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This may be true but differs to the communication I received. May indeed be the case but at least my dealer only received allocations that were not PTS available. Or at least I was told…
That maybe because PTS is filled up for at least a year out, or 4Q2024.
I'd be surprised if any of the new spots will actually get in on the PTS books with how backlogged PTS was from the delays of MY23. My allocation/ order was confirmed shortly after the very first round of 23 yet PTS was all pushed to MY24 and started builds getting PTS in September. So essentially PTS is backlogged from hell.
I was lucky to get an allocation with a very, very small ADM (less than the sales tax!). Coming through production and should be on a boat soon! Just in time for cold weather in the Midwest...
With so many White/Ice Grey/GT Silver specs (which all look great) and PTS unavailable, I decided to get a little crazier with a 997 RS "Tribute".
I was lucky to get an allocation with a very, very small ADM. Coming through production and should be on a boat soon! Just in time for cold weather in the Midwest...
With so many White/Ice Grey/GT Silver specs (which all look great) and PTS unavailable, I decided to get a little crazier with a 997 RS "Tribute".
Such a great vision!! Would love to see this with mirrors and rear wing ends wrapped in red.
I am wondering why the color combo drum much up interest. It’s a brilliant track-day car and a pretty horrible road car. Who really cares if a track-day is white, blue or red. You can just wrap it in any color you like? Last summer when I ordered mine, plan was simple specs in black. Once I sat down with my dealer, as always, I ended up ticking all boxes and he suggested Silver. Perhaps they put some funky stuff in the coffee and I can’t say no any more. Stupid putting all the extra bits (and extra ~50k) in a track-day car. I love it for what it is, but still annoyed wasting money on silly options. Probably will wrap it black for next season.
I am wondering why the color combo drum much up interest. It’s a brilliant track-day car and a pretty horrible road car. Who really cares if a track-day is white, blue or red. You can just wrap it in any color you like? Last summer when I ordered mine, plan was simple specs in black. Once I sat down with my dealer, as always, I ended up ticking all boxes and he suggested Silver. Perhaps they put some funky stuff in the coffee and I can’t say no any more. Stupid putting all the extra bits (and extra ~50k) in a track-day car. I love it for what it is, but still annoyed wasting money on silly options. Probably will wrap it black for next season.
Fair point regarding the wrap. But at the end of the day, if I’m spending 300k+ on a vehicle, I better like the color.
I am wondering why the color combo drum much up interest. It’s a brilliant track-day car and a pretty horrible road car. Who really cares if a track-day is white, blue or red. You can just wrap it in any color you like? Last summer when I ordered mine, plan was simple specs in black. Once I sat down with my dealer, as always, I ended up ticking all boxes and he suggested Silver. Perhaps they put some funky stuff in the coffee and I can’t say no any more. Stupid putting all the extra bits (and extra ~50k) in a track-day car. I love it for what it is, but still annoyed wasting money on silly options. Probably will wrap it black for next season.
An interesting, good question.
A similarly interesting question, for someone like me who will use my 3RS exclusively on track, is: why not just buy a Cup Car? I've owned race cars.
And, what you say is true, of course: a wrap is easy. So why care about color?
For me, the answer has two parts.
I enjoy speccing cars. It's fun and creative, especially since more manufacturers began to offer personalization services for the masses. I like cars like the GT2RS auctioned recently that had a British Racing Green exterior over cognac leather w/black piping interior. The White Collection cars are fun.
Also, I care about how a car comes from the factory. I've owned some old cars, and always cared way too much about "correctness." That's a common illness; some people are bores about it, I know.
That's it. Not even going to pretend it makes sense. See you at the track!
11-09-2023, 08:53 PM
