Buying a really expensive sports car comes with a lot of extras. You get extra-special service at the dealership, a bunch of extra supplies for keeping it tucked safely in your climate-controlled garage, and usually, you get to pick where the car actually gets delivered to you, in case you don’t want to drive it away from the dealership yourself.
Most people, when presented with this option, choose their home or their garage, simply because it makes things simple. The owner of this Ford Mustang GTD decided the best place to get his Nürburgring-record-setting, corner-carving supercar delivered wouldn’t be his house or even his local Ford dealer, but instead, his local Porsche dealer.
The newly minted GTD owner in question, John Alcantara (no relation to the fabric company), decided not only to get his Mustang delivered to a Porsche dealer, but also had photos taken so he could post the delivery event online for “a bit of fun,” according to comments he made on Reddit.
Why send it to Porsche? And how did he even convince them to let it happen? It seemed so silly, I just had to know. As it turns out, it was simply more convenient to get his paint protection film applied to the car, according to Alcantara. Thanks to the immense power of dealership groups, you get weird opportunities like this. So he made it happen.
“My Ford dealer is also my Porsche dealer, and my PPF shop is next door to Porsche, so they let me deliver there to avoid the hassle of a second transport,” he told me over direct message. “These cars are wiiiiide, so I wanted to avoid any risk of damage transferring.”
The funniest part of this has to be that they actually used the Porsche dealer’s delivery room for the handover ceremony, which even has a quote from Ferry Porsche overhead. I wonder if Ferry would be okay with this:
I’m not sure I’d be brave enough to face the internet wrath of Porsche purists or of Mustang guys questioning why I’m associating with a brand that’s not Ford. Alcantara, though, seemed pretty chill about it when I asked him about reactions, both in person and through the world-wide-web.
“It was a spectacle for sure! Lots of questions and bewildered looks…”
“I’m a 992 GT3 owner also. So, I think all of the competition comments are funny,” he continued. “The comments are as expected from a few folks who don’t like challenging the establishment, but surprising overall, and I love it.”
Alcantara told me he was one of just a handful of people who were allocated a GTD build slot through Ford’s “poker chip” program, where select buyers were sent a black box with a titanium poker chip embossed with the Mustang logo, signifying they could “cash in” the chip for a GTD. Tim Burton, known online through his YouTube channel Shmee150, made a big deal about showing off the chip when he published a video in 2024 revealing he’d be purchasing a GTD:
Alcantara, who took delivery of the GTD this past week, says his purchase was a near-three-year process, which included picking a custom color scheme involving a lovely shade of green, a yellow racing stripe down the middle, and lots of exposed carbon fiber.
“I was really anxious about all the custom colors that haven’t fully revealed publicly yet, and when the car came, I was relieved,” he told me. “Many of the comments have been about the spec more than the typical discussion we see on GTD, and I feel that indicates that I successfully selected the unique spec I intended. I really wanted the car to be unique and memorable, so I sort of threw caution to the wind.”
I, for one, think buyers should be doing more of this, just to drive up confusion at dealerships on a national level. Next time someone I know buys a new Nissan Z, I’m going to advise them to take delivery at the nearest Toyota dealership. Likewise, if I know someone’s buying a new Miata, they should take delivery at a Subaru dealer.
People can even go in the opposite direction. Shopping for your next Lamborghini Temerario? Why not get it delivered at your local Nissan dealer? Picking up a third Ferrari Roma to convince your dealer you’re worthy of an F80 allocation? That Buick-GMC dealer down the street is ready to take delivery.
If you’re planning on buying a flashy car in the future, ask whether you can get it delivered at a different carmaker’s dealer. We need more nonsensical silliness in this world.
Top graphic image: Source: hazardshotz on Instagram
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