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Just decals - wasn't sure I would like it so didn't want to do something too extreme.
Originally Posted by AC SATCO
Nate,
Why dont you have the car yet? Car reasons? You traveling for business?
I hope you get together soon!
I have it, but it's just at storage. It was trailered for new car prep, then trailered from their to storage. I saw it when it was last at the dealer. Hopefully we get some better weather and I'll take it out soon!
Here are some pics of my "RS Grun" PTS car. It's an amazing color that really changes with the light. Very similar to Signal Green, but definitely a little different in person.
Can you double check & see if the actual PTS color is
not 'Acid Green' but actually 'Lichtgrün / Birch Green',
color code 253?
'Acid Green' has been recently approved. It's pretty close
to 'Lichtgrün'..but I didn't think it was approved in time for
the 991 gt3 RS which had a color deadline of July 2015!
Thanks!
Saludos,
Eduardo
Scottsdale
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Originally Posted by GT3RS-Fan1
Hello Eduardo (Z356),
My car may be done tomorrow or at the latest this Wednesday.
I will check the color code for sure and will let you know.
Drive safe,
Florencio (GT3RS-Fan1)
Originally Posted by lessthan3mph
According to ptsrs (Will), this is birch. From his instagram:
Confirmed by the owner as Lichtgrün / Birch Green (253).
His Instagram is http://instagram.com/andrewwmarks.
This also has several Porsche Exclusive CXX upgrades outside
and inside.
Thank you for the follow up Florencio, Daniel, Joker & Will!
I had a gut feeling the color was 'Lichtgrün/Birch Green'.
It is one of my favorite vintage colors from the early 911
period, although it was introduced in MY1974.
It was also one of the colors chosen for the Penske 'International
Race of Champions' 911 RSR's. Read more on this other thread
I recently posted:
Originally Posted by Z356
Congratulations Mike. That color is simply stunning on the
RS! Enjoy it in good health. For the record, here is Mike's
former 1974 911 RSR /IROC VIN #9114600040.
For more info on this & other IROC 1974 colors see the following
(two) links:
IMO, acid green is the wildest color Porsche has.
I would have def ordered it if it were available back
last July.
A little history. At Porsche, I remember seeing 'Acid Green'
paint first on the calipers of the 918 Spyder prototypes.
It was followed up by the same color calipers & lower rear view mirrors
on the Limited Edition 911 Turbo S for the 918 owners...
Since 'Acid Green' interior trim seat accents were available on the
918, customers started to request the color 'Acid Green' as PTS for
that exclusive model. I found out about the request when I attended
The Thermal 918 test driving date after talking to Melissa Witek at
the Nov 2013 event!
And at a follow up driving test in June of 2014, I specifically
addressed the topic of 'Acid Green' feasibility study for the 918...
before it was even considered for the regular 991 or 981 series.
As of that date, Melissa confirmed to me that 'Acid Green' had
not yet been approved for the 918 & suggested that those interested
had the option of going with 'Lichtgrün/Birch Green' (253) since
it was almost similar.
Eventually, 'Acid Green' was approved for the 918...
as well as an alternative version called 'Acid Green Metallic'!
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As with many of the special paints allowed for VIP 918 customers
(for example 'Sport Classic Grey'), 'Acid Green' was finally approved
for regular 991/718 customers. But that happened fairly recently.
As of Feb 2016 it wasn't approved...or even under feasibility. And
then mysteriously it shows up on the latest approved PTS list (which
is probably dated in April of 2016), but with no change status. So my
guess is that it was approved & included on the March 2016 PTS
list initially.
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Originally Posted by AC SATCO
Signal Grun
Looks familiar...I wonder where I have seen
this color before on a gt3?
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Originally Posted by GT3RS
Signal Yellow...
Another color that looks intimately familiar to me...
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Originally Posted by RSRRacer
2500 miles and growing!
Nice...shame it couldn't be a zero cost option rather than PTS on the
991 gt3 RS!
