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Harley went through this about 20 years ago, with the dealers all thinking they were in the cat bird's seat. I paid $3k over MSRP on what was then a $17,000 motorcycle (2000 model year), so percentage-wise, even worse than Porsche dealers are doing today.
Well, fast forward to 2013, when that motorcycle got ran over by a Ford F250. And yes, my wife and I were both astride that motorcycle at the time. When I was well enough again to go shopping, I bought the 2013 version of the same motorcycle. This time for $3k under MSRP (which had gone up just a little bit). In the end, I paid about $4k less for a much better, more advanced machine 13 years later. "They couldn't give them away" is a saying that comes to mind.
So, yeah, Porsche's day will come. It's all cyclic. They'll wind up with a glut of cars, and those who took it up the ass today will be sending up their ass tomorrow. And those who bought their way to the front of the line won't be able to either sell nor trade in their cars, taking a decent hit on them as they try to offload them.
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Jeff
'72 911T 3.0 MFI
'93 Ducati 900 Super Sport
"God invented whiskey so the Irish wouldn't rule the world"
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