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Old 04-25-2015, 09:31 PM
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Okay, now that my GTS Club Coupe is configured and the order is in, pretty much the big loose ends are tied up. Researching and figuring out the details of the order was something that I could at least "do" or of which I could be in control.

So now I wait.

Do any of you sagacious rennlisters who have been thorough this (custom order) before me have any particular favorite coping mechanisms for the wait that you'd like to share?

Thanks in advance!
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Same here.... Club Coupe ordered and now waiting. Try watching the WEC series on Fox. Next week is Spa
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Hookers and blow.
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Originally Posted by LexVan
Hookers and blow.
LOL, i was gonna say:


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Can't wait!

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Originally Posted by mathfuzzy
Okay, now that my GTS Club Coupe is configured and the order is in, pretty much the big loose ends are tied up. Researching and figuring out the details of the order was something that I could at least "do" or of which I could be in control.

So now I wait.

Do any of you sagacious rennlisters who have been thorough this (custom order) before me have any particular favorite coping mechanisms for the wait that you'd like to share?

Thanks in advance!
there is none! ... Ive been waiting since before 11/06/14 for my ED of the GTS Cabriolet, its 3 weeks away and I'm still going nuts...

I spend a lot of time on the configurator (double guessing by build) and also watching youtobe videos of the car...

AARGH...
Old 04-26-2015, 03:48 PM
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Originally Posted by Monetthecat
Same here.... Club Coupe ordered and now waiting. Try watching the WEC series on Fox. Next week is Spa
+1 ... will be awesome ... what channel is it showing on? NBC Sports?
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copious amounts of red wine!!!!

So worth the wait though! I have GTS love....
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Originally Posted by Larry Cable
+1 ... will be awesome ... what channel is it showing on? NBC Sports?
Saturday 7:30CT Fox Sports 1. Silverstone was fantastic 2 weeks ago
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Not sure why I didn't think about hookers and blow!

I've decided to ban myself from the configurator. It was either going to drive me crazy, drive my salesman crazy or, most likely, both of us.

WEC is a great call. Particularly Spa next weekend.

This helped - I took the bike out for some early morning exercise. For you Bay Area folks - 92 to Skyline to 84 to Pescadero to 1 to 92 and back home. At 6 am the roads were dry and basically had them to myself. Here's 7 am at Pescadero Beach:




And I spent a big chunk of yesterday with some Bay Area (and a distinguished visitor from Katy Texas) 993 Rennlisters at Alice's and then Canepa. Here's a shot from the workshop floor:





For those in similar straits, I'll add an item to the list of coping mechanisms: stay busy with other motorized things.
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Stay away from the configurator, particularly once your order is locked!
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Originally Posted by Larry Cable
I spend a lot of time on the configurator (double guessing by build) and also watching youtobe videos of the car...

AARGH...
Same, I had 4 months of wait and I spent a ridiculous amount of time watching every 991 related video on Youtube... plus combing through the past 24 months of Rennlist threads too.

As much as I'd love to say time will fly by we all know that is not true...
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Originally Posted by Monetthecat
Saturday 7:30CT Fox Sports 1. Silverstone was fantastic 2 weeks ago
cheers ... Spa is next weekend ... should be fun to watch ... I totalled an E92 M3 there last year!
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Originally Posted by Madmac
Stay away from the configurator, particularly once your order is locked!
totally, my car would now have racing yellow belts and the lower portion of the SD mirrors painted high gloss black otherwise!

Originally Posted by Vise
Same, I had 4 months of wait and I spent a ridiculous amount of time watching every 991 related video on Youtube... plus combing through the past 24 months of Rennlist threads too.

As much as I'd love to say time will fly by we all know that is not true...
trust me ... the last 5 months have not flown by, nor will the next 3 weeks
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Originally Posted by Larry Cable
... trust me ... the last 5 months have not flown by, nor will the next 3 weeks
Yeah, it's just sinking in...I'm in for a bit of an unwelcome but necessary wait. It is what it is, but its not going to be easy. Hopefully Concourse season and the 993 will help.

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