Carpokes

murphsea wrote: Mon May 23, 2022 10:29 am

Hawk wrote: Sun May 22, 2022 5:00 am
Are you having any ppf, ceramic coating, or window tint applied? Hopefully, can all be taken care of while you are away. That way you can fully enjoy immediately upon your return.

I've scheduled mine in starting on June 20th. It's really going to be difficult not being able to drive the car for a week or two so soon after taking delivery.

I'll probably do what I did with my prior 992 and the Taycan and have a partial PPF (Full front, Doors, Side Skirts, Partial Rear fender) and then ceramic coat it.

With the Taycan I had it done locally once I got the car. The dealer had to pay for a local paint correction due to the scratches in the clear coat from the delivery driver sliding past the rear fender repeatedly. He also climbed in with his dirty boots through the window of the car on to the unprotected chalk leather seats. Thankfully the marks came off.

Not sure what to do with the GTS. I no longer trust the delivery company to not mess up the bucket seats getting in and out of the car. I can drive it back from Chicago to Charleston but that means having the PPF and ceramic coating done in Chicago (hard to go back for any corrections) and also putting miles on the car (it does need to be run in though before I bring it to the track though).

Maybe I just need a better transportation company. This was the one the dealer uses regularly.

Looks like we're having a slight delay with the Siem Aristotle getting to Halifax. Seems to be anchored off the coast at the moment waiting to go into port.

Tom wrote: Mon May 23, 2022 10:43 am

murphsea wrote: Mon May 23, 2022 10:29 am
He also climbed in with his dirty boots through the window of the car ...

What the ??


For the drive home, what I did was buy several rolls of Track Armour on Amazon. With Crazy Eddie's help, we had the whole front wrapped in under an hour, along with the high impact areas by wheel arches etc. We rushed a bit, so didn't look like a true PPF, but I have to say from 10 feet away you can barely tell it was there, and it offers every bit as much protection as ppf -- even more so where you double it up. Pulled off with no problems when I got home, no residue, no fighting it, etc.


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Tom wrote: Mon May 23, 2022 10:12 am Eric -- I've been looking at your pictures here and on FB and am curious if the Shark Blue has a slight matte or eggshell quality to its finish, or am I seeing things (or maybe a camera effect)? It's drop dead gorgeous!

murphsea wrote: Mon May 23, 2022 10:29 am Looks like we're having a slight delay with the Siem Aristotle getting to Halifax. Seems to be anchored off the coast at the moment waiting to go into port.

Hawk wrote: Tue May 24, 2022 4:04 am

murphsea wrote: Mon May 23, 2022 10:29 am Looks like we're having a slight delay with the Siem Aristotle getting to Halifax. Seems to be anchored off the coast at the moment waiting to go into port.

@murphsea She docked at the "Autoport" in Halifax at 6:10am this morning. Right on schedule.

murphsea wrote: Tue May 24, 2022 6:01 am

Hawk wrote: Tue May 24, 2022 4:04 am

murphsea wrote: Mon May 23, 2022 10:29 am Looks like we're having a slight delay with the Siem Aristotle getting to Halifax. Seems to be anchored off the coast at the moment waiting to go into port.

@murphsea She docked at the "Autoport" in Halifax at 6:10am this morning. Right on schedule.

Great!

Hawk wrote: Tue May 24, 2022 7:44 am

murphsea wrote: Tue May 24, 2022 6:01 am

Hawk wrote: Tue May 24, 2022 4:04 am


@murphsea She docked at the "Autoport" in Halifax at 6:10am this morning. Right on schedule.

Great!

@murphsea That was one quick offload in Halifax. New destination - Baltimore, and new Draught - 9.4m, have been reported. She's preparing to get underway - tugs are already in place. New estimated arrival in Baltimore is Thursday, May 26th in the afternoon - one of my tracking sites says 2pm and the other says 6pm. Looking good for you.

murphsea wrote: Fri May 27, 2022 7:11 am Docked at Sparrows Point (PPO), not Baltimore (BAL). Don't know what that means. Thought it's destination was Baltimore when it left Halifax. Maybe just a quick stop at Sparrows Point.

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