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Old 02-18-2022, 06:16 PM
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Originally Posted by Faust T.
Bentley confirmed that they have 189 cars on the ship too,
that's gonna take a long time to remake them.

The factory robots will have to work a few weekends.
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Old 02-18-2022, 09:15 PM
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Just spoke to my SA, website that shows where your car is was down. He never saw that. Also said a problem no one here has brought up. One less ship to bring over the cars.
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Old 02-20-2022, 10:54 AM
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Wish I could fine one of those cars to purchase!
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Old 02-20-2022, 11:57 AM
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Originally Posted by Olddragger
Wish I could fine one of those cars to purchase!
well no one is on the ship ATM so you can just go in a pull a fast & furious and net yourself a few GT3
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Old 02-20-2022, 02:23 PM
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Originally Posted by cutandrun
The Porsche track your dream site is currently not working. No way to get info on specific cars.
This is the Macan section. We don't get Track Your Dream...
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Old 02-22-2022, 11:34 AM
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According to news this morning, the ship is being towed to the Bahamas.
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Old 02-22-2022, 12:44 PM
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Originally Posted by cometguy
Well, it's been shown that many fewer EVs catch fire than ICEVs, even if you go by a weighted ("per 1000") basis.
Gasoline is inherently more of a fire risk than are lithium batteries, which have lots of safeguards built in, and if/when solid-state batteries
come into the picture for EVs, no such vehicles will catch fire.
But, yes, it will be interesting to see where/how the fire started on this ship, in which cars are packed closely next to each other, whereby one catching fire will spread quickly to the next...
If Porsche had 1200 vehicles on that ship, one can suppose that roughly 300-400 of them (at least) were Macans...
First, I am consoling my buddy with a Macan GTS on that ship. He ordered it 6 months ago and really spent some time with the options sheet. He'll just have to wait for his new slot and will get through it.
As far as the risk of lithium vs. gasoline, at a minimum, gasoline cars require a collision or if there is a gasoline leak, you have some form of warning. The chance of a lithium battery vehicle catching fire in my garage without any warning is of serious concern to me. If I smell gasoline fumes, in most cases that can be corrected prior to being a true hazard. You have no warning with a lithium battery. It is the lack of predictability that is of main concern.
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https://www.caranddriver.com/news/a3...rgo-ship-sunk/
Time to go fishing
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Old 03-01-2022, 07:41 PM
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Originally Posted by CapitalAL
VW Marketing is doing a bang-up job there as apparently an electric model (ID,4) that resembles the offspring of a Pontiac and a Subaru is available for purchase.
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Davey Jones is joyriding for sure…;-/)😎
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Yes, 4000 cars destined for the US are buried at sea.
Delayed gratification is not tolerated well in Porsche World USA.
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