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I interrupt our regular programing to report this flash
news that I just received via Private Message from a
well connected Rennlister:
hi Eduardo
just an FYI that mambagruenmetallic (Y76) is now approved
this is it:
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This come as no surprise to some of us. You may remember the
conversation we had here with some of our knowledgeable contributors
which are listed in this post I wrote back on Jan 5th 2016 (see below):
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Something is going on with this color...and it's not the same
'Magic Bamboo Metallic' that we saw earlier on that Cayenne
or my photos taken at Porsche Leipzig last July.
But it looks like a new color (regardless what they call it) under
consideration for at least the 911 Turbo & perhaps other models!
This is a .2 991 Turbo. Note that the license plate: 'BB*CR 125',
which stands for Böblingen, Baden-Württemberg. Such plate is
often associated with a Weissach test car. So my bet is that this
is a Porsche factory vehicle, not a customer PTS car!
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Here was a similar Weissach factory gt4 in which 'Miami Blue'
was tested. I personally saw this car at Zuffenhausen during
my visit last July!
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And here is a different Turbo (with regular 'red' calipers, not PCCBs)
at Weissach as reported by someone recently here in Rennlist. It's
a .1 991 Turbo, so they were experimenting with this green metallic
color for at least one year. Coincidence that these metallic green
turbos are showing up at Weissach or with Weissach area plates,
I don't think so!
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And here was my response to the fellow that posted the photo,
although it was never subsequently determined as to the color:
So keep you eyes on this new metallic green color. It might be
the re-formulated 'Magic Bamboo Metallic' that Daniel is talking
about and that we brought up at my luncheon with 'Porsche
Exclusive' staff back in July at Zuffenhausen. Here is what I
wrote about it back in July after Daniel told me the info he had
found out just before my meeting with 'Porsche Exclusive'!
I thank Daniel (Lessthan3mph) for starting this whole discovery process.
And to the others that contributed photos & possible explanations. In the
end, we got to the bottom of this 'mystery' green metallic color..much to
the chagrin of PAG before it was officially announced. Good job, guys!
I encourage other readers of Rennlist in Germany to join us on this
'discovery voyage' into the obscure world of 'new color offerings' at
Porsche. They need to test these colors first on 'mules'...so you might
see them around Zuffenhausen, Weissach & Leipzig before the rest of
us even know that color is under consideration. So keep your eyes open...
and a camera handy!
OK does anybody or have some connections in panama the queen Ace has literally been anchored outside the canal all day with no movement somebody help call in a favor help my frog. Haha
The ship carrying my car stayed outside the canal for two days...
Please clarify. From the canal to San Diego was how long? And then how long after that did you take delivery? I'm going to read up on your thread now but figured I'd ask for the cliff notes
Cliff notes:
Jan 22: Went through the Miraflores (southern) lock
At this stage the ship was scheduled to dock on Jan 31 according to http://www.sdmis.org/schedule/
Jan 30: Ship arrives but remains south of San Diego near the Mexican border
Jan 31: Port schedule updated, now scheduled to dock on Feb 3 at 4am
Feb 3: Ship finally docks around 1.30 pm
Feb 5: PDI in according to PVMS
Feb 9: PDI finished and released for transport (Monroney printed)
Feb 11: Around 4.30 pm the vehicle is unloaded at my dealer in Torrance, CA
Feb 13: Signed paperwork etc, took delivery
Just about everyone's but mine that's sitting outside the Panama Canal with no indication of any movement anytime, just one day ill wake up and track it and see some movement hopefully. Could be a week, month, year? who knows
I'd be willing to bet a bottle of Highland Park 30 that it will be less than a year
I was thinking of heading to Hershey for the swap meet next month to check out some colors. Seems that this may be a good way to see a variety of samples in the real world vs photos. Of course the newer clear coats still change some of the look of the colors from older cars, but it's not too far a drive for me.
Any GT3/RS owners planning on going?
FWIW, Hershey also holds a Concours event in June - the Elegance. They have some amazing and rare vintage cars as well as some of the historics doing a hill climb. We were there by chance a few years ago and it was a great day.
03-16-2016, 02:59 PM
