sanderabernathy

Hope you love yours as much as I love mine. PRGM for the win.

dash267

Woooo! Satin gold wheels with our paint just work so well. Your car looks amazing.

sanderabernathy

Agreed. I was entirely set on agate grey with red leather until I saw the Satin Aurum option for the wheels. That sent me down the PTS Green rabbit hole. Couldn’t be happier.

raymort

Are you buying the full production output?!

lol

Targa32

I thought all these colors that were on the wall at PECLA were available as PTS colors but actually they are colors from past builds and almost all require that if selected - would require an additional $12,000 over the $12,000 for a standard PTS color.

the only paints available under the $12,000 charge for PTS are the ones shown for each model in the configurator. I ordered a sapphire blue metallic Panamera and would have liked that same color on a 991/992 T I have coming from my dealer in the Spring but not in the PTS color list for this model.

sanderabernathy

Most of the colors on the wall at PECATL are “standard PTS” colors available under the PTS rather than PTS+ pricing.

SpyderSenseOC

I don't dislike the yellow PCCB's with the Aurum wheels as much as I feared I would when I spec'd my car and had the calipers painted black. I thought the yellow would get totally lost in the gold and it doesn't. That being said, I still prefer them black.

Targa32

Not from my experience -- all the blue colors I liked from the sample little cars on the PECLA wall were not standard PTS colors. Turned out they were all PTS+ colors.

Pecla should have all the standard PTS colors separated from the other colors that are now PTS+. It might be true that before Porsche added all the available PTS colors to the configurator for each model that any of these colors on the wall were available for the regular PTS upcharge. But now that they have the PTS colors, they allow for each model displayed in the configurator, any color not on the configurator list becomes a PTS+ color. Which doubles the cost from $12,000 to around $24,000.

SpyderSenseOC

Have you sold this car? Traded it in?

Jamie140

^^Nope, still have it.

flynlo

I came over to this thread from BaT. How did you “screw up” your spec?

brock256

Has anybody (or their cleaning ladies) heard any updates or rumors on whether there's any chance of PTS availability coming back for MY23? Most of the last updates I found on here from last year were saying "nothing more for all of MY23 (and maybe beyond)" but with a few saying "slight chance it comes back for orders locking in April and beyond".

I've found a very lightly used CPO car in my second-choice PTS color, with very nearly the exact spec I'd want (and all of my "must-haves"), so I feel like I should jump on that, rather than holding out for a slim chance of an allocation and an even slimmer chance of PTS. Of course, I sure would feel silly in the extremely unlikely event that my dealer calls me back with a PTS allocation a week after I pull the trigger on another car, but that seems to be in roughly the same probability strata as winning the PCA GT4 RS raffle...

Targa32

If you buy the used car right -- the cost to resell it won't be too much (except for taxes). then place an order for a 992.2 of whichever model you like as you would like it - and tell the dealer you will have the used car as a trade-in -- assuming they give you a decent price for the used Porsche. Ask if they would commit to an MSRP deal. On a 911 base, S or possibly even a GTS they should agree to an MSRP deal. The trade-in will be dependent on what price they offer you for the used car when the new car arrives.

IT is a gamble but it is still fun to have a car coming someday -- and the latest generation car besides.

And your building a relationship with the dealer- they like guys that trade cars in on a new order-- gives them something else to sell.

Just a thought-- then you have a car now and the future prospect of getting exactly the car you want and the latest and greatest generation as well.

IF the economy comes back and interest rates decline in a year or so -- you could make a profit on the used car -- or lose some money. And you can always turn down the deal when it is offered.

By the way-- in CAlifronia a cash deposit has to be refunded even after the car is built or on the showroom floor.

SpyderSenseOC

His car is the purple (Viola?) Spyder posted a few posts up. He said he felt the color comes off as too feminine and wants a redo.

dallascrzr

I think you’d be holding out for the slimmest of slim odds on a new Spyder or GT4 period, especially if you don’t have an allocation and double especially if you want PTS. A lot of people think, and my dealer also told me, that Spyder and GT4 (and GT3) allocations are done and that it’s all RS from here til the end of 718 and 992. Even if that’s not true allocations are tough. And even if you get one, aligning with PTS is hard. And again, if they even give out more allocations, they’re probably going to keep PTS openings for the RSs.

Your second PTS choice with the options you want and require is a sign from whatever Porsche god you believe in. The odds of that are pretty small. If you change your mind, assuming you don’t drive 12k miles/year or the Fed doesn’t implode, you’ll be OK financially.