Check in if you have a Paint to Sample PTS car on order
07-13-2022, 07:27 PM
#991
07-13-2022, 07:40 PM
#993
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CatVaux (07-14-2022)
07-14-2022, 10:09 AM
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Here is my contribution to this thread, finally! Thanks, @halfmonkey for maintaining these lists.
1. screen name: the_rider
2. GT4/Spyder/Cayman or Boxster GTS 4.0/25th Anniversary/GT4 RS: Spyder
3. color: Bahama Yellow
4. interior stitching/color: Black
5. roof top color: Black
6. PCCB/standard brakes: Standard
7. caliper color: Red
8. wheel color: Pearl Gray Center, Polished Outer (Forgeline)
9. LWBS/18/14/2 way seats: 2 way
10. 6MT/PDK: MT
11. suspension/con rod recall: No
12. repair/new engine/walked away/reordered: No
13. CXX options: No
14. modifications: Few
15. Porsche build code: (this was bit messy)
16. V status/expected delivery date/date delivered: 10/22
17. Build month: 09/22
1. screen name: the_rider
2. GT4/Spyder/Cayman or Boxster GTS 4.0/25th Anniversary/GT4 RS: Spyder
3. color: Bahama Yellow
4. interior stitching/color: Black
5. roof top color: Black
6. PCCB/standard brakes: Standard
7. caliper color: Red
8. wheel color: Pearl Gray Center, Polished Outer (Forgeline)
9. LWBS/18/14/2 way seats: 2 way
10. 6MT/PDK: MT
11. suspension/con rod recall: No
12. repair/new engine/walked away/reordered: No
13. CXX options: No
14. modifications: Few
15. Porsche build code: (this was bit messy)
16. V status/expected delivery date/date delivered: 10/22
17. Build month: 09/22
07-21-2022, 02:29 AM
#998
Three Wheelin'
...........- and the color was Sapphire blue. Which was a stock color of course a few years ago on both 911’s and the Panamera. My wife also thought it was a great blue color.
............ My wife was listening to the call and said she wanted the color- and oddly was not deterred by the $11,500 additional charge. Sort of annoying to pay that much for a color that was only around $3,000 upcharge just a few years ago.
..........I did see an article that was gathering voting on favorite Porsche colors and this Sapphire blue was the top voted color for a blue metallic.
............ My wife was listening to the call and said she wanted the color- and oddly was not deterred by the $11,500 additional charge. Sort of annoying to pay that much for a color that was only around $3,000 upcharge just a few years ago.
..........I did see an article that was gathering voting on favorite Porsche colors and this Sapphire blue was the top voted color for a blue metallic.
Sapphire Blue is a beautiful color indeed! Don't mean to rub it in:
Thanks, @IL_Pete . It's a leap of faith! Haven't seen the color in person. Looked through a ton of pictures and fell in love! Holding my breadth for that very first sight in flesh! Hopefully, it'll be a happy ending, unlike the mismatch between most online dating profiles' pictures and meeting that person in flesh; and, the resulting, "wait, is she that same person in those pictures??"!!
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IL_Pete (09-06-2022)
07-21-2022, 10:10 AM
#999
Burning Brakes
I agree with your comments on Sapphire metallic blue.
The other color I liked was Riviera blue - not to dark like night blue or Gentian blue but with more depth than say gulf blue or even shark blue. And on a Panamera I think a metallic color suits this large vehicle better than a solid color. Also Riviera blue on a luxury sedan with a chalk interior would make the car less attractive on resale to a lot of men. But sapphire blue is popular with men and gals.
The other color I liked was Riviera blue - not to dark like night blue or Gentian blue but with more depth than say gulf blue or even shark blue. And on a Panamera I think a metallic color suits this large vehicle better than a solid color. Also Riviera blue on a luxury sedan with a chalk interior would make the car less attractive on resale to a lot of men. But sapphire blue is popular with men and gals.
