flynlo

Trust me, it wil be fine. The color is amazing on the 718 form. You will absolutely love it and wonder why you were so freaked out.

As for fun and torture, there’s a lot of people that get those two mixed up….hahaha

StormRune

If it helps, I've never received so many compliments from both friends and complete strangers on the color and the car in general. That includes people that have no idea what the car is.It really catches the eye in a good way it seems. None of my four prior 911s got anywhere near this much attention and positive comments. I have to admit it is a nice ego trip.

But I too was uneasy about it for months. Now that I have it in hard and can see it with my own eyes I'm more pleased than I ever expected. I think you will be very pleased with your choice!

AdamIsAdam

Yea, it's fun when that happens. I don't think of it so much as an ego trip, as much as others appreciating/enjoying/recognizing something that I/we're so passionate about. Like I've said before, I sold my Cobra for this Porsche. There is no other car like a Cobra and it commands more attention from ABSOLUTELY EVERYONE. I actually have video footage from my GoPro as I came off the auto-x and some woman came running, actually running, towards the car to ask what it was and say how beautiful the car is. Her boyfriend was seriously trailing behind. It was funny. So it's nice to know the Smurf, I mean, Shark Blue may have a similar effect on people.

Westcoast

All great colours and I might have gone with Carmine Red had it been available on my 2020 Spyder but Chalk was my choice, very happy to and it changes with lighting as you say, I get compliments on it every time I go out.

Alan C.

I believe there were only 998 Cobras built. The bulk being 289s. You sold one of those for a GT4?

AdamIsAdam

Replica, silly! lol Factory Five. Had it been an original, I could have bought a dozen or two GT4's! Well, in theory at least. Because money can't buy allocations these days. lol

FourFourTwo

Quite a bit of variation in the blue color depending on lighting. Of note, the color in these photos as viewed on Rennlist doesn't have the same gloss as the original photos. I feel my original photos are more accurate to the true color in various lighting.

halfmonkey

Did you tint your side and rear (plastic) window?

Tennyson

Delivered yesterday. Drove home from Atlanta early morning today. Shark blue with Espresso interior.

Dan Nagy

I thought about espresso, too. It’s my favorite Porsche leather, but wasn’t sure how it would work with never had seen the color. Pleased? Photos?

Inigo Montoya

B-E-A-UTIFUL! Great call on the silver wheels too! Congrats!!

kwikit356

To Tennyson: I'd like to join Dan in asking to see lots of photos of your Espresso Brown interior. I've ordered my CGTS in the same combination you have (Shark Blue with Espresso leather. No allocation yet, though), along with Speed Blue Extended Deviated Stitching. I also decided to bring more color inside by selecting Shark Blue interior trim, as well as Shark Blue seat belts. My concern is that the interior has a lot of dark brown, including all of the carpeting. I'm also trying to figure out the color of the roof lining material, and whether it depends on which you order: fabric or alcantara.

I would have picked the black leather interior but for my recollection of how incredible Porsche Natural Leather looks, feels, and smells. I had red/black natural leather in my '15 991.1 GTS everywhere, including the dash all the way to the defroster vents, as well as the end caps, with deviated stitching. This time, with the 718 CGTS, I did not splurge for the full leather dash and end caps, but with the full interior being Espresso the deviated stitching is also on the seats. The 991 had red seats, along with red carpeting, with no deviated stitching on the seats, front or rear.

I'd really appreciate it if you could give us lots of interior photos. Your car looks absolutely gorgeous. I'm still all over the place on the wheel color. Brake dust is a significant problem, especially if you spend much time on the track, which I hope to continue for at least a little longer. As I'm approaching age 76, this could be my last Porsche. Getting old truly sucks, but the worst part of this is that I will have to sell my beloved and exquisite 993. Too many cars equals too much work, expense, along with not enough garage space.

Inigo Montoya

Tennyson, as you can see from others asking for more pictures, we appreciate such good quality pictures that capture the color as accurately as possible. I think this is normally tough thing but worse this year since there are almost no new cars to go look at for colors and options. I just waited two hour for a GT4 owner to unveil his car, do paperwork so I could see him drive it outside in the sun but with so few options at dealers due to the pandemic aftermath, these pictures are priceless at the moment. So thank you.

Tennyson

Thanks for the kind words! Interior pics coming tomorrow. I have ordered leather covered steering column, race-tex sunvisors and leather covered seatbacks (totally useless, but looks and smells great). I will have Expel and ceramic put on the car next week and the shop will cover the wheels to cut down on brake dust. I was torn between platinum and silver wheels. Never considered black.

kor446

I was very close to ordering the SB with the espresso/cognac interior. Something to consider in terms of keeping the natural leather and lightening things up a bit......