Never heard of nonrefundable deposits for any car from a legitimate dealer (truly hot cars have yrs long "waitlists" and/or dealers often seek to sell car above MSRP to highest bidder). In US, current supply of 996TTS is fairly tight (currently selling at roughly $5K over MSRP in SF region), but I suspect P will increase MY05 production volumes based on mkt feedback....at roughly $150K per 996TTS, P will be more than happy to make sure no customer goes unserved