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I don't know presonally one GT3 owner that DOESN'T track their car, and the fact that Porsche has a track prepaired shell and decides NOT to give it to North America in order that can save a few hundred thousand dollars irks me.
Hmm save a few hundred thousand dollars
How does selling a car with a sunroof save a few hundred thousand dollars over a car without a sunroof? I would think adding a sunroom would actually cost more.
I say we all sell our P-cars and buy Hondas
bstew, focus on the relevance of the conversation. Porsche is not offering a sunroof delete option on 997 Carerra base models because due to US DOT regulations, the car would have to be safety tested for crash test standards.
As a result, the company would have to "donate" a few GT3s to the US DOT to crash test them (I think the figure may be 4? That was the # of 959s that Porsche did not want to give to the US DOT to crash test, hence its lack of road legality).
In order to shave off that few hundred thousand in profits, the company is slighting its fanbase, the type of people who buy GT3s (no, not the fat-cats that don't know what VTG is or what PASM stands for; the track-oriented people who don't want a [censored] sunroof on their track machine).
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I've been following this on rennlist, like MJSpeed said and it is truly infuriating. The joint petition letter aparently was sent, but what effect did it do? If that does nothing, the only option left is boycotting purchase, Showing them that they are the ones missing out on the profit and the support, by their action.
What irks me with Porsche is the fact that they noticeably tarnish their heritage and reputation with this type of bs. The company's base is on this racing heritage, and this is a slap in the face towards that.
If you think in the long-term, the damages as a result of the loss of image/heritage cannot be calculated in mere hundreds of thousands of dollars; it is much much more.