Salary Sacrifice Schemes

[Chris_S]

New here so thanks for having me!

I’ve just ordered Taycan 4S with Octopus Electric Cars (OEV) via my employers salary sacrifice scheme.

I’m hoping for a 4S in gentian blue, beige leather with the 21 inch RS spyder alloys.

Its a good deal mainly due to tax breaks of the salary sacrifice scheme which reduces monthly payments by about 50% (fluctuating depending on income) but also because I do not need to pay a deposit and the inclusion of insurance, servicing, tax, home charger and damage cover.

All great but OEV have said it’s a 2 year wait - this feels completely out of line with other sources?

Does anyone else on here have experience of using salary sacrifice schemes, are you experiencing similar lead times? OEV have also said I can’t speak directly with the dealer and all comms should be with them.

Any help or similar experiences greatly received!

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[Jin]

there's a few of us on this thread who are on sal sac through Zenith or Lex autolease direct.

the wait times seem to be around ~18 months for lease orders. I ordered in October 2022 and been told to expect delivery Feb/March 2024.

Which dealer has your order been placed with? a lot of the lease orders seem to go to Prosche (at least for the Zenith and Lex orders I've seen). If Cambridge had a majority of the lease orders, you could envisage that adding to the backlog!

I'm 3 months in on my wait and reading this forum regularly doesn't help ease the anticipation!

I've just had a look on the Lex wait times page and its showing March 2024 dates

 

[AGDunc]

I ordered my GTS late Feb last year via a salary sacrifice scheme (Tusker). My car is now in the country and I should be collecting in 2 weeks.

I’ve seen others say you wait longer for an allocation on a SS scheme but maybe I just got lucky

 

[Sand dancer]

I was with Zenith and ordered my RWD ST in June 22 and pick it up next week.

my experience is the SS firms don’t know how long it takes, the real info comes from your dealer /SA.

 

[Jin]

I ordered my GTS late Feb last year via a salary sacrifice scheme (Tusker). My car is now in the country and I should be collecting in 2 weeks.

I’ve seen others say you wait longer for an allocation on a SS scheme but maybe I just got lucky

which dealer was that through?

 

[AGDunc]

which dealer was that through?

It’s being managed by the corporate UK sales team

 

[Jin]

It’s being managed by the corporate UK sales team

with Porsche Cambridge?

 

[Chris_S]

there's a few of us on this thread who are on sal sac through Zenith or Lex autolease direct.

the wait times seem to be around ~18 months for lease orders. I ordered in October 2022 and been told to expect delivery Feb/March 2024.

Which dealer has your order been placed with? a lot of the lease orders seem to go to Prosche (at least for the Zenith and Lex orders I've seen). If Cambridge had a majority of the lease orders, you could envisage that adding to the backlog!

I'm 3 months in on my wait and reading this forum regularly doesn't help ease the anticipation!

I've just had a look on the Lex wait times page and its showing March 2024 dates

Thanks, mine is coming from Porsche Centre Wilmslow, no idea if thats good or bad!

I only ordered it last week but already feels like getting updates is painful - I get the feeling it’s going to be a long ride!

I hope it’s worth the wait.

 

[MrB]

which dealer was that through?

If it’s Tusker it’ll be Porsche Exeter unless they’ve changed suppliers.

 

[Chris_S]

If it’s Tusker it’ll be Porsche Exeter unless they’ve changed suppliers.

I see yours has been delivered, nice spec!

What were your timeframes and can you remember how long it took from deposit to allocation?

 

[MrB]

I see yours has been delivered, nice spec!

What were your timeframes and can you remember how long it took from deposit to allocation?

Hiya,

I still think I was remarkably fortunate. I ordered mine in May 2021 and it arrived at the end of October that year. It has been suggested that if you really spec them up, they may be prioritised. I can’t speak to that with any authority but mine certainly did arrive quickly in comparison to some colleagues who didn’t lose their head on the configurator the way i did!

 

[AGDunc]

with Porsche Cambridge?

No, I'm collecting my car from Colchester, but again, the process is managed by Porsche's UK corporate team. Colchester haven't really had anything to do with the order

 

[Jin]

I'm going to have a play at getting a UK lease tracker together (similar to this) if people find it useful... if only to help pass the 14 odd months wait I still have

will post a link when I have something

 

[Chris_S]

I'm going to have a play at getting a UK lease tracker together (similar to this) if people find it useful... if only to help pass the 14 odd months wait I still have

will post a link when I have something

Great idea - would be interesting to see!

 

[DaddyCool]

I recently transferred my personal purchase of a Taycan to my company scheme with Tusker, having been on the waiting list since Nov 21. The complication arose when Tusker deal only with fleet sales, which meant that my dealer had to be willing to transfer to fleet sales and that the dealership already had an arrangement. Luckily the dealership (Bolton, UK) is owner by Stratstone, which is again owned by Pendragon PLC, with whom Tusker deal with. Took a bit of digging with Tusker but got there.

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