meanwhile on the flip side…Porsche is just being mean…

[daveo4EV]

Nov 2022 - ordered
Apr 2023 - order locked
May 2023 - manufacturing complete
Jul 2023 - vehicled added to "myPorsche" account/app!!!
Aug 2023 - pay for it?? pre-delivery payment
Aug 2023 - Euro Delivery date
Oct/Nov 2023 - delivery to US?????

so I haven't even paid for the car yet…doing euro delivery end of August Leipzig - and Porsche just teases me with this added to myPorsche account this morning - they are soooooo mean…this is just beyond evil.

this is most definitely/defiantly _NOT_ an EV.

 

[xyeahtony]

“Just a reminder you have a GT3 on order”

 

[daveo4EV]

“Just a reminder you have a GT3 on order”

GT3 RS

 

[daveo4EV]

so harlious

I've enabled:

• online software updates
• AppleMusic
• assigned my wife as secondary user
• "named" it
• allowed access to contacts/calendard
• enabled location services access
• downloaded the owner's manual

car is 5,747 miles away from me - and I haven't enabled remote access yet - but I've got it mostly configured for when I sit in the drive's seat for the 1st time end of Aug - ROFL

guess I'm going to have to pay for it soon enough…

 

[daveo4EV]

Nov 2022 - ordered
Apr 2023 - order locked
May 2023 - manufacturing complete
Jul 2023 - vehicled added to "myPorsche" account/app!!!
Aug 2023 - pay for it?? pre-delivery payment
Aug 2023 - Euro Delivery date
Oct/Nov 2023 - delivery to US?????

so I haven't even paid for the car yet…doing euro delivery end of August Leipzig - and Porsche just teases me with this added to myPorsche account this morning - they are soooooo mean…this is just beyond evil.

this is most definitely/defiantly _NOT_ an EV.

build code for the curious - pricing and options are slightly different than my actual build because the configuration tools has moved on to newer stuff - I originally configured mine in Nov. 2022 - and that exact set of options is no longer available…but this is close enough

I'm looking forward to an active Calendar year 2024 with this beast on track…

https://configurator.porsche.com/porsche-code/PR46QFV5

 

[Teufel Hund]

build code for the curious - pricing and options are slightly different than my actual build because the configuration tools has moved on to newer stuff - I originally configured mine in Nov. 2022 - and that exact set of options is no longer available…but this is close enough

I'm looking forward to an active Calendar year 2024 with this beast on track…

https://configurator.porsche.com/porsche-code/PR46QFV5

BEAUTIFUL ?
And hot damn that’s expensive ?
Weissach Package- $33k, $1k per pound of weight savings ?
I’m sure she’ll be a track beast. Congratulations and enjoy!

 

[daveo4EV]

BEAUTIFUL ?
And hot damn that’s expensive ?
Weissach Package- $33k, $1k per pound of weight savings ?
I’m sure she’ll be a track beast. Congratulations and enjoy!

tldr; there's a reason and it's not weight - it's the factory Magnetic Shifter Paddles - as to why you can read below - I'm weak and pathetic and really really don't want to have to do this f**ker over…so I made zero compromises…there are like less than 2000 (I don't know this for a fact, but GT3 RS's are typically very very small volume in terms of total units produced - historical numbers are less than 5000 or even 2000 units world wide for any given "generation") of these things that are ever going to made - so given my personal weaknesses I just "checked the box" - but there is a reason…read for more.

the WP editions will be an even more rare "fraction" of that population - historically the WP GT3 RS have demonstrated excellent price resilience and are highly sought after on the used market - in particular when that generation of GT3 RS ceases production…tracking value in this space shows significant mitigation of normal used car depreciation - and they are a "hoot" mechanically on track and ever so slightly more extreme for track duty vs. the non-WP GT3 RS's…

WP is cheaper than ordering another GT3 RS to 'get it right'…

given my weak-ass pathetic temperament I have terrible regret when I compromise on something, and even worse regret when that compromise presents itself frequently - i.e. I'm always reminded that I didn't get what I really wanted and it eats and me and plays against my weaknesses…

the WP option is the only factory way to get the 911 GT3 CupCar magnetic shifter paddles - for those that don't know these paddles have been mechanically engineered to with in a nano-meter of their life to deliver and demonstrate the most satisfying mechanical click known to man - it causes extreme pleasure to "pull" these paddles…and they are highly sought after and extremely rare given their association with low volume race cars and Porsche's insistence of only including them with the WP…

I hate/respect Porsche Marketing sooooooo much - but damm they know exactly what they are doing…

also getting an RS allocation is very very very difficult - so doing this car "over" is really not an option…

• now I currently do a 1:37.xx lap @ laguna seca race way - 97.xx seconds from start/finish to start/finish (I hope in this car to get to/below the 1:35's
• there are 11 turns at laguna seca - and for each turn there are at least 2 pulls for downshift, and 2-3 pulls for upshift
• so that is 5 paddle engagement on average every 8.8 seconds
• that's 55-66 pulls every 97.xx seconds or on average one pull every 1.5 seconds…
• average track session is 25 to 30 minutes - 14 laps on average
• 14 * 66 pulls = 924

if I had not gotten the WP (and therefore the magnetic paddles) every single track session @ Laguna Seca for example I would remind myself nearly 1000 times that I "wimped" out and didn't "do it right"…

