davew (cincy):
Sorry to hear that. Of course there are ways to make the best of a bad situation, but that's disappointing news nonetheless.
It was a very good call to buy the Ferrari then in retrospect. I hope it has filled the gap for you at least is some way.
No matter how you slice it, Porsche has fallen at least a little short on this. If I treated my customers that way, I would be in dire straights.
Yeah in hindsight, the Speciale was a good call. It is something refreshing to drive. Could also be bad news for Porsche too. I was contemplating earlier to get a FF even before the Speciale, but now that I got accepted into the Ferrari circle, I am seriously thinking about replace the Turbo S with the FF. (@Nick, yes you can call this getting bitten by the Ferrari bug)
Also pestering the dealer to get me a LaFerrari. Since I haven't been told a definite no, I am just gonna keep at it. Not that I really want one, but I don't think I will turn one down like the P1. Between the P1 and the LaFerrari, the LaFerrari is worth the asking price.
The 918 situation wasn't all of Porsche's fault. Walliser did told me in person that he had delayed the start of production because he wasn't ready to sign off. Porsche didn't give him a hard deadline, so he has autonomy on the project. When I visited the factory production just started and I had asked him point blank did he feel like wanting more time to do stuff and the answer was no, he was totally satisfied. The second delay was from a bankrupted supplier, kinda of out of Porsche's control.
Truth is, while information was hard to come by, and needed some effort to obtain, I felt like Porsche hasn't really mistreated me. They gave me multiple line of communications to many level of the corporate structure. Which I did utilized to their fullest . Porsche invited me to multiple trips all this time and I have been treated very well by them.
I never asked them for a firm date, I think they think I was, that's why I never gotten a date until now. I was actually only asking for a time frame, maybe within a 1-2 weeks window, not a 4 week month window that they gave me initially. I only wanted that information so I can plan trips, which there will be multiple ones before and after. Hard to plan around a 4 week window.
I believe the one in charge in Stuttgart know the exact information but won't give it to me, how hard it is to look at the computer and check the order list and count the cars on the production line? I had to go around the other side of the communication chain, the long side up the chain in order to obtain what I need. That's about the only thing I am pissed about at Porsche.
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