ARSGT3

Hey guys, I have a Q3 Production For my car. Still waiting to hear back from my SA and see if PTS Riviera Blue is an OK. My question is since my car is being built in The 3rd Q of 2014 (july 1st-Sept 30th) What is the usual time gap from start of production to delivery? Thanks

Mike in CA

My car entered production on 11/15/13 and was delivered to me on the West Coast on 1/13/14. That's two months, which depends somewhat on whether you get lucky with the timing of getting a car on a ship, how long it's held up in customs, etc. Being on the East Coast (I assume from your location info) you can probably knock close to a couple of weeks off of the travel time.

ARSGT3

Thanks Mike, My only concern is even if the production starts in july, You have to remember most factory are closed august in Germany so that 1month could push back the delivery quite a bit.

sgroer

I believe production take just three days, so if it starts in July, it should complete in July .

Mike in CA

It's true the factory is shut down for most of August, so that may affect when production starts for your car. But once it's built, I don't think they would let it sit around for a month even if it was built right before the shutdown. The shipping process should continue for a while even after the actual production line has shut down.

I could be wrong, but I'd still expect around two months from the time it's finished to the time you get it.

ARSGT3

Thanks guys, Hopefully all works out smoothly. The wait is killing me, I wish I could see a photo of Riviera blue on the car.

NateOZ

My dealer thought PTS would delay production by 3 to 6 months.

I've still not made my mind up if I will go forward with PTS or not, but would be looking at Riviera Blue or Mexico Blue if I do.

ARSGT3

Hey Nate, Not sure yet. Still waiting to hear back from my SA, I know 3 months will feel very long on top of the existing wait for me, But it will be well worth it I will go with Riviera blue if PTS gets a green light.

NateOZ

Yeah, the wait is the only part that has me worried about it! I think the car will look great.

lumber

I was going to go pts, but after looking at 997 gt3 in various pts colors, I think it looks better on an rs. Def wasn't worth a 3-6 month delay...

Any standard color looks great on this car.

Larry Cable

remember the PTS window may affect your production date.

ARSGT3

Larry Cable, Usually how long does PTS add to the process? Nice 997 by the way, Can you elaborate on the difference between Mexico and Riviera seeing as you have a Mexico beauty

Larry Cable

My understanding is that the factory has "PTS windows" when they will process PTS orders vs the std colors. I believe one of those windows *is* before the factory august shutdown, so you should be ok.

If you order outside these windows, then your order has to be scheduled during them, hence potential delays

Larry Cable

checkout the Rivera thread elsewhere in this forum, you can see my car next to an RB car in the sunlight.

basically MB is slightly darker (blue/red) than RB which is slightly lighter (yellow/green) in hue ... but unless you park them side by side its hard to tell the difference!

of course ...

Mexico IS BETTER!