The Waiting Game: A Porsche GT3 Production Delayed by Parts Supply Issues
Apparently, it all comes down to a parts supply issue which so many manufacturers are struggling with. In my case, it's two specific parts on my Porsche GT3 that are causing the delay. I'll reveal what they are now, but don't get too excited – they're not exactly exciting options.
The first thing is carbon ceramic brakes. When I initially put a deposit down on my car back in March, carbon ceramics were not available to be optioned on a GT3 because of the supply issue. However, when we came to lock in the spec of my car in June, they were back available again. So, I decided to go for it and add the carbon ceramics to my order. Unfortunately, they're not easy to get hold of, which is causing the delay in my car's production. My car is currently on the factory line with no brakes available to be fitted.
This is not an isolated incident; Matt Farah from The Smoking Tire had to retrofit OEM carbon ceramic brakes to his 718 Spider because Porsche has been struggling to get hold of them for over a year now. It's become a common problem, and I'm not alone in facing this issue. As a result, my GT3 is currently stuck in production limbo, with no estimated completion date to speak of.
The second part of the delay is related to the interior and pertains to the Bose sound system. The optional upgraded sound system for the GT3 can't be fitted without the Burmester sound system, which is sometimes available on other 911 models. However, the GT3 can only have one or the other – standard or Bose. Many manufacturers are struggling with sound system upgrades and fitting them to the car, so I'm not sure what to say about that. Both of these issues are holding up the production of my car, and it's frustrating to be stuck in limbo.
I've already had two previous completion dates miss their mark – one in October and another at the beginning of November. It's anyone's guess when this new date will actually happen. I'm trying not to get too worked up about it, but false hope can be a powerful thing. If only Porsche had known they wouldn't have the carbon ceramics, why start building my car? Despite the delay, I still feel incredibly fortunate to be getting a GT3 in the first place.
It's just that false hope – expecting my car to turn up at some point soon – makes it all the more disappointing when it doesn't. But even with this delay, I'm not spoiling or ungrateful. I've got a Porsche GT3 coming, which is an incredibly special thing. It's just that I'd rather have it now than wait for what feels like an eternity.
The waiting game is a tough one to play, but I'll try to make the most of it. I'm using this time to save up more money and maybe even splurge on some extras – because when my GT3 finally arrives, I want it to be worth it. I know that when I collect my car, its carbon ceramics will make all the difference. The added grip and performance will be a game-changer. But until then, I'm stuck in limbo, waiting for what feels like forever.
On a more positive note, I've got other exciting things on the horizon – including an upcoming trip to LA with Tony. If you're new here, please subscribe and turn on notifications because we have some hilarious but also epic videos lined up for that trip. It's going to be very special, and Porsche action is definitely on the agenda. The future is looking bright and strong for STG, even if my GT3 might not arrive just yet.
"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enforeign class recently behind the scenes things have been a little bit hectic I know that's kind of a cliched YouTuber thing to say oh girls I've been so busy working on some huge exciting projects that I can't tell you anything about that's literally been the case it's been flat out and whilst it's all super exciting and it means 2023 is looking like a crazy old year has meant there haven't been that Many Adventures on the channel recently don't worry that's about to change because next week myself and the co-host of my podcast Tony from gravelwood car sales are heading to Los Angeles California we're going to be doing a whole load of promotional work for the podcast including a live podcast event but we're also going to be creating some awesome content for this channel so stay tuned turn on notifications subscribe you know all the kind of usual stuff today I've managed to carve out some time to quickly head down to Porsche Guilford because if you're a regular viewer to this channel you're probably wondering where on Earth is my GT3 thank you now just in case you are new to this Channel or maybe you haven't watched any of my videos for a while and you don't know about my forthcoming GT3 let me take you back to the start of the story because in March this year I got a call from the Legends at Porsche Guildford which is where I got my 718 Cayman S my 911 Camaro T they said Sam would you like a GT3 I did have to check about C six or seven times that they've called the right Sam I was like you know this is Sam from seeing through glass smoke and they're like yep we know who you are and we'd love to offer you a cup well of course I said yeah they'll take one I don't need to ask any questions I said yeah where do I sign and that's because let's face it that's not a call you get every day rightly or wrongly not every Porsche customer gets offered a GT3 must have a fantastic relationship with a team at Porsche Gilford and as I