A GTS Chronicles RETROSPECTIVE: Porsche rollercoaster

[lukesward]

Continuing my retrospective look into my journey towards Porsche ownership.

Porsche rollercoaster (March 6, 2023 - 4 months ago)



"The 718 is a hummingbird: light, focused, and sparkling, a joy to behold."

Thought I'd have a bit of fun.

I plotted the trials and tribulations of this Porsche purchase journey all the way back from those first initial thoughts way back in June of 2020 to now - heading towards the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow, so to speak. Along the way there have been myriad ups and downs, which I've charted a bit over the months.

Some example highs:

• first idea to get a Porsche
• first 'purchase' (order demand)
• switch to GTS models
• news of being 'first in line'
• launch of The GTS Chronicles
• allocations finally granted

And some lows:

• supply chain woes due to Covid
• giving up allocations and finding out we went to back of the queue
• Felicity Ace sinking and associated delays
• silence from our salespeople
• stresses over being out-of-towners
• war in Ukraine
• the ongoing march of time...1 year wait...two year wait...

The latest particular low is the challenge I am having at getting my work to sign off on the time I need to actually take the trip to Germany, and to experience all that I want to experience. To do it right, we are taking three weeks, to allow for flight delays, travel mishaps, rain at the Nordschleife, and so on. The last thing I want, for such a momentous event, is to have to truncate that. Indeed I will not.

But in the lead up to something so exciting, I was hoping to be rather progressively more and more pleasant, culminating in the delivery day and subsequent enjoyment of the cars in Europe. Right now, it's rather grim, with thoughts and plans swirling around how to ensure the trip happens and keeping myself gainfully employed.

Hopefully the way forward becomes clearer in the days to come.

~ Luke

[blueline]

Positive vibes!

Not that the following film quote applies to you (it doesn't) but it does lighten up your dilemma a bit. Quoting Donald Sutherland's Sgt Oddball comment to Private Moriarty in Kelly's Heroes (fun film with Clint Eastwood and a host of others):

"Why don't you knock it off with them negative waves? Why don't you dig how beautiful it is out here? Why don't you say something righteous and hopeful for a change?"

The job time off thing will work out one way or another!

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[lukesward]

True enough - I'm not a very negative person in general, and as you say, things have worked out - but at the time of writing that post back in March, I was pretty highly stressed about the possibility of having to resign in order to make the trip happen.

[blueline]

True enough - I'm not a very negative person in general, and as you say, things have worked out - but at the time of writing that post back in March, I was pretty highly stressed about the possibility of having to resign in order to make the trip happen.

I can imagine how stressful that would have been. Glad that it worked out for you! Meanwhile, your retrospective gave me an opportunity to post another tangentially related film reference.

You're gonna have a fun trip!