07-21-2022, 10:16 AM
#1000
Burning Brakes
One question that my SA didn’t have the answer too was - are the pts colors shown on the configurators for each model - the only PTS colors available? My SA said he believed any other pts color not on the configurator would require an additional $12,000 on top of the $11,000 PTS normal fee. I was interested in eventually ordering a 911 in a 1970 era color named Signal Orange which he claims is not available because it is not shown as an available color on the configurator.
07-21-2022, 01:37 PM
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07-21-2022, 04:45 PM
#1002
Three Wheelin'
Love Signal Orange!
07-21-2022, 05:52 PM
#1003
Burning Brakes
When I was at the Los Angeles Experience CEnter they have a wall with a large number of small car models with their PTS color name on the back of each one. I thought that all of these are colors that could be selected as a PTS color without paying the additional $12,000 for a color study and approval. IF Porsche has a color on that wall I would assume it has gone through the testing process and has been used before. See the attached photo for example of a nice looking blue metallic that is on that wall but the SA says to select that color-- even though it does have a code already --it has to be approved and the additional $12,000 fee would be charged.
I called my friend that works at PECLA and he said as far as he knew these colors on their wall were all available for selection as a PTS color.
This also opens the question as to whether once someone pays the $12,000 to have a custom color approved along with the normal PTS fee of $11,000 and change-- does that new approved color become available to any customer or does it become the sole property if you will - of the customer that paid that extra fee to have it approved?
I called my friend that works at PECLA and he said as far as he knew these colors on their wall were all available for selection as a PTS color.
This also opens the question as to whether once someone pays the $12,000 to have a custom color approved along with the normal PTS fee of $11,000 and change-- does that new approved color become available to any customer or does it become the sole property if you will - of the customer that paid that extra fee to have it approved?
07-21-2022, 08:01 PM
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When I was at the Los Angeles Experience CEnter they have a wall with a large number of small car models with their PTS color name on the back of each one. I thought that all of these are colors that could be selected as a PTS color without paying the additional $12,000 for a color study and approval. IF Porsche has a color on that wall I would assume it has gone through the testing process and has been used before. See the attached photo for example of a nice looking blue metallic that is on that wall but the SA says to select that color-- even though it does have a code already --it has to be approved and the additional $12,000 fee would be charged.
I called my friend that works at PECLA and he said as far as he knew these colors on their wall were all available for selection as a PTS color.
This also opens the question as to whether once someone pays the $12,000 to have a custom color approved along with the normal PTS fee of $11,000 and change-- does that new approved color become available to any customer or does it become the sole property if you will - of the customer that paid that extra fee to have it approved?
I called my friend that works at PECLA and he said as far as he knew these colors on their wall were all available for selection as a PTS color.
This also opens the question as to whether once someone pays the $12,000 to have a custom color approved along with the normal PTS fee of $11,000 and change-- does that new approved color become available to any customer or does it become the sole property if you will - of the customer that paid that extra fee to have it approved?
With the revamp, the terms are PTS and PTS Plus. Paint to Sample is kind of a misnomer because Paint to Sample isn't really sampling anything. It used to be called Custom Color or Custom Paint in prior years on the configurator and it's basically paying a larger uncharge for off menu colors. It's basically the $12,830 that is available to select on the configurator. When you select Paint to Sample in the configurator, you'll see a pop up window come up. Within the pop up window, you see an additional option to select Paint to Sample Plus which is an ADDITIONAL $19,500 to the $12,830. PTS Plus is truly the paint to sample custom color where you bring your wife's favorite shoe for example and ask PAG to match the color. If they do, I don't know if you have exclusive rights to the color. I believe with Ferrari, if you go this route, you can name the color and I believe it's reserved for you.
Last edited by halfmonkey; 07-21-2022 at 08:02 PM.
07-21-2022, 08:39 PM
#1005
Nordschleife Master
Mine is a keeper and will likely go to Deman this winter.
Patiently waiting for my return to Florida.
Last edited by Jamie140; 07-22-2022 at 05:42 AM.
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