All dealers have a secondary "B" list where someone magically gets moved up to the "A" list at the same time the GM starts to wear a new Daytona, LOL. I love the brand as much as many of us do and while the brand has its rules for allocating slots to the dealers, the dealers play by their own set of rules of course set by them.
Yes, in line VS coupe, no complaints but a spider, happy to Daytona drop F pawn shop. Curious if the 296 spider is tighter smaller door opening vs coupe - ?
For sure. I know one of the very few spiders here went to a VIP who buys one of every model and is pending an SF90XX. He was basically a given, along with the SP3 customer and their F80 customer, and a few of the billionaires here who order everything. I get that objectively my own customer history doesn’t put me in the top 10%, but the actual source of the disappointment is that I came up with a game plan in detail years ago with my rep and was doing what my salesman advised. When offered the Roma Spider and Purosangue we had direct discussions about whether it would advance my goals, and I was reassured it wasn’t needed for the two cars I wanted to shoot for in the long term. This is all privileged lamentation about expectations not being met, and I get that the circle of sympathy is very small. I’m still a working stiff for whom these orders are large commitments.
I think the door is the same, however, you lose the deck behind the seat because of the top storage. When the seat is all the way back, the seat sits at a 90% angle. With the GTB, you can recline the seat back with it all the way back. Very similar to the Lamborghini Huracan Spiders. For a 6 foot guy like me, it was not ideal, so I went with the GTB. The GTS would still work, but it would be a bit uncomfortable choosing between reclining the seat and leg room.
I'd be surprised if your rep is still around from several year's ago. LV Ferrari has had a lot of turnover in the last couple years. Additionally, since the Raiders came to LV that hasn't helped, and will get worse with more sports teams coming to Vegas. Dealers love catering to pro players. They always find a way to get them a car.
So much wrong with this. You of all people should be treated better, if not at least decently. Both of which you were not.
My opinion on allocations, FWIW. The VIPs all get an allocation. Next, the dealership uses the special cars to get rid of inventory that has stagnated. That normally goes to a person who otherwise would never get an allocation. So they have a super high spec SF90 new that someone backed out on. It’s been sitting for months. They say, buy this and the VS allocation is yours. Next, they go to great, non-VIP customers.
Thx makes sense. 458 16M Speciale fine as are others - 296 Spider is tough at 6'2 - maybe best for VS coupe.
Because you can't sit in these unless you attend debut - prior only the track versions offered CF lower seat height / less cushion. Only recently can you get the same seats in carbon of std models. Yes most people don't, to each their own.
I just sold my 296GTS (owned under a year) back to my dealer as Ferrari as they said it was ok to sell it and still got approved me for a 296VS Spider (most likely Atelier and possibly TM). They did want me to only do that if I bought another Ferrari, which was the plan, so I have an Atelier 812GTS coming in now. I was happy they can bend the rules a bit for me, I'm sure others as well if you ask and have good relationship with the dealer and brand as I do. Probably helps I have 3 other Ferraris as well and 1 more on order other then the 296vs.
At 6'2 went with race seats - haven't tried a helmet but it will be close, spider will help. I'd sell my GTS back at 6 months, SF90 anchor til XX. Interesting Ferrari is allowing this,
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