Covid-19 - are you cancelling?

Are you cancelling due to Covid-19


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I put a deposit down in January 2019, but I was waiting to order so that I could test drive a 4S, but also waiting to see some of the color choices in person rather than just photos. I was planning on buying the Frozen Blue, as the car will be for my wife and she loves light blue, but sometimes light blues don't look good on all vehicles.....so maybe Mamba Green to be daring, or white or silver to be boring but beautiful and safe choice.

Now with the Coronavirius, Goldman Sachs has already predicted -6% downturn in the first quarter in GDP, -24% downturn in GDP in the second quarter.....rates only matched in the USA during the Great Depression of the 1930s. Of course lot of the drop is due to the forced or voluntary lockdowns and will bounce back as soon as the health crisis is over, but there will be catastrophic permanent economic damage will have been done. how much is the only question...

I am a commercial landlord with office buildings specializing to leasing to small businesses, mostly mom and pop start up business, so I am definitely going to wait this one out to see the full impact of the massive economic recession on my real estate business. I have to be prepared to collect only half the rental payments, or less! I also was planning on completely remodeling (completely gut and rebuild) our highrise condo and put that on hold as well. Sadly, I realize there will be millions and millions people will think the same about spending, which then produces a self-fulfilling prophecy of the economic downturn , just making it worse.

So yes, the worldwide coronavirus pandemic definitely made be put my purchase on indefinite hold
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Just been told UK dealers closing this week for a minimum period of 3 months .
 
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Told by who?

I've asked them to get my car in for this week----let's see :eek:
 
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Just been told UK dealers closing this week for a minimum period of 3 months .

My dealer principal says they have had nothing from Porsche GB to this effect. Seems to be just like those fake whatsapp messages :D
 

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My dealer principal says they have had nothing from Porsche GB to this effect. Seems to be just like those fake whatsapp messages :D
Agree, definitely sounds like fake news. .... just like the messages on Facebook saying 5G has caused the virus! :facepalm:
 


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This is very timely.

here’s an interesting question. Let’s say my car is delayed until 3rd or 4th quarter when they are rolling out a 2021
Version. What would that look like? These times truly are novel.
 

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Just been told UK dealers closing this week for a minimum period of 3 months .
We have no idea what things are going to be like a couple weeks from now, so making a decision about 3 months seems strange and unnecessary.
 

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For people who lease it's an uncertain development in time, especially if your own company is involved.
Better just buy, at least you have a back up... sort of.
 


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With the complete mess this world is currently in and with no sign of when things will get better I know a lot of people who are really apprehensive buying such expensive metal at this time. If you are still to take delivery are you contemplating cancelling your order at all?
YES- canceled last week more for the reason of late delivery for a 2020 car and will wait an order a 2021 when I am sure all "bugs" are fixed.
 

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YES- canceled last week more for the reason of late delivery for a 2020 car and will wait an order a 2021 when I am sure all "bugs" are fixed.
Received just now
Porsche Taycan Covid-19 - are you cancelling? 356E1F1B-AA7A-48C6-A344-0CBCA0AE0B48
 
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Fuck me I just got the same! Yikes - No idea when we will be getting our cars now. Apparently big announcement on the way from BJO tonight too here in the UK - time to fasten the seat belts I say...
 

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Fuck me I just got the same! Yikes - No idea when we will be getting our cars now. Apparently big announcement on the way from BJO tonight too here in the UK - time to fasten the seat belts I say...
Sorry to say — I told you so .
Hopefully the few Taycans now at UK Distribution will be delivered before full shutdown.
 
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I don't think anyone will have deliveries in the UK now - not before May anyway

My dealer is closed as of 5.30pm today! (Hatfield is owned by Porsche GB not a sub dealer)
 
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The email above is from Sytner which is not owned by Porsche GB. The email from Porsche GB states they are closed - no further information on deliveries on that email.
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