My salesman can go into the Porsche factory site and get info on where the car is at. I don't know if it just says in production or where in production though. I got my last update Friday and will call him today to see if there's any more info.

John in Vancouver

 

All mine says he can see is production and then post production. No additional details. Not sure if that's true or if he is just lazy. I remember reading here that some folks knew when their car was in paint or leather or final inspection, etc.

 

Mine indicates "Production/Paint" as of this morning.

John in Vancouver

 

Ha ha, I won't dare post another picture of my car, but if you had the Aero package, we'd be twins. And you're in for a real treat; these cars are nothing short of amazing.
Just wait until the first time that entity sneaks into the car and rev-matches a gear for you, just as you were planning to do so yourself. LOL

 

My car has the Sport Design front/read spoilers, PDK, X51 Powerkit, PDCC, 18 way seats, white exterior, red interior (full leather) and red top. Also Burmester, Sport Design steering wheel, Sports techno road wheels and the upgrade to the lights (interior and exterior) and the list goes on.

I am well aware of how they drive as last year I rented a 991Cab for a week in May and a 991S Coupe in September over in Germany. Got the Cab (top down) to 264k (approx 164 mph) and the coupe to 295 k (approx 183 mph). Put about 3500k on the two rentals. It was on the SEptember trip, on the first rental day my wife turned to me (at about 125mph) and said "you should get one of these!". Came home and ordered the next day. I've been waiting since October 1 as there is significant allocation issues with getting Porsches into Canada.

John in Vancouver

 

my vote is lazy, as mine just went into production and my dealer let me know that he can alert me each step of the way--pre assembly checkpoint, paint, leathershop, quality checks, when vin is assigned, etc. all this came unsolicited to me. i'd nag your dealer a bit if you're interested in this info.

 

Awesome car. You will love it. I couldn't do the black/black here in FL. Much too hot for a daily driver. Up in NY, you'll look good and feel good!!

 

Yea that doesn't surprise me. I seem to always get either the new guy or the lazy guy. I guess these salesman just forget how important little things like these updates are to us. When you wait this long or work this hard for these cars, every detail is of interest to us. When I bought my 997 my sales guy had just come from selling Hummers and knew nothing about the car, I had to explain many many things to him. He was really nice, had lots of great stories, but no help at all with the car.

 

I test drove a 991S , hit the Sport Plus, wasn't impressed. My 2011 997.2 GTS is wayyy better!!

 

How often does Daddy let you drive it?

 

Ignore him... anyone who doesn't see it's bad manners to leave such a post in a thread where someone is expressing his excitement for a new 991 is rude, ignorant, arrogant and just here to troll.

But I agree it's the kind of thing an (insecure) child would say.

 

Not sure how a car can be in the "leather shop" as the leather shop is in another building and the cars never go there. The leather shop produces all the pieces and they are sent to the assembly line where they are installed. All done on a "just in time" basis. This is based on 3 Factory tours in 2012.

John in Vancouver

 

you are correct, car is not literally in leather shop, but those with more custom upholstering, completion of these items is tracked. in fact fwiw exclusive asked dealer for the comm# so they could "keep record" of this build aspect. made it sound like a doublecheck process.

 

Test drive both cars and you tell me which car is better.So quick to make assumptions!! Just my opinion!! Isn't that what we offer??

 

You say you test drove both cars. I thought you said you own a GTS.