Prospective 991 GT3 Owners Discussion
Discussion
sidicks said:
Personally I'd go with yellow stitching / yellow belts, but I don't believe that yellow stitching will be available. If not, standard stitching and yellow belts still looks great (same as my car).
Given the above, I certainly wouldn't pay anything (let alone £850) to paint the calipers! That £850 can be much better used for driver training etc!
Otherwise I'd go with red stitching / belts and ignore the fact that the stitching and calipers don't match.
Agree . Love the yellow calipers.Given the above, I certainly wouldn't pay anything (let alone £850) to paint the calipers! That £850 can be much better used for driver training etc!
Otherwise I'd go with red stitching / belts and ignore the fact that the stitching and calipers don't match.
Finally got a call today from my OPC offering to buy my car back at list. Taken three weeks and needed lawyers involvement so not easy. Now negotiating the compensation deal, depending how that goes I hope to be out by the end of the month. It's a great car but cannot put up with the grief.
bigmowley said:
Finally got a call today from my OPC offering to buy my car back at list. Taken three weeks and needed lawyers involvement so not easy. Now negotiating the compensation deal, depending how that goes I hope to be out by the end of the month. It's a great car but cannot put up with the grief.
Crikey, I'm not aware of anybody that has been refused a full refund if they wanted it!!!What mileage was on yours?
AndyBrew said:
bigmowley said:
Finally got a call today from my OPC offering to buy my car back at list. Taken three weeks and needed lawyers involvement so not easy. Now negotiating the compensation deal, depending how that goes I hope to be out by the end of the month. It's a great car but cannot put up with the grief.
Crikey, I'm not aware of anybody that has been refused a full refund if they wanted it!!!What mileage was on yours?
rosino said:
APOLO1 said:
rosino said:
Well at the least the presentation of the car should already have been done.. All I have heard was that it had been put on hold until the GT3 debacle will be solved.. Which make sense as if you announce a more powerful version of an engine which self-destruct you are not doing yourself a favour
you have lost me....The launch date on the RS at least here in the UK has not moved. The GT3 issues has no bearing on the RS, time wise. Bums will be in seats before the end of the year....
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DtvQO8HISfQ
bigmowley said:
4K not that makes any difference to its fitness for purpose.
No I agree just wondered whether that was the motivation behind your dealers desire to do the right thing, as that is the only instance I am aware of not being offered a refund.Oh well, have you got anything else planned, or are you going to enjoy your other toys!
AndyBrew said:
bigmowley said:
4K not that makes any difference to its fitness for purpose.
No I agree just wondered whether that was the motivation behind your dealers desire to do the right thing, as that is the only instance I am aware of not being offered a refund.Oh well, have you got anything else planned, or are you going to enjoy your other toys!
bigmowley said:
AndyBrew said:
bigmowley said:
Finally got a call today from my OPC offering to buy my car back at list. Taken three weeks and needed lawyers involvement so not easy. Now negotiating the compensation deal, depending how that goes I hope to be out by the end of the month. It's a great car but cannot put up with the grief.
Crikey, I'm not aware of anybody that has been refused a full refund if they wanted it!!!What mileage was on yours?
rubbaman said:
rosino said:
would make it even worse.. on a plain WHITE car with PCCB.. would you go for :
- Platinum stitching to match the White of the car..
- Yellow stitching to match the PCCBs (but its a white car.. not sure about yellow stitching)
- Get PCCB calipers repainted RED (850gbp job at OPC) and RED Stitching which looks great on videos/pictures
- Get PCCB calipers repainted Black (850gbp job at OPC) and RED Stitching..
Red calipers, Red Stiching- Platinum stitching to match the White of the car..
- Yellow stitching to match the PCCBs (but its a white car.. not sure about yellow stitching)
- Get PCCB calipers repainted RED (850gbp job at OPC) and RED Stitching which looks great on videos/pictures
- Get PCCB calipers repainted Black (850gbp job at OPC) and RED Stitching..
If you must have ceramics definitely keep the yellow calipers and go for yellow belts and platinum stitching.. ...(although some consider yellow with white to be a touch insipid maybe).......
av185 said:
My white car has steels, red calipers and red belts.....considered red stitching which is nice but not worth £800 IMO over the standard platinum so specced carbon dash, door strips and console for little more £ instead.
