Snowy999

i have gone non WP GT Silver. Just because it's an RS car, it doesn't need to shout! It is loud enough already !!!

JewishGent

thanks a lot for the tips!

I didnt know Nato Olive was such a common color on these cars. Im thinking maybe gulf blue (i agree with lighter colors being nicer for this body style) or maybe to go chalk to have it match the gt3rs. The other colors dont seem so exciting without me being able to see them in person.

renn.tp

As someone with a Black Olive 4RS a few weeks out I find some of these comments on rarity a bit silly, we don’t have car counts by any PTS color and some colors (like NATO) tend to be posted on social media quite a bit, but I digress…

If you're picking a PTS color solely based on what is “rare” you are doing it wrong. You’ll likely be hard pressed to find another PTS 4RS in your shade locally or even regionally - whatever shade you choose. If it’s bragging rights you care about, totally fine, a color like Peru Red is likely to be 1 of 1…

Spec the color you love and don’t look back.

Mike981S

Full painted hood for WP GT4RS is a CXX Sonderwunsch option and is not available as an option on GT4RS, only for SRS.

I would suggest selecting the color you like. @cooler2442's car is Nato Olive, so he has some experience with the color. I have acid green which is a much more in your face color. If you go with a darker color, I suggest getting some more color contrast, like the yellow stickers and/or yellow stitching/yellow seat belts/yellow door handle.

I second the smoking package for the cleaner look and extra 12V outlet. That outlet is very handy!

DrainsWalletsFast

If you want to go really loud I've been quite liking Greenyellow lately. A Spyder RS was built in that color and looked wild. I'll try to find it. Though I'm sorta wary of sharing all my favorite colors since I have the hopes of actually ordering some of them one day. First decide if you want loud or understated and take things from there.

SukSquezeBangBlo

Agree. Spec the color you love not what others will love. If it’s Nato Olive then go for it!

silverscooby27

My green yellow GT4 on the dragon, for reference.

Le Petit Garage

Buy the color you want vs perceived rarity. I’ve never seen another python 718 irl and would be super excited to find one!

dnimi123

Drive one first... Then you may want the SRS. Then keep both.

JewishGent

thought about the SRS but i feel like a big draw is the intake noise of the 4rs vs the SRS. i definitely will go and drive one before finalizing the order. the roof on my 718 spyder is a pain as it is so i could only imagine on the SRS and with miami rains appearing out of blue skies i have a feeling its bound to get ruined.

UncleDude

I was wondering to myself the other day if PTS is more important to buyers in markets (like LA?) where Porsche's are common. Around my parts, I get excited if I see a black 987 Boxster!

Mike981S

That may be the case. Also, PTS has become much more popular and common compared to even 8 years ago. I think there were less than 50 out of over 2000 981 GT4 spec'ed in paint to sample. now I saw a statistics that 21% of all 2023 Spyder RSs were spec'ed with PTS.

Reasons may be any of the following:

1. People notice that PTS cars tend to trade at a premium and may depreciate a bit less than non-PTS cars.
2. More popularity and attention given to PTS cars on social media.
3. Easier to specify PTS compared to previously.
4. Less interesting colors available without PTS (at least in the new cars)
5. Offering/asking for PTS is one way for dealers to make more (and may request lower ADM and/or do without)
6. Being able to express more individuality in public compared to the sea of standard white/black/grey/silver Porsches in the local market.
7. PTS allows you to tell stories and tie it back to Porsche's history or your own history.

In my case, I have ordered two PTS cars so far. Main motivations for me were 4., 7., 6. with the after the fact benefit of 2 (I like taking pictures of colorful cars in interesting settings), and 1 (though I am not selling and also have a yellow car, that some people say has worse resale ).

Regarding 7: I chose light green (a classic 1973/4 color for the 911 Carrera RS and Turbo) for the 981 GT4, that I see a bit as a Cayman equivalent to the Carrera RS from then: low production numbers, homologation for the GT4 Clubsport, MT, and I chose acid green as the modern interpretation of light green for the last of the ICE Cayman with a GT engine (or the first RS version with PDK, in case they come out with another GT4RS in the future).

TXshaggy

Don’t understand your comment on intake noise…can’t imagine anything better than the Spyder RS.

Go drive one? Unless you know an owner don’t think you’ll find one to drive. If used 4RS maybe I guess…

JewishGent

Its primarily because the new roof is a complete pain to put on and remove and we get sporadic rain storms where i am.

The dealer pulled the obvious dealer card and now mentioned my salesperson made a mistake and i would have to order it with the Manthey Kit which is another $60k on top. Being that this will be primarily for the road i just dont see the value in it. Onto the next!

Appreciate all of the valued input