Dial 911

[robg]

Originally Posted by JST

That was a long video. Some of his arguments didn’t make much sense to me (especially in the US), like the thing about “Dieselgate meant corporate insisted on dealers not discounting cars.” That’s just not how the market works here.



And I think it’s weird to talk about people discounting Porsches in 2010 without mentioning bigger macroeconomic trends. Like…was there a reason ppl stopped buying Porsches around then?



Anyway, the TL/DR is “there was a bubble and now interest rates make that bubble harder to sustain,” but since we’re still seeing demand outstrip supply on new cars I’d want to see some hard data (more than just autotrader searches) before I conclude the sky is falling.

Yup I watched that too and agree there’s not much insight there. The part about dieselgate meaning that Porsche corporate pressured dealers into not discounting really makes no sense; that’s just not how that works. I also think the car market in the UK might’ve slowed down more than in the US. As evidenced here, it’s still not easy to buy a Porsche sports car


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[FC]

Originally Posted by robg

I also think the car market in the UK might’ve slowed down more than in the US. As evidenced here, it’s still not easy to buy a Porsche sports car


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This. Look at lemming's comment re: a 718 4.0. You'd think by now those cars would be easy to get at MSRP.

[robg]

Originally Posted by FC

This. Look at lemming's comment re: a 718 4.0. You'd think by now those cars would be easy to get at MSRP.

Yup I was thinking about that comment when I wrote my post


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[SCA]

Originally Posted by FC

You are a bad influence.

Ha!

[SCA]

Well… this would explain why multiple colors are becoming NLA in mid March. This also appears to be the new Sport Design front bumper cover since it has no active aero.

[JST]

lol good way to sell a lot of the Sport Designs, I guess.

[dan]

Why would that affect color offerings?

[SCA]

The SavageGeese 992 Carrera T review is up: https://youtu.be/sul0AyU8pQ8?si=We1yBP7Ar51E9xUy

[lemming]

Originally Posted by SCA

The SavageGeese 992 Carrera T review is up: https://youtu.be/sul0AyU8pQ8?si=We1yBP7Ar51E9xUy

What’s your opinion on their review? I think they do a nice job in general. Fair. Technical. Funny.

I won’t have time to check it out until later, but thanks for the heads up.

[JST]

To Dan’s question: it wouldn’t, necessarily, but it’s not a huge surprise that they would refresh color options when doing a facelift.