If you must have ceramics definitely keep the yellow calipers and go for yellow belts and platinum stitching.. ...(although some consider yellow with white to be a touch insipid maybe).......
I'd go red belts / yellow callipers - I have this combo on my Rhodium Silver car and it works just fine - will work with White too If you must have ceramics definitely keep the yellow calipers and go for yellow belts and platinum stitching.. ...(although some consider yellow with white to be a touch insipid maybe).......
RSVP911 said:
av185 said:
My white car has steels, red calipers and red belts.....considered red stitching which is nice but not worth £800 IMO over the standard platinum so specced carbon dash, door strips and console for little more £ instead.
If you must have ceramics definitely keep the yellow calipers and go for yellow belts and platinum stitching.. ...(although some consider yellow with white to be a touch insipid maybe).......
I'd go red belts / yellow callipers - I have this combo on my Rhodium Silver car and it works just fine - will work with White too If you must have ceramics definitely keep the yellow calipers and go for yellow belts and platinum stitching.. ...(although some consider yellow with white to be a touch insipid maybe).......
, I seem to recollect yours has red stitching though.......
av185 said:
At the risk of totally exhausting all stitching and colour permutations....., I seem to recollect yours has red stitching though.......
You are right mine has red stitching too , and although It was a tad risky to mix all that red with the yellow callipers it looks super cool IMHO . The red embroidery on the buckets looks the biz. , I seem to recollect yours has red stitching though.......It is particularly important to make sure the car looks as fast and fluid as possible when stationary as remember this cars total purpose is to be looked at rather than driven
Had some comms from Porsche Customer Assistance in the last couple of days. I said, I've got track days booked for April, May and June, and I've got a GT3 session booked at PEC Silverstone end of May. They wrote:
"At this stage, we have noconfirmation as to the logistics of the repairs or indeed what timescale weare working too. With this in mind, and regrettably, I would advise you to
either cancel your bookings or look to see if there is anyway that you can postpone them."
They've offered an extra PEC session when the GT3 is back online, but it's a bit worrying at this stage that on one still seems to have any idea of timescale.
They go on ...
"I am sorry to deliver this news to you as I am sure your track bookings and trips are journeys that you have been planning and looking forward to for awhile. I assure you that we will take this is into account."
Which suggests to me that the compensation package is possibly the reason for the delay in comms - I just can't see it being anything other than generous under the circumstances.
Although the situation is very frustrating, I'm still receiving outstanding service from my OPC (who are actively looking for a Turbo S as a plan B ...), and the communications from Porsche CA have been prompt and courteous. They're all in a holding pattern until Porsche AG plays its hand, which must be this week surely ??
"At this stage, we have noconfirmation as to the logistics of the repairs or indeed what timescale weare working too. With this in mind, and regrettably, I would advise you to
either cancel your bookings or look to see if there is anyway that you can postpone them."
They've offered an extra PEC session when the GT3 is back online, but it's a bit worrying at this stage that on one still seems to have any idea of timescale.
They go on ...
"I am sorry to deliver this news to you as I am sure your track bookings and trips are journeys that you have been planning and looking forward to for awhile. I assure you that we will take this is into account."
Which suggests to me that the compensation package is possibly the reason for the delay in comms - I just can't see it being anything other than generous under the circumstances.
Although the situation is very frustrating, I'm still receiving outstanding service from my OPC (who are actively looking for a Turbo S as a plan B ...), and the communications from Porsche CA have been prompt and courteous. They're all in a holding pattern until Porsche AG plays its hand, which must be this week surely ??
mhh said:
I think April 7 is the day when we were promised all would be revealed.
my B-day.....PCGB are in the dark on this one. If no visibility then or the fix is to far out, I will return my car, as not in UK much until end of the year, might as well wait for the RS
Edited by APOLO1 on Wednesday 26th March 08:26
freetrader said:
They're all in a holding pattern until Porsche AG plays its hand, which must be this week surely ??
You'll be lucky they said three weeks, the way things have been going I really can't see anything happening any sooner than at the end of that period, I received my email on the 18th March that means the three week period begins around week commencing the 7th April, however some received their email earlier so whether they are communicating differently to the people who have received their cars to those of us with cars in Germany who knows, but that's the week I would expect some news personally.Christ on a bike this is without doubt the worst purchasing experience of my life, this baby better be worth it!
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