Just heard my 997 rs was completed yesterday

[martin thomas]

Just counting the days now,am starting to get sweaty palms lol.
spec is
orange paint
pccb
pcm (before anyone starts i had a very bad experiance with an aftermarket satnav involving several laps round sherbourg ring road and a certain garmine going out the window )
xenons
mats
also had to pay for the uk package tracker,alarm,and top tint etc. robbing beggers.
THE BIG QUESTION IS HOW LONG DO YOU THINK IT WILL TAKE TO GET TO THE DEALERS NOW????
sorry for the caps but i'm all impatient..

[Glenn McMenamin]

martin thomas said:

Just counting the days now,am starting to get sweaty palms lol.
spec is
orange paint
pccb
pcm (before anyone starts i had a very bad experiance with an aftermarket satnav involving several laps round sherbourg ring road and a certain garmine going out the window )
xenons
mats
also had to pay for the uk package tracker,alarm,and top tint etc. robbing beggers.
THE BIG QUESTION IS HOW LONG DO YOU THINK IT WILL TAKE TO GET TO THE DEALERS NOW????
sorry for the caps but i'm all impatient..

About a week......which will seem like eternity for you......

[TheDeadPrussian]

My GT3 was built yesterday as well!

Time is passing sooooooo slowly.

[martin thomas]

glenn. problem is the dealer is saying first week of october??
hope it's not that long as i,ve got a stag do to go to in barcelona on the 3rd of oct and don't think i could cope knowing theres a luverly rs waiting to be picked up while i'm away.
cheeRS martin

[Glenn McMenamin]

martin thomas said:

glenn. problem is the dealer is saying first week of october??
hope it's not that long as i,ve got a stag do to go to in barcelona on the 3rd of oct and don't think i could cope knowing theres a luverly rs waiting to be picked up while i'm away.
cheeRS martin

They 'usually' over estimate, mine came in at least 2-3 days earlier than they expected...

The thing that amazes me, is the fact that they can't actully tell you 'the' day the transporter will be turning up....Fed ex can track millions of little parcels all over the world, yet Porsche can't even tell you where you cars is going to be from one day to the next

[martin thomas]

yeah i think it's called german efficiency(spelling?) glenn.
Glenn have you done many track days since your pccb bolts came loose??
how are your brakes now?
cheeRS MT

[Glenn McMenamin]

martin thomas said:

yeah i think it's called german efficiency(spelling?) glenn.
Glenn have you done many track days since your pccb bolts came loose??
how are your brakes now?
cheeRS MT

The discs were fine before being replaced, and that was with 13Trackdays and lots of laps of the Ring......they still looked new, and i'm on 2nd- 3rd set of pads (now on Pagid RS29's)

I would not change them for the world......

G.

[martin thomas]

glad to hear your happy with the ceramics i spent many sleepless hours debating the pros and cons and decided in the end i had to have them.

[anglebox10]

My car appeared out of the blue - a week earlier than expected, so be prepared just in case !!

[Kurgen]

Worth the wait, fantastic cars!

Get that exhaust valve plug disconnected, for some proper sound!

[martin thomas]

my old gt3 had a full fabspeed system so i'm preparing for the rs to sound a little muted compared to it. does the plug actualy make much difference in say the higher rev ranges??

[Lighty]

My car expected Nov or Dec so you guys are making me jealous,mine must be due for being built soon.As Iam going to collect it do you reckon I will get it a bit sooner than if it has to come to a uk dealer ?

[KnickeRS]

Martin,

All good spec.

Did you go for the Orange Roll cage ?

These cars are fantastic but get the "geo" done ASAP unless of course you are not intending it for track useage.

That would be a shame !

I really do love mine (honestly Glenn), especially with the black leather and Orange stitching !

Nick

[martin thomas]

yes nick i did go for the orange cage (total tango mobile)lol

[martin thomas]

As for the trackdays i've got a stripped out caged e36 m3 that i use. I love it because i know if it all goes horribly wrong. like it did last time out at c.combe it's not going to roger me in the wallet to mend. so i always drive it like i stole it.lol will want to do some days in the rs but have to get my head round driving a unreplaceable 100k plus car on the track first.
cheeRS martin

[ScottL]

martin thomas said:

THE BIG QUESTION IS HOW LONG DO YOU THINK IT WILL TAKE TO GET TO THE DEALERS NOW????

My car was completed on 30/8. I'm collecting it tomorrow!

[martin thomas]

Hi scott judging by your experiance i'll be looking at 2 weeks.
just noticed in your profile you were supposed to have a march build slot.What happened??

[dealmaker]

They must be building a big batch of RS's - mine's due for completion on the 20th! Hope to have it before the end of the month.

[martin thomas]

looks like these pages are going to be full of pictures of new rs' in a couple of weeks (how common)lol dealmaker i see your in to watches what would you reccomend as a substitute for a rolex daytona i was looking for one but will not pay a premium??

[dealmaker]

martin thomas said:

looks like these pages are going to be full of pictures of new rs' in a couple of weeks (how common)lol dealmaker i see your in to watches what would you reccomend as a substitute for a rolex daytona i was looking for one but will not pay a premium??

Well...I guess it depends how much you want to pay! Richard Mille perhaps (one of my personal favourites - but £100k and up for a "nice" one!)

Aside from cash - how big do you want to go - and do you want a "fashion" watch (Breitling, TAG, Omega, Cartier) - or something more "specialised" (Patek Phillipe, Audemars Piguet, Vacheron, Jaeger-Le-Coultre, etc etc)

Daytona's are 40mm and wear quite small - if you want to go slightly larger, say 42mm, and with a better movement (daytona's - especially the "new" ones with the Rolex rather than Zenith movement are not good timekeepers) you could consider something from IWC - a GST chrono perhaps, or a DoppelChronograph or from Audemars Piguet - a Royal Oak Chrono.

want to go to 44mm - then you could consider - something from the Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Offshore range - the Rubber Clads and F1 special edition (like the Montoya and Barichello) are very nice.

Bigger again? - Right now I'm wearing one of my all time favourites - IWC "Big Pilot" 46.7mm - and wearing quite "big" because of the large face, and another favourite of mine at the minute - the jaeger-le-coultre EXTREME chronograph world timer compressor - 47mm, very thick case but wears slightly smaller than the Big Pilot becasue of the slightly smaller face.

I could go on...........

Let me know your budget and preffered size - as well as style you prefer ; chrono, strap or bracelet, steel or gold, sporty or classic ??? I'll ull it over!