mentioned I bought my Cayman S and Carrera tea from this dealership I was realistic in the fact that I probably wasn't that high up on their VIP list so when the offer came in I grabbed it with both hands because by that point I driven the 992 GT3 a few times and I was obsessed so I didn't want to miss out on the opportunity however the offer did come with one small caviar and that was that the team at Guildford didn't know exactly when my GT3 might arrive at that time and heck still today most manufacturers around the world are suffering with production delays so these are the best realistic delivery day was end of q1 maybe early Q2 2023. at that point I was like yeah who cares I've got a GT3 coming I don't care when it turns up but then we run into a story of a little bit of false hope because in June I got a call from Russell the salesman who's been looking after me saying Sam exciting news I've got a build slot for your car and it's October this year after some mild Financial panic I got extremely overexcited it meant that we had to lock in the spec of the car very quickly and then basically sit around and wait for an expected delivery date sometime in November well to November the car's not here the one problem with coming to a Porsche dealership to try and make a video when you're a Porsche Enthusiast is you get distracted by all the lovely stock I'm obsessed with this thing from the minute I walked in today I cannot stop staring at it it's a 718 Cayman GTS in a really classy spec black paint but look at these wheels that I personally think are fantastic give me a kind of old retro folk style Vibe and then with these kind of standard like a sport seats with the Alcantara and leather makes its pdk not manual I might have a manual car but yeah no tinted glass it's just a really elegant and classy spec this is a more traditional GTS spec a bit of a Larry color black wheels loads of stuff black elements in it looks cool it looks mean but I just I just prefer that came in It's banging speaking of banging specs though check out this 992 Turbo S I'm actually a big fan of this generation Turbo S I think it's such a complete cars a road car it's really fantastic I just love the looks but yeah this particular spec with that pain obviously the yellow calipers of the carbon Ceramics really popping it's a it's a lovely better kit obviously a little bit more practical than a GT3 it's not tempting me away in any shape or form but yeah as I say I just I do like these and that that has been really nicely put together the showroom tour continues because the juicy cars continue lovely GT4 if I spin around here also a really nice 718 spider white with the Gold Elements I think it really works even look gold spider badges contrast stitching which kind of ties in as well this one is a manual this is how I think all 17 spiders should be this is is really really nice obviously the last was the last GT3 I drove was the white car with gold wheels in Vancouver so it's kind of yeah nice tying my story together slightly but that is a big win and then you've got a sort of very mean looking black on black on black GT4 right next to it even more GT4 goodness wow they are really stocked up 718 gt4s at the moment a crayon and a silver next to it uh oh actually there we go another one white with black world's wife you want a GT4 come to Portia Guildford my God and then look at this previous gen actually no two gems ago now 991.1 GT3 this was actually my first Porsche GT car experience when I got behind the wheel of Mr jww's in Monaco all those years ago still a great car this and potentially a bit of a bargain I think it's still under 100K and yeah fantastic bit of Kit looking real nice in the showroom floor and one more very very nicely spec 992 turbo this one a Cabriolet in yellow actually a big fan of a yellow Porsche yellow 911. I don't think I'm giving anything away there in terms of my spec because I still haven't revealed my GT3 spec but it could be yellow because I do think it looks awesome especially on the 902 generation but look I've been distracted Enough by all the cars in the showroom let's get back to my GT3 well this isn't it unfortunately be lovely if it was because well that's a lovely spect car and it would also mean haha my GT3 is here but like I mentioned just a few moments ago my GT3 is not here actually don't know where it is well it the factory apparently but yeah let me talk you through what's going on the first kind of completion date we got from Porsche for my car was I think the 12th of October that I was keeping track of the build by the my Porsche app and I was also speaking regularly to Russell here at Porsche Guilford we were planning the sort of you know the collection video my first drive video getting all the sort of timelines in place it's all very exciting but then around the 13th or the 14th of October who also called me up and said ah Sam we've got a small issue completion date has been delayed the car is apparently stuck around the paint shop within the factory and now we're expecting completion kind of like the 3rd of November I was like okay yeah that's not the end of the world what's a month I've already been waiting six or seven months I can wait a bit longer and the car will still come before the end of the year I can still do my planned collection video my planned first drive video kind of made sense that maybe something would happen around the paint shop because