reginos:
It will be interesting to know the response of the ordering people to these comments. Is there a thinking process at all behind the choice of options?
According to my sales person, they usually try to order the options which customers want most. However, I just don't see a pattern here.
Example: The trailer hitch is retrofittable, so are the illuminated door sills. TMPS, PDCC and PTV aren't. So I rather would order an option which is not retrofittable because if the customer wants that specific option and the car doesn't have it, it could be a deal breaker. Unfortunately I think such things happen when employees are responsible with the ordering/decision making process and not the owners of the dealership. 
Just imagine I would let my employees order the merchandise in my business...I would probably loose thousands per year.
I would love to run a Porsche dealership but I guess the passion for cars alone doesn't make one successful. 
Btw: I am also a little bit mad at Porsche here. TPMS is mandatory in the EU starting with November 2012. This is only valid for new models put on the market starting November 2012, not for older cars. Porsche knows about this law for almost a year now, so they could have easily equipped all their new models with TPMS, like they do for example in the US. They didn't. They probably call this maximizing profit, I call it very customer unfriendly. TPMS is a safety feature, this is something a high performance cars manufacturer should offer for FREE. Just saying...
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RC (Germany) - Rennteam Editor Porsche Panamera Turbo S, Cayenne GTS (958), BMW X3 35d (2012), Mini Cooper S Countryman All4
or with white dials (the GTS has a grey one in the middle, which actually looks quite special already) instead of TPMS but I guess dealers aren't customers.
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