Gonzo0 wrote: ↑Wed Mar 21, 2018 1:13 pm
Surely I will only pay them when it comes to me collecting the car, not it arriving at their site.
Yes, but usually they will minimise the delay between the car arriving with them, and you collecting & paying for it.
It would do their cash flow no good at all to be invoiced by Porsche for the car (the OPC paying for it) and not getting prompt payment from you.
It would not be good business for them to be sitting on an asset that they've paid for, for 4-5 months, while they wait for their customer (you) to pay them.
As Simon says your OPC will want paying as soon as possible because they will be billed by Porsche. If it was a couple of weeks it wouldn't be a problem but IMO not until Sept .
Also if your waiting until Sept for the 68 plate your GTS will be registered pretty much as it hits the UK as an 18 plater.
Also for the 1st time my current order form is stamped with:
As a “sold car” the dealership will be invoiced by Porsche normally 10-14 days after the car hits the import centre.
The contract will probably say you have 14 days to “collect” (and pay for) the car before they consider the contract cancelled. Thats the legal stuff but it seems as if Silverstone are being as helpful as they can be by offering to store the car (and frankly parking the car outside in a compound for the next 5 months won’t be an issue at all. Get them to leave all the factory plastics on and it’ll come to no harm at all. The tyres will be overinflated anyway and the shunt fuse can stay in transport mode to minimise battery drain.)
For the annecode, my GTS was built in April 2016 but a lack of new PCM head units meant it remained in the factory compound, outside, until August and delivery in September. No trickle charging / covers / etc etc and the car is absolutely fine.
Storage not an issue; paying for it.....you need to ask the question!
Just to put things into perspective in terms of timescales....” showroom cars” sit (admittedly inside) for 6 months......and many volume manufacturers will have stock vehicles in compounds for 3 or more months.
Paul wrote: ↑Wed Mar 21, 2018 2:23 pm
Just to put things into perspective in terms of timescales....” showroom cars” sit (admittedly inside) for 6 months......and many volume manufacturers will have stock vehicles in compounds for 3 or more months.
..just spotted yours is an April build which meand May delivery anyway....
PS, if you pay for the car you wouldn’t need to tax it until September, talk to the dealership about who is insuring it.
Does ‘not in a position to take delivery’ mean ‘not in a position to pay for it’? If so, I think you are out of luck.
If you can pay for it but have some other issue, I would really not advise storing a new car for 5+ months, I just don’t see how it makes sense. It will just be depreciating as the facelift car is readied for launch.
GonzoO
Is the GTS arriving sooner than you expected ? If not then not sure why you aren’t ready to take delivery but that’s your decision,would I personally want it stood albeit in the summer time for 5/6 months in the dealership compound NO and definitely not with a cover on it,for me I’d take delivery and sort out some professional storage if you are unable to run it until September.
SteveW
Can't you just swap places with someone in the GTS queue? They must have someone who will be at the top of the queue for when the factory re-opens who would jump at the chance to get a car in May. Must be worth asking this.