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Originally Posted by cantdrive55
here's my mexico blue... the best dealer in the world - beachwood - had the photos taken by flat 6 photowerks...
Lovely 'Mexico Blue'...another vintage early 911 color! Beachwood
does seem to have some great photographers on hand to do special
shots of their customer's cars!
I assume all PTS orders are delayed an additional four
to six months or has that time delay been reduced?
The normal time delay to PTS, from what I was told by the
previous manager of 'Porsche Exclusive' in the US (Sascha
Glaeser), is three months. That is from the time when your
dealer inputs into the PCNA/PAG order book computer system
(assuming your dealer has allocation for a particular model
& the PTS window is open according to PAG) to the actual
production date of your vehicle. It can be longer than that...
as most 991 gt3 RS owners found out...but never less than
that! The delays of PTS orders on the 991 gt3 RS are well
documented. I'll let the owners that have experienced the
delays comment on it.
Eduardo. Nice to see you finally noticed my car!
We have something in common. I think the fact
you chose signal adds value to my car haha.
It's been a busy couple of months. We sold Carmel,
found a place in Scottsdale, moved out of a home we
had lived for 16 years & are presently arranging the
move of all our 'stuff' to Arizona. To say it's been
'hectic' time in the past 90 days is an understatement.
But, having said all of that, who hasn't taken note
of your new 'Signal Green' 991 gt3 RS! I think I first
saw it on CNN's Headline News...or was that 'Good
Morning America'? And then the threads on Rennlist.
So yes, we have noticed it for sure! It looks great.
Congratulations! Enjoy it in good health!
And yes, I love the many shades of PTS 'Green' at
Porsche. 'Signal Green' 217, 22S & W25...all lovely.
Then there is 'Lichtgrün/Birch Green', 'Chartreuse/
Lindgrün', 'Gelbgrün', 'Grün', 'Reingrün/Pure Green',
'Olive', etc. So yes, I am enchanted with the PTS
'greens' at Porsche!
You probably have already answered this question,
but what color did you use for your 'Yellow' trim
accent paint? It looks lighter than 'Speedgelb'!
The delays of PTS orders on the 991 gt3 RS are well documented. I'll let the owners that have experienced the delays comment on it.
This is not in any way a complaint as I have a GT3 to keep me busy, just commenting on PTS build times. I have a PTS RS arriving soon (6/24). Originally, the car was scheduled for delivery in November if no PTS. Once I got PTS, I couldn't turn the opportunity down no matter the delay. The car was pushed to April, then May, then July and now back to late June.
Here are some pics of my "RS Grun" PTS car. It's an amazing color that really changes with the light. Very similar to Signal Green, but definitely a little different in person.
Eduardo. If you check out the 991 room there's a thread on
PTS. Someone in there claims that in 2015 Porsche delivered
9800 911s in the USA. And out of those (including every 991
911, GT cars and all) that there was only 109 PTS 911s delivered.
I find that to be so low but he was adamant that it's a fact. Can
you check out that thread and chime in. I find that to be so low.
But you never know.
AC: It would be helpful if you can identify the thread
& post that your are referring to.
It would indeed be 'news' to see the source of information
for the 109 Porsches done in PTS for MY2015. I have never
been privileged to that information...and I have asked many
times. Same for the exact colors done in any given year in
recent times. But keep in mind that low numbers of PTS in
MY2015 is to be expected. In the early Fall of 2014, PAG
announced a moratorium on all PTS at Porsche, allegedly
to get their 'act together' with regards to the PTS process.
They were having some quality issues which were documented
here at Rennlist & PAG decided to look into how to improve
the entire PTS process.
There is mounting evidence that the approx. 30 PTS 991 gt3s built
in March 2015 as late allocations in just three colors ('Signal Green',
'Arena Red Metallic' & 'Fashion Grey') were a manufacturing test run
to see whether or not the new, improved PTS methods & planned
logistics at Porsche were working as planned. More about this
interesting new 'development' (or twist in the story) in a future
post on this other thread:
05-17-2016, 04:01 PM
