I've been told by my dealer that Porsche is not offering the sport shift option on any of its cars now. You have to add it after the sale. They want the dealers to make money on this as an after-sale part. Has anybody else heard this?

 

sounds kind of like BS,

 

Call an other dealer and see what they tell you. . . . Let them know you're ready to buy. Who knows they might throw it in there for you FREE of charge to earn your business.

-Eli

 

Def the way to go.

 

Call Tommy at Brandywine..check if it's true

 

It's true...as of September, Porsche discontinued offering the sportshifter as a factory option. Those who already had their orders in the system such as myself were not affected. I did a little checking around and I believe that's actually cheaper to get it from the dealership than it was as an option from the factory.

 

My car was built in September and my dealer told me I was one of the last cars to have the SS installed at the factory. It is inconvenient that you will have to have the dealer install it but the shifter is great and a must have.

 

It's true. Just order the B&M (yeah, we stock 'em) after you take delivery. They make the shifter for Porsche as well. Best bet is you'll save $500.

 

Agree with above statement, mine has it and it sure feels great compared to the stock shifter.
Just get the aftermarket ones they are great and I believe have even shorter shifter throws, at least thats what this one feels compared to the B&M I installed in my old GT2.

Bajo

 

Agree with Eric re the BM, but the only advantage to buying the porsche branded unit is that it comes mounted in the plastic housing, eliminating the need to chissel out the old one. Warranty issues might be a concern re the BM as well, don't know for sure. I 've had the BM and the OEM ssk in my 996, the BM felt better.

 

great, think twice about having dealer installed....they are not as careful as you would be and no one likes scraping trim parts etc.

 

Anybody have a pic of the 997TT oem SSK? Is it the same as the 996/BM unit?

 

not sure how to feel about paying $765 for the OEM sport shifter (when my new Turbo arrives next week), but I guess it's better than having the dealer install.

 

The actual part is a bit cheaper but if you factor in the labor to get it installed then it comes out to around $750.

 

Braman and Suncoast Porsche both had it on ebay for about 350 recently. That was the 997 version, in the pics it looked quite a bit different than the BM/996 version.