if you don't know my car is a pts car paint to sample car means that the paint is relatively unique so you can kind of understand that maybe they didn't get it quite right they wanted to go through once again so I was chilled like I mentioned at the start of this video I got distracted with a whole load of other projects it's been that hectic time so time flew so I checked in with Russell once again on the fourth or 5th of November saying hey when can we expect the car let's let's plan a new collection video Russell called me straight away and said ah another problem Carl's still not being completed and we've got a new date of the 28th of November I was like oh because realistically that means I wouldn't be collecting the car until the start of next year because apparently from completion date in the factory it's about three or four weeks before you can then collect the car in the UK and with the Christmas holidays and all that kind of stuff this is not great let's find out what on Earth is going on apparently it all comes down to a Parts Supply issue which so many manufacturers are struggling with and there are two parts on my particular car which Porsche are struggling to get hold of I'm going to reveal what they are now so there's a little bit a little bit of a spec reveal they're actually too super boring options so don't get too excited it's not going to reveal that much the first thing carbon ceramic breaks now when I initially put a deposit down on my car back in March carbon Ceramics were not available to be optioned on a GT3 because of the supply issue but when we came to lock in the spec of my car in June they were back available again so I was like let's let's Chuck them on let's do the carbon Ceramics but apparently they are not easy to get hold of so my car is currently on the factory line with no brakes available to be fitted and I'll say this is a sort of common thing I think Matt Farah from the smoking Tire he had to retrofit OEM carbon ceramic brakes to his 718 spider because over the last couple of years they've been so hard for Porsche to get hold of the second thing actually relates to the interior and it's the Bose sound system so the optional upgraded sound system for the GT3 you can't have the Burmeister sound system which you can sometimes get in other 911s and the GT3 it's either the standard sound system or Bose and so many manufacturers I hear are struggling with not only bows but just general sound system upgrades and fitting them to the car so I don't really know what to say but those two things are what are holding up the uh the build of my car it's to say it's sitting in the factory no brakes no sound system but apparently apart from that ready to be built and the problem is we have no idea when those parts may become available again okay we have this proposed new completion date of the 28th of November or whatever it is but we've already had two previous completion dates that have been missed that one in October and the one at the beginning of November so who's to say that the new date won't also get pushed back there's nothing really I can do I can't wait to actually go back and go I don't want Ceramics anymore I don't need the sound system my spec has been locked in since June I cannot change it so it's just a waiting game and as I say I mean it's really not the end of the world I don't want to say I'm spoiled or ungrateful I've still got a GT3 coming and that's an incredibly special position to be in it's just that false hope that I mentioned which is definitely not Gilbert's fault it's Porsche's fault Porsche if you knew you didn't have the Ceramics why did you start building the car I guess because they hoped they would have those parts available once they've started that build process but yeah it is in this weird limbo now which is actually back to square one back where I was between March and June not really know when the car would turn up but at some point it wouldn't it would be a great day so I'm sorry because I know lots of you are kind of waiting for it and you want to know the spec and you want to see the car and I think you're excited for me I'm also excited but we've got to see the benefit that firstly what gives me a bit of time to save up some more money because also financially I am a little bit concerned about this thing um so yeah a bit more time to save a few more pennies will help and secondly it will just make the weight worth it even more do you know what I mean it's just gonna stretch when this car finally turns up and I finally collect it with its cover ceramic to the to Bose sound system what a day that's going to be so yes at some point I'll be back here of course your girlfriend to collect my car and what an exciting day it will be but I got plenty of other things to be excited about at the moment firstly this card I still absolutely love and adore and is sounding better than ever but as I mentioned my forthcoming trip to LA with Tony please do subscribe and turn on notifications because we have got some hilarious but also epic videos lined up for that trip so it's going to be very special and some Porsche action so my GT3 might not be here but doesn't mean there's not going to be Porsche content on this channel and as I teased right at the start there is a lot going on a lot building up in the background which means the future is looking very bright and very strong for STG anyway catch up with you soon enough\n"
