Track Your Dream ---- Porsche's Status for you Ordered Uber Machine!
Posted: Sun Aug 13, 2023 6:49 am
With a Chalk GTS coming my way, I have been enjoying the information Porsche provides to those buyers who order a Porsche vehicle. Since I sold vehicles for a very long time, I was very aware of the " Magical Word " estimate, because it often becomes the harbinger of frustration and unintended worry. I was pretty shocked with how soon things proceeded once my order was in, but as I expected things flip - flopped almost immediately. I was getting info on my exciting build in Zuffenhausen only to question the map they posted under " My Porsche " as it showed a spot on the map in Northern Deutschland! Now it helped that I had lived in Germany as a young man, and I was quite aware that Zuffenhausen is a suburb of Stuttgart, but I imagined many who saw this on their build map were not even aware. Did some checking , and bingo, I have a VolksPorsche, since the car was produced in Osnabruck, a main plant fur das People's Wagen! No worries because more investigation found this had been in the plans for awhile , done before, and the upgrades to produce mein liddle SportzKar had many other buyers getting the Osnabruck build. Not long after finding this out I saw a personalized license plate that read " NottaVW " and that struck me a very humorous. I found out other individuals who checked their Vin numbers and found a letter K seven back from the end were able to identify the vehicle as a Osnabruck production model.
Now , not to make this into a small book, I got various date changes initially , with a Sept. 26 delivery date for what I thought was a final date for the Cayman. Just a few days after that I got a new note saying my car was done , on its way to Emden and should be in my hands by August 23-24 --- ausgezeichenet!! I was stunned and then I got another note stating September 26 for my delivery ( the original date ) at Porsche of Omaha , followed by a day later popping up as August 26th. So now you understand how exact the Germans are, they told me things were just estimates and boy were they correct, but it also made things exciting.
TYD ( track your dream ) has been fun once it left the Port of Emden, but I did want to add one little note for those who order a Porsche in the future or have one in the works. Please note the fun maps they send you, everyday, once the car leaves the German Port, are not quite accurate. It will show the ship crossing the Atlantic or other oceans for those around the World, and you can track the ship as it crosses the ocean with your little bundle of joy. The key, though, is to ask your Salesperson what Ocean Transport your vehicle is on , and they will be able to give you the actual name. Once you have the name go to " Marinetraffic.com " and do a search for your ship. This is helpful because the position on your TYD map from Porsche is not visually correct. While my car appeared to be about 200 miles off the coast of NYC, it was actually docked in the Baltimore area. Today it looks like it is off the coast of Georgia, but instead it is moored in Jacksonville harbor.
So, have fun watching the progress and for those who just ordered or plan to, I hope this pamphlet ( I did not quite make a book out of this ) is helpful and makes the process more fun?!
Now , not to make this into a small book, I got various date changes initially , with a Sept. 26 delivery date for what I thought was a final date for the Cayman. Just a few days after that I got a new note saying my car was done , on its way to Emden and should be in my hands by August 23-24 --- ausgezeichenet!! I was stunned and then I got another note stating September 26 for my delivery ( the original date ) at Porsche of Omaha , followed by a day later popping up as August 26th. So now you understand how exact the Germans are, they told me things were just estimates and boy were they correct, but it also made things exciting.
TYD ( track your dream ) has been fun once it left the Port of Emden, but I did want to add one little note for those who order a Porsche in the future or have one in the works. Please note the fun maps they send you, everyday, once the car leaves the German Port, are not quite accurate. It will show the ship crossing the Atlantic or other oceans for those around the World, and you can track the ship as it crosses the ocean with your little bundle of joy. The key, though, is to ask your Salesperson what Ocean Transport your vehicle is on , and they will be able to give you the actual name. Once you have the name go to " Marinetraffic.com " and do a search for your ship. This is helpful because the position on your TYD map from Porsche is not visually correct. While my car appeared to be about 200 miles off the coast of NYC, it was actually docked in the Baltimore area. Today it looks like it is off the coast of Georgia, but instead it is moored in Jacksonville harbor.
So, have fun watching the progress and for those who just ordered or plan to, I hope this pamphlet ( I did not quite make a book out of this ) is helpful and makes the process more fun?!