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Originally Posted by WPOZZZ
You can build a basic car, but you need to get your dealer to order it for you. If they see it as a stripper with a limited buyer base in case you back out, they won't do it. Heck, a friend wanted to order a 997 cab in guards red and the dealer didn't want to do it. He was paying cash for the car as it stickered over $100k, but they wouldn't do it. He flew to Florida and got it from Brumos for $10k less. He bought a condo complex while he was there, too!
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This is very true. A buddy of mine who has owned several 911's and is the "ultimate car guy" just went into the dealer to order his first ever brand new 911. He wanted a base Carrera 4, manual transmission, with basically no options. He wanted no options not because he could not afford it, but because he is a "purist" and wants the car only for driving pleasure with no extras. He was paying in full, in cash, up front.
The dealer would not allow him to order it this way. He tried other Porsche dealers, same thing.
They wanted him to order a C4S for an extra $30K just to get AWD and he did not want to do that. In order to get them to allow the special order he ended up ordering a Carrera T, forgoing the AWD, and adding two options, + european delivery at Stuttgart. This was the only way they would allow him to order one in a low-optioned format with a manual transmission.
Crazy.