• 6 sessions a day = 6000 times a day I would be reminded I didn't get the WP and really can't order this thing "over"
• 3 day track weekend (common) - 18,000 reminders I wimped out every 3 days
• 8 track weekends a year = 144,000 reminders a year - I didn't get the WP
  • round up to 150,000/year for street driving
• 4 years owing the car = 600,000 reminder's - I didn't get the WP…
• cost per-reminder = $33,000 / 600,000 paddle engagements
• $0.055 per shift over the life of the car - if I only keep it 4 years.

for a nickle a shift I got the WP - cause I'm weak and pathetic and would be reminded every time I'm in the car I didn't order it "right" - but I could've.

no I had to get the WP for my personal sanity - and beside's even at it's cost, it's cheaper than ordering the 2nd GT3 RS (which you can't get) "to get it right"…

but yeah - WP {sigh} gotta respect Porsche marketing…those f**kers know exactly what they are doing…

ask me why I ordered the "blue wheels" that i really don't like…but there's a reason there also.

I can't wait to get this thing on track…

funny thing is sometimes I'll drive this car to the track and home again, other times it will be trailered - when I trailer it I will drive my lovely 2020 Taycan Turbo to the track - alas it has no paddles…ROFL.

 

[RAHRCR]

Nov 2022 - ordered
Apr 2023 - order locked
May 2023 - manufacturing complete
Jul 2023 - vehicled added to "myPorsche" account/app!!!
Aug 2023 - pay for it?? pre-delivery payment
Aug 2023 - Euro Delivery date
Oct/Nov 2023 - delivery to US?????

so I haven't even paid for the car yet…doing euro delivery end of August Leipzig - and Porsche just teases me with this added to myPorsche account this morning - they are soooooo mean…this is just beyond evil.

this is most definitely/defiantly _NOT_ an EV.

Congrats on the car Dave…even if it’s not quite here yet. I am planning to get a 911 also. The Taycan has altered my perspective on my 911 purchase a bit though. I actually think that I may want to go with a more aggressive model than previously planned because the Taycan does so well as a sporty road car. In any case, I doubt that I would spend much time on the track. Given that you went “full beans” on your 911, what’s your perspective on Taycan/911 stablemates?

 

[daveo4EV]

Congrats on the car Dave…even if it’s not quite here yet. I am planning to get a 911 also. The Taycan has altered my perspective on my 911 purchase a bit though. I actually think that I may want to go with a more aggressive model than previously planned because the Taycan does so well as a sporty road car. In any case, I doubt that I would spend much time on the track. Given that you went “full beans” on your 911, what’s your perspective on Taycan/911 stablemates?

911 GTS or 911 GT3 Touring if you want a weekend car - consider a convertible/targa…also 4S (AWD)…but yeah if you want ot talk 911's HMU - we can talk about and I'd be glad to help.

I've owned

• 2008 911 4S
• 2012 911 GTS
• 2011 911 GT3
• 2010 911 GT3 Cupcar
• 2015 911 GT3 Cupcar
• 2015 911 GT3
• 2018 911 GT3
• 2022 911 TurboS Cabriolet
• 2023 911 GT3 RS

loved them all and just keep swapping/upgrading to keep on top of progress…

wife's convert-able shown below - I have my track toy - she has her convertible - keeps us both married.

 

[Jhenson29]

911 GTS or 911 GT3 Touring if you want a weekend car - consider a convertible

@RAHRCR
+1 on GTS convertible.
And get a manual!

I haven’t driven my Taycan since I took delivery.

 

[daveo4EV]

@RAHRCR
+1 on GTS convertible.
And get a manual!

I haven’t driven my Taycan since I took delivery.

stunning! OMG soooo much congratulations - the PDK/Manual is finest manual transmission ever made - it is such a hoot - and did you know you can do a "no lift" upshift on that thing - wild!!!

I've had some limited on track seat time with the 911 manual - and it's simply mechanical perfection…OMG you're making me want to go get one.

when did you take delivery?

 

[Jhenson29]

congratulations

Thanks! And to you on the RS. Very special!

and did you know you can do a "no lift" upshift on that thing - wild!!!

I though that was just the GT cars.

when did you take delivery?

July 1 is when I picked up after PPF. The car is an absolute blast.

 

[daveo4EV]

Thanks! And to you on the RS. Very special!

I though that was just the GT cars.

July 1 is when I picked up after PPF. The car is an absolute blast.

you might be right on the GT car thing - I've only experienced the manual in a GT3 Touring…

 

[daveo4EV]

Thanks! And to you on the RS. Very special!

I though that was just the GT cars.

July 1 is when I picked up after PPF. The car is an absolute blast.

well if ever in california please HMU for lunch chat!!

 

[Jhenson29]

well if ever in california please HMU for lunch chat!!

Will do Dave.

Your GT3 just stays at the track doesn’t it? I assume the same for your RS then?