MY GT2 RS GOT STOLEN FROM ME!!!”
Sorry, the planned arrival party of my GT2 RS will be cancelled. I had even been talking to the new President of Porsche Motorsport North America Mr. D Armbruster and Dieter (former founder of ANDIAL) among other people this June during the Pikes Pike Race to the Clouds that I might seriously race my coming GT2 RS there next year in the street car category. I have also mentioned this to the people at the dealership to enhance the allocation of the GT2 RS. I have talked about this for few years before with my different race cars, but ow I had the winning car, I thought. I have been Porsche car enthusiast, customer and collector for more than 3 decades and raced Porsches for several years. Now the Dream of me getting my GT2 RS was “stolen from me” by local Wichita Porsche dealership individual/s. And the light of my passion for Porsche is in danger. This was my most waited car and a huge excitement.
Below is, first, my letter to the local dealership, after finding out losing my car from them and below the story how I ended up getting the allocation for the car in the first place. I have changed the names to protect the innocent and guilty:
9/11/18 Wichita, KS. Klaus Viljanmaa
A (one of the owners of the new dealership),
I was waiting for your call, but I get the message, unfortunately that you are not honoring the allocation that I have been given over a year ago.
I had two calls with Mr. AN (from Porsche North America). In both calls yesterday and today he agreed that I should have the car, and Porsche had no problem with my car history. I fully told you, Mr. N as well as your sales manager that I had no intention on selling this car. Mr. N told me that he encouraged Mr. J Hamburger (sales manager of the local dealer) to sell the car to me. He confirmed this to me today over the phone. My wife was there both times to verify that.
Clearly it is you and Mr. Hamburger who have problems in the way you do your business, I guess. The cars that I have sold had clear reasons: two were gifts for my wife that she did not care for as being a mother of 3 and needing a car seat,… 3rd; GT3 I wrecked at COTA, the GT3 RS I traded in as I got the allocation for the GT2 RS, the other one was my brother’s car, not mine. Never before in my past or ordering this car or anytime before this week has my car history been a problem. During the many, many phone calls and texts with B A (my contact at local dealer) over the past year or with Mr. Hamburger, did anyone ever indicate that you were planning on taking my allocation away. I feel it is more of an excuse.
Again, Porsche North America had no problem with me getting the car nor my history. I feel this as a personal “attack" and I have several people who know the history of my getting the allocation for this car. As a loyal Porsche customer and racing Porsches and promoting the #1 ANDIAL Porsche Cup Car in 2014 for Porsche Motorsport North America, these factors have given me the opportunity to get these allocations brought here to Wichita. Mr. Bobby C and Scholfield and their entire team have always treated all of their customers with loyalty and respect. They never would have treated a loyal customer like myself or anyone else as you are choosing to do. They were honest and fair, and didn’t steal allocations from customers. Many people can verify this also.
There were so many untruthful statements (that even Porsche corrected) made during this whole process that I even mentioned it would be difficult to do business with your sales manager.
A few close Porsche enthusiasts have stated their opinion that the greadyness from the dealership/management has taken precedence over a loyal customer. That was not my personal comment. After what you have decided, I can not feel comfortable working with you and I will not lie to all of the people waiting for me to get the car from different multi car brand clubs in town and those wanting to throw a party for the arrival of the car (not for me). Everyone in the car clubs have known for the last year that I had gotten the allocation for this GT2 RS and were anxious for my delivery in November. This will be very sad and unreal to so many people.
Regards
Klaus S. Viljanmaa
The story behind all this”
“$$$ THEY STOLE MY GT2 RS FOR MORE $$$” (#)
Since July 25th, 2016, President, Mr. Robert A. Cuillo and General Manager of Porsche Wichita, Mrs. Melody Matulewic, of The Wichita Luxury Collection (Sholfield, currently Walser), did their best to secure the Porsche GT2 RS for me. I have had an awesome relationship with the dealership, them and lot of other people, that I also consider as personal friends for a very long time. This has been the case even in 2007 when the dealership (before Mr. Cuillo and Mrs. Matulewic were working there) declined to sell me 3 Porsches on my first visit. I guess they were afraid I was taking them back to my homeland, Finland. Since then I have purchased several new Porsches (911’s, GT2, GT3, GT3 RS, Cayanne,…) and other luxury brands only from them. My other favorite dealership in town is Davis Moore that I purchased brands Scholfield did not carry; Lincoln, Viper, Dodge and Fiat.
The GT2 RS was allocated/built with my options and with my name/customer number on July 5th, 2017. Awesome Mrs. Matulewic confirmed this via email on that day. The dealership was able to get the car with their personal and valuable relationships they had with Porsche and with the help of my Porsche purchasing and Porsche racing history. With my Porsche Motorsport North America/racing co-operation I was able to get special allocation cars to the local dealership.
I have had a special deal with the Wichita Luxury Collection/Scholfield where I had a small discount on the car and options for the car. This deal kept me loyal for over 10 years. As I have stated before, I have not bought anther new or used Porsche (except the Carrera GT), MB, Jaguar, BMW or Lexus anywhere else.
A few months ago I was communicated that the new owners would not honor the discount deal we had when I ordered my GT2 RS. I had a few quite unpleasant discussions about the topic in the past 3 weeks with the new sales manager. At the end we got a “settlement resolution where I lost considerable $$$’s. I communicated that I was not happy about it, but I suggested to move on. I still had the car, but for more $’s.
Two days ago I got a call from the sales manager that they are no longer honoring my order and I will not be getting my GT2 RS from the local dealer and that they cannot give me another allocation either. I guess they had decided to sell “my GT2 RS” “to bring in more money” to someone else. I tried to talk to the sales manager and kindly requested to talk to one of the owners of the dealership, and I also emailed them about this request. Two days ago and yesterday I also talked to Porsche North America’s representative who promised to try to talk to the sales manager (of the local dealership) to change his mind. So, even two days ago and yet yesterday (between talking to Mr. A W, the one of owners of the dealership) Porsche is on my side and agrees that I should have the car. According to Mr. A. W my car history had created concerns to Porsche and the dealership to sell me the car. As stated before from Porsche this is not their opinion, but false statement by the dealership/Sales Manager.
With questionable (with lack of true facts, my Porsche history etc.) statements made by the sales manager (to the owners of dealership), according to him the new owners decline to give my GT2 RS, that I helped the dealership to get. I must have stepped on someone’s small feet.
Mr. A W promised to call me back later yesterday if they will sell me the car or not. I was not awarded with a call, but an email that they will not honor me getting the car that was ordered for me.
This is wrong, maddening, sad and greedy. Sorry, car enthusiast’s of Wichita. The planned arrival party will not be held.
(#) = opinion from several people who had heard about the case and know the true history
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