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Post by ori » Tue Aug 03, 2021 2:21 pm

I would cancel my order if HK came off my order.

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Post by sars » Mon Aug 09, 2021 8:49 pm

Argyll Andy wrote: Tue Aug 03, 2021 2:18 pm
Roadster_Surrey wrote: Tue Aug 03, 2021 2:11 pm I heard it's not available and a lot of people cancelled their orders because of it.
I wouldn’t be happy if they’d told me it wasn’t available while waiting for mine to be build. May have been a a deal breaker for me too

ori, You heard anything about this for yours since it’s not built yet?
I had a progress report today, no mention of HK, though was told that production at the plant is stopped for the whole of August and so delivery looking like mid October. If they cancel HK I would most likely cancel the order :cry:
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Post by Scubaregs » Mon Aug 09, 2021 8:51 pm

Sars, you may want to ask that question then. Girl I dealt with test driving an s20i made a big deal of it when I mentioned I was considering buying new.
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Post by Argyll Andy » Mon Aug 09, 2021 9:01 pm

sars wrote: Mon Aug 09, 2021 8:49 pm
Argyll Andy wrote: Tue Aug 03, 2021 2:18 pm
Roadster_Surrey wrote: Tue Aug 03, 2021 2:11 pm I heard it's not available and a lot of people cancelled their orders because of it.
I wouldn’t be happy if they’d told me it wasn’t available while waiting for mine to be build. May have been a a deal breaker for me too

ori, You heard anything about this for yours since it’s not built yet?
I had a progress report today, no mention of HK, though was told that production at the plant is stopped for the whole of August and so delivery looking like mid October. If they cancel HK I would most likely cancel the order :cry:
Sars, do you know if this was this a planned stop for August or is it maybe due to parts shortages? As I said in my previous post, I’m with you, the HK would be a deal breaker for me on one.

I’m with Scubaregs, I think in this circumstance, I’d be asking for confirmation rather than because they’re not telling you it’s ok. I think one of the previous posters said customers were getting contacted at some point advising them of the amendment.

Feeling your pain being without one, the only bonus is the weather’s been sh!t :lol:

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    Post by sars » Mon Aug 09, 2021 9:20 pm

    Both, I was told there’s normally a two week maintenance shutdown which is extended due to parts shortages, those little rare silicone chips. Will email BMW Boston tomorrow, now started playing with the Porsche configurator :poke:
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    Post by Argyll Andy » Mon Aug 09, 2021 9:45 pm

    sars wrote: Mon Aug 09, 2021 9:20 pm now started playing with the Porsche configurator
    I did that a few weeks ago then went on a visit a week ago to try a GTS 4.0, long story short, they’re not quite built for someone of my build :oops: and the £30k premium on top of the M40i I did not feel was justified. Even though I already knew how much I like it, I came away with a new appreciation of the G29.

    Edit, the lead time for one of these just now is bl00dy horrendous Sars. Next summer, if they can manage it
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      Post by john-e89 » Mon Aug 09, 2021 10:56 pm

      You can have mine with HK for 55….. :P :wink:
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      Post by Argyll Andy » Mon Aug 09, 2021 11:01 pm

      john-e89 wrote: Mon Aug 09, 2021 10:56 pm You can have mine with HK for 55….. :P :wink:
      You should be doing the gentlemanly thing here John and giving Sars a loan of one of your many convertibles until hers arrives :poke:

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        Post by Roadster_Surrey » Tue Aug 10, 2021 8:55 am

        I attempted to order GTS 4.0 last summer. After a week, order was cancelled, because dealer couldn't get production slot.

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        Post by baljemmett » Tue Aug 10, 2021 9:24 am

        I asked about the HK situation specifically when I was ordering in mid-July, expecting that it'd be unavailable since it had been deleted from the order I'd placed for a different model earlier in the year. In all honesty I was half-hoping it'd be the same situation with the Z4, since the spec I was after was just a couple of hundred quid over the £40k threshold so if HK was unavailable it might drop back below - but it was not to be; the sales manager checked for me and the official line is "the configurator is up-to-date with the latest prices and unavailable options, so if HK is showing up, it'll be available". Sure enough, going through it and comparing it against the prices in the online brochure show some of the packs have been reduced in price slightly because they're missing bits here and there...

        Of course, this could all change when they come to build it, especially since this is my second attempt at getting a car built this year; fingers crossed, though, especially since the planned delivery date is w/c 20th December. Going to be one heckuva Christmas present!

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        Post by Argyll Andy » Tue Aug 10, 2021 9:44 am

        Roadster_Surrey wrote: Tue Aug 10, 2021 8:55 am I attempted to order GTS 4.0 last summer. After a week, order was cancelled, because dealer couldn't get production slot.
        While discussing this I asked about delivery for a Spyder. Was told “can’t give you one, likely to be 2 years + if at all and it’s more likely to be cancelled than fulfilled” I asked if cancelled would I then get some sort of enhancement/priority slot for a GTS then, answer, “no, you’ll just go to the back of the queue for the GTS”

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          Post by Scubaregs » Tue Aug 10, 2021 11:13 am

          Porsche can sell a lot of their cars many times over as soon as they announce them, so unless you've bought a good few others you have no chance of getting on the list.

          When I was buying my 718, salesman showed me a new Cayman GTS a customer had bought to use for six months whilst waiting on another Porsche they had ordered which would be sold back to Porsche when the one on order arrived.
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          Post by Argyll Andy » Tue Aug 10, 2021 11:21 am

          Scubaregs wrote: Tue Aug 10, 2021 11:13 am Porsche can sell a lot of their cars many times over as soon as they announce them, so unless you've bought a good few others you have no chance of getting on the list.

          When I was buying my 718, salesman showed me a new Cayman GTS a customer had bought to use for six months whilst waiting on another Porsche they had ordered which would be sold back to Porsche when the one on order arrived.
          Not a great way to attract new customers, to buy multiple ones you need to be able to buy your first one :thumbsdown:

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            Post by john-e89 » Tue Aug 10, 2021 11:22 am

            Argyll Andy wrote: Mon Aug 09, 2021 11:01 pm
            john-e89 wrote: Mon Aug 09, 2021 10:56 pm You can have mine with HK for 55….. :P :wink:
            You should be doing the gentlemanly thing here John and giving Sars a loan of one of your many convertibles until hers arrives :poke:
            I would I would but she doesn’t like red seats in a black car so I didn’t bother…. :whistle: (She's very fussy like most women…lord knows what she’s like with shoes…. :roll: :wink: )
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            Post by Argyll Andy » Tue Aug 10, 2021 11:28 am

            john-e89 wrote: Tue Aug 10, 2021 11:22 am
            Argyll Andy wrote: Mon Aug 09, 2021 11:01 pm
            john-e89 wrote: Mon Aug 09, 2021 10:56 pm You can have mine with HK for 55….. :P :wink:
            You should be doing the gentlemanly thing here John and giving Sars a loan of one of your many convertibles until hers arrives :poke:
            I would I would but she doesn’t like red seats in a black car so I didn’t bother…. :whistle:
            I’m sure she’d cope until her own arrives :wink:

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