Tariff anxiety . . .

[Paris92]

Well I just got an update to "Your Porsche is at the local entry port being readied for its final journey" at Track Your Dream" about 20 mins ago. Coming down to the wire here.

Same for me. I received the same Milestone notification...

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[r2thek]

Well I just got an update to "Your Porsche is at the local entry port being readied for its final journey" at Track Your Dream" about 20 mins ago. Coming down to the wire here.

I got that too. From Freeport Tx. How long can it take to clear customs?

 

[KombuchaBioleather]

I got that too. From Freeport Tx. How long can it take to clear customs?

Mine went through Freeport. Arrived at the port on a Saturday, cleared customs on Wednesday, arrived at the dealership on Thursday. The media reports say the tariffs will officially be announced at 4pm Eastern tomorrow, and "collections will begin" on Thursday. So, it sounds like you'll be okay as long as they clear customs by EOB tomorrow. Rooting for you guys! Good luck!

 

[r2thek]

Mine went through Freeport. Arrived at the port on a Saturday, cleared customs on Wednesday, arrived at the dealership on Thursday. The media reports say the tariffs will officially be announced at 4pm Eastern tomorrow, and "collections will begin" on Thursday. So, it sounds like you'll be okay as long as they clear customs by EOB tomorrow. Rooting for you guys! Good luck!

I was more hopeful until I read this.

 

[KombuchaBioleather]

I was more hopeful until I read this.

I think they will be motivated to get as many through customs as possible. Fingers crossed!

 

[r2thek]

I think they will be motivated to get as many through customs as possible. Fingers crossed!

That was my original thought. But who knows if they were told to slow down so they can collect more tariffs.

 

[bennksy]

The status on the Porsche app has been updated, my Porsche was scheduled to be en route to the dealer as early as tomorrow, now it’s 4/21. I am almost certainly going to be hit by the tariff which takes effect 9pm today.

has anyone seen similar updates?

 

[Fun TC Driving]

I hope you and others on this bubble are not hit by them.

 

[fubar.droid]

The status on the Porsche app has been updated, my Porsche was scheduled to be en route to the dealer as early as tomorrow, now it’s 4/21. I am almost certainly going to be hit by the tariff which takes effect 9pm today.

has anyone seen similar updates?

Yep mine shows that too...saw this on Yahoo News:

Volkswagen told its dealers that it would give more details by mid-April on pricing strategies for tariff-affected cars, and plans to begin allocating those vehicles to stores by the end of the month, the WSJ report said.

So that pretty much confirms that our Macans are affected.

 

[Paris92]

The status on the Porsche app has been updated, my Porsche was scheduled to be en route to the dealer as early as tomorrow, now it’s 4/21. I am almost certainly going to be hit by the tariff which takes effect 9pm today.

has anyone seen similar updates?

My app switched from 4/3 to now 4/21 also. I guess that's just about the end of the line for us.

Just found this in the WSJ (underline mine; my car was on the Daisy Leader until 3/31 offload):

April 2 (Reuters) - Volkswagen will introduce an "import fee" on vehicles affected by the 25% tariffs imposed by U.S. President Donald Trump, the Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday.
The German automaker has temporarily halted rail shipments of vehicles from Mexico and will hold at port cars arriving by ship from Europe, the report said, citing a memo to retailers.

 

[KombuchaBioleather]

My app switched from 4/3 to now 4/21 also. I guess that's just about the end of the line for us.

Just found this in the WSJ (underline mine; my car was on the Daisy Leader until 3/31 offload):

April 2 (Reuters) - Volkswagen will introduce an "import fee" on vehicles affected by the 25% tariffs imposed by U.S. President Donald Trump, the Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday.
The German automaker has temporarily halted rail shipments of vehicles from Mexico and will hold at port cars arriving by ship from Europe, the report said, citing a memo to retailers.

My app switched from 4/3 to now 4/21 also. I guess that's just about the end of the line for us.

Just found this in the WSJ (underline mine; my car was on the Daisy Leader until 3/31 offload):

April 2 (Reuters) - Volkswagen will introduce an "import fee" on vehicles affected by the 25% tariffs imposed by U.S. President Donald Trump, the Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday.
The German automaker has temporarily halted rail shipments of vehicles from Mexico and will hold at port cars arriving by ship from Europe, the report said, citing a memo to retailers.

Paris/Fubar/R2thek - hate this for you guys. Still hoping things work out somehow.

 

[KombuchaBioleather]

My app switched from 4/3 to now 4/21 also. I guess that's just about the end of the line for us.

Just found this in the WSJ (underline mine; my car was on the Daisy Leader until 3/31 offload):

April 2 (Reuters) - Volkswagen will introduce an "import fee" on vehicles affected by the 25% tariffs imposed by U.S. President Donald Trump, the Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday.
The German automaker has temporarily halted rail shipments of vehicles from Mexico and will hold at port cars arriving by ship from Europe, the report said, citing a memo to retailers.

For what it is worth, I joined the Porsche advisors club this morning and sent a message to them requesting that Porsche waive any tariff-related pricing increase for any vehicles that had been delivered to Port, but had not yet cleared customs as of yesterday. Cynically, I have my doubts about whether they will consider this proposal, but maybe if others on here who are also members of the advisors club echo that request, it will have some impact…? I just know how much I obsessed over this before taking delivery, and I really feel for you guys!

 

[Icculus]

My app switched from 4/3 to now 4/21 also. I guess that's just about the end of the line for us.

Just found this in the WSJ (underline mine; my car was on the Daisy Leader until 3/31 offload):

April 2 (Reuters) - Volkswagen will introduce an "import fee" on vehicles affected by the 25% tariffs imposed by U.S. President Donald Trump, the Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday.
The German automaker has temporarily halted rail shipments of vehicles from Mexico and will hold at port cars arriving by ship from Europe, the report said, citing a memo to retailers.

Same situation for me here coming off WAY FORWARD 3/31 in Davisville. My SA assures me the car "definitely" cleared customs before today and believes the TYD delay likely relates to logistical holds as indicated in the article.

Cold comfort, but some comfort nonetheless.

 

[r2thek]

For what it is worth, I joined the Porsche advisors club this morning and sent a message to them requesting that Porsche waive any tariff-related pricing increase for any vehicles that had been delivered to Port, but had not yet cleared customs as of yesterday. Cynically, I have my doubts about whether they will consider this proposal, but maybe if others on here who are also members of the advisors club echo that request, it will have some impact…? I just know how much I obsessed over this before taking delivery, and I really feel for you guys!

That should really start with any vehicle that has left the port in Germany.

 

[r2thek]

Same situation for me here coming off WAY FORWARD 3/31 in Davisville. My SA assures me the car "definitely" cleared customs before today and believes the TYD delay likely relates to logistical holds as indicated in the article.

Cold comfort, but some comfort nonetheless.

My car got unloaded of the Future Way in TX on Monday 3/31 and was (presumably) on the truck on 4/2.

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