Dan - I read your "Saga on getting Paint to Sample" just now... Glad that you finally got your car in the Turquoise Blue you like.

Would you mind sharing your experience with me how you approached the guys in Germany in terms of who you contactd? Am I pushing hard enough by approaching the Head of Customer Commitment in your opinion or do I need to push further up the hierarchy?

It seems like you pushed extremely hard and still got rejected due to technical problems. If thats the case, I will not waste the effort with Gulf Blue to push it through again.. though I do believe its B/S about Carrera GT is handmade and therefore received special treatment.

I would not take NO as an answer for the Riviera Blue though. Its been done on a C4S, and there is a video in www.youtube.com with a 997 TT (just type in 997 Turbo and you can watch it). I would definitely not accept it if they tell me TT's body parts are vastly different with a GT3.