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ORIGINAL: Mark Bennett

ORIGINAL: marlin

Hi Gary, maybe I am being a bit jaundice, was told by my dealer that myself and son would be invited to the new track at Silverstone, at the time I was buying a 997 Turbo. The visit has not happened. Very bad form [:mad:]
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I thought every new owner got an invite to this now?
I'd get back on to your dealer...
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This is quite common, I had to phone Porsche to book my slot - 0870 413 0911
 

ORIGINAL: Mark Bennett

ORIGINAL: marlin

Hi Gary, maybe I am being a bit jaundice, was told by my dealer that myself and son would be invited to the new track at Silverstone, at the time I was buying a 997 Turbo. The visit has not happened. Very bad form [:mad:]
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I thought every new owner got an invite to this now?
I'd get back on to your dealer...
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If you have to ask, it's not the same. May be they read this forum !
 
Traitors!! What! After prior 12 years of owership of Porsche's, including a couple of new 997's from my local OPC I've had very little contact or mailings since they sold my Turbo for me back in March this year. Obviously think I've moved on (and upwards [:D])
Graham
 
ORIGINAL: graham m

Traitors!! What! After prior 12 years of owership of Porsche's, including a couple of new 997's from my local OPC I've had very little contact or mailings since they sold my Turbo for me back in March this year. Obviously think I've moved on (and upwards [:D])
Graham
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If you are driving an AM you have most definately NOT moved upwards. Read 'Car of the Year' in EVO. Even the latest AM V8 fails to impress against the Porsche. It comes last out of 7 entrants. Quote 'It gets the woodern spoon'. As for the DBS:
"For your own sake, Aston, please stop claiming this is a hardcore sports car. It isn't."
 
"upwards" said with [:D] and more like a [&:] - for sure since getting the AM I've had a lot more dealer contact than ever did with Porsche aftersales - unfortunately more often than not for the wrong reasons!
Dynamically I would say the Porsche is without doubt a better car, but the Aston is certainly more of 'an occasion' to drive, live with and be seen in - the car turns heads and sounds fantastic.
The problem with my local OPC seems the high turnover of Sales staff - Letter of Intent with one guy, Order placement with another, Car handover with yet another - probably wouldn't know any the showroom staff now. This is a fact that I discussed with the Dealer Principle six months ago when I was contemplating what to replace the Turbo with - he has since moved on!
You hear about Sales slipping and not shifting cars, but they're hardly pro-active in contacting previous customers or developing rapport.
We regularly get mailings and invites to BMW/Mini events from both my local dealerships - and Mini are, I believe less affected by the current financial situation. Now is this because they are pro-active and aren't restung on their laurels?
I have got a LoI for a Panamera, and get 'taster' emails and 'micro-site' links from Porsche marketing, will have see what approach I get from my dealer as the run up to the launch date comes?
Graham
 
Well of course Aston are desperate to sell. In fact I have heard that they are offering up to £30K off new AMV8s. You don't get a penny off a Porsche (yet). True sales are down, but Porsche profits are still at record highs and world wide sales are actually up! So Porsche can sub the UK OPCs a little. I also take your point about continual contact with your dealership due to faults. True Porsche may not be the brand you buy with your heart, more with your head and I totally accept that the AMV8 looks and sound great. But Porsche is the sensible option because it is about as reliable as any complex car can be.

ps my Porsche also looks great, pity about the sound but we will fix that soon [:D]
 
Its shocking really Graham!, you are surely the type of person that Porsche GB and your OPC should be courting, as a previous owner of many of their cars who has moved to another marque of similar standing.
Its not even hard for them as they have your details!!

I can't even start to disagree of the pull of the Aston over the Porsche, its just a shame that the Product has not been up to what you may have hoped, my friend had one and never had an issue with it.
With hinds sight I bet they wish they had never marketed the AMV8 as the 911 slayer because its a fine example of a sports car in its own rights that had a large pole to jump.

Derek, I'm not sure that the 911 will ever sound like the AMV8 :p no matter how much money you spend..

But back on topic, I have a Porsche USB stick [:)]

garyw
 
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