"TheRealBicycleBuck" (therealbicyclebuck)
02/28/2015 at 00:05 • Filed to: None
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"TheRealBicycleBuck" (therealbicyclebuck)
02/28/2015 at 00:05 • Filed to: None | 6
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A friend of mine visited the Porsche dealership today. They have on display a 2015 918 Spider. Yes, that is a $1,000,000 markup....
It appears this is car has a Weissach package. I found another being advertised (used!) with a !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! .
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ranwhenparked
> TheRealBicycleBuck
02/28/2015 at 00:07 |
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Nice to know that at least one GM dealer that lost their franchises in the bankruptcy was able to pick up a new brand.
HammerheadFistpunch
> TheRealBicycleBuck
02/28/2015 at 00:08 |
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hello front page. Dayum thats nuts, not surprising, but nuts.
CB
> TheRealBicycleBuck
02/28/2015 at 00:09 |
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Crack pipe. All day, every day.
If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent
> TheRealBicycleBuck
02/28/2015 at 00:14 |
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And we thought that Hellcat markup business was crazy.
scoob
> TheRealBicycleBuck
02/28/2015 at 00:14 |
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What does it mean to reflect market conditions? Barely anyone can afford it, so to reflect that, they make it more expensive?
nFamousCJ - Keeper of Stringbean, Gengars and a Deezul
> If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent
02/28/2015 at 00:22 |
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hellcats, 4C's, hell even the new miata will probably see it.
norskracer98-ExploringTheOutback
> scoob
02/28/2015 at 00:26 |
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Probably, this is a desirable car so because of that we're gonna jack the price by $1MM
Baeromez
> TheRealBicycleBuck
02/28/2015 at 00:48 |
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But why? Hypothetically, let's say I could afford this car several times over, no problem. Couldn't I just walk into any Porsche dealer and order one? Wouldn't you insist on custom ordering anything with a $950k msrp?
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TheRealBicycleBuck
> Baeromez
02/28/2015 at 00:50 |
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Even if you ordered one, it would probably come with a similar dealer markup.
In short, because they can.
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Baeromez
> TheRealBicycleBuck
02/28/2015 at 00:52 |
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I'm just going to stop worrying about it and start saving for a nice used C5.
Satoshi "Zipang" Katsura
> ranwhenparked
02/28/2015 at 00:54 |
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Which one was it?
CAcoalminer
> Baeromez
02/28/2015 at 01:18 |
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The 918 is sold out so they are using that to their advantage.
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CAcoalminer
> TheRealBicycleBuck
02/28/2015 at 01:18 |
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The 918 is sold out so you can't order them. Also, dealer markups occur on a dealership by dealership basis. Not all of them do it.
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Baeromez
> CAcoalminer
02/28/2015 at 01:57 |
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That at least makes some amount of sense. Limited commodities usually facilitate markup, though 205% seems extreme in any case. Do you know how many units they're producing?
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CAcoalminer
> Baeromez
02/28/2015 at 02:06 |
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Oh I'm not defending them, I'm just clarifying the situation.
They're building 918 918s.
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Baeromez
> CAcoalminer
02/28/2015 at 02:26 |
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Yeah I didn't think you were siding with the dealers, I was just curious as to the production run. Nine hundred-eighteen 918's, how original. Are there really a thousand people out there clamoring for a hybrid hypercar? It just doesn't seem very 'limited.' Not to bash Porsche; the 918 is technically amazing, even to my poorly refined sensibilities.
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CAcoalminer
> Baeromez
02/28/2015 at 02:30 |
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I guess so and I agree that the production is quite high. By comparison, McLaren will only make 375 P1s and Ferrari will only make 399 LaFerraris. The markup is unfortunately even worse on the LaFerrari as you can't get a used one for less than $3 million.
philsphan09
> TheRealBicycleBuck
02/28/2015 at 07:32 |
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Car dealerships are becoming eBay. And dealerships wonder why we hate them
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philsphan09
> Baeromez
02/28/2015 at 07:34 |
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It surprises me and might just be a ploy. They were begging people to buy these a little while ago because they couldn't sell out the US allocation.
DrScientist
> TheRealBicycleBuck
02/28/2015 at 07:38 |
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but with $750 savings in fuel costs over 5 years, you'll make up that sum in no time!
Svend
> TheRealBicycleBuck
03/08/2015 at 20:41 |
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Why and how is this allowed? I understand maybe a few hundred dollars if it was a used car that had a following as used prices are pretty much whatever the person wants to pay or there is a long waiting list and someone higher on the list sells their place and walks away with the profit but on a new MSRP price at a franchise/dealership is just price gouging.