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Old 10-10-2017, 05:43 PM
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Default Finally saw 2018 GT3 at local dealer in Atlanta

Car was being prepped for delivery. Looks fantastic. Some lucky guy is probably picking this up today.










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Interesting...it has a painted exterior wart and painted nipples. Two things we were not sure of occurring in the US.
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Originally Posted by mass27
Interesting...it has a painted exterior wart and painted nipples. Two things we were not sure of occurring in the US.
Not surprised by the painted headlight washers. However the roof antenna is surprising. Why would they do that versus have the antenna in the window glass like on the other cars.
Old 10-10-2017, 06:17 PM
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Originally Posted by stealthpilot
However the roof antenna is surprising. Why would they do that versus have the antenna in the window glass like on the other cars.
All the 991s have that awful painted external antenna (nav).
Old 10-10-2017, 06:23 PM
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Originally Posted by LexVan
All the 991s have that awful painted external antenna (nav).
I think that's just the sat radio antenna. The GPS antenna is up by the windshield. Look at the European cars, they have nav and no roof wart. Totally sucks