saddle River NJ and is anthracite brown. Just found that interesting. They also had a car with a VIN in the low 300's and No. ------20999.
Check it out.
Cheers

 

Just got a call from my salesman - my car is on a ship! He estimates keys-in-hand at the end of this month or very early in April. He did not know the name of the ship but said he would try to get it. Also said that, while he was not an expert, he was reasonably sure that our cars would be on different ships. He thought that a ship might make more than one stop to unload on a trip, but usually there were enough cars heading for each of the major ports to fill a transport and it would be unlikely that the same ship would go east coast and gulf or west coast. I will let you know more when I learn it and please keep in touch. I hope we are both driving soon!

 

My last 997.2 was on a ship that stopped in Hlaifax, then Baltimore, Houston and finished its trip in San Diego.

 

Great news for both of you - seems that things have really let loose and the cars are moving. The ship my Cabriolet is on is called the Cougar Ace and it carries 4800 - 5000 cars; cannot imagine the logical nightmare that must be when these ships go into the ports!

I saw you comparing VIN numbers - the last five digits on mine is 54232 and it shipped on March 1, and it due in Rhode Island on the 13th.

 

First, congrats again. Mine is supposed to come in to RI as well, but looks like on the ship after yours. Interesting about the VIN. I wonder if the 5 is for the Cab, (but I thought that an earlier number spoke to body type) and the 4232 seems odd, unless they just started the Cabs at #4000 (which would make some sense - later production start so you will be getting one of the first) Maybe they reserved the 0000-3999 for coupes for this year? I plan on sending my number out to Suncoast for the $10 service they have on VIN's. If you do the same, let me know - we can compare notes.

Hey, if we assume all of the 4,800 cars on that boar are Porsches and we assume $100K/car that is 480 million dollars worth of cargo!

 

You are probably right about the "5" - it supposedly corresponds to engine or body type; must be for the Cab S. Don't know about the serial number 4232 - your quess is probably a good one, would that mean that only 232 Cabriolets have been produced so far in the 991 series?

 

If I am correct at all and it is just a guess, yes. But in 2013, or for that series, they will change the year designation and they could just start the numbers back at 1 (or 4000 if we are correct about 5 being for Cab S). I think they would have to do something like that as there are no more spaces and they would be limited to 9999 per year. Let's hope I am right and you have one of the first 250 Cab S's ever made!

 

AG991

I think our cars are on the same boat. My dealer said my car is on the ocean. I should get the name tomorrow.

 

That is great! Your salesman seems to be better informed. I hope we are both driving before April!
Michael

 

Don't let your sales person tell you otherwise. They have the ability to see EXACTLY the ship your car is on and the day it is scheduled into port.

They have no excuse except being lazy for not giving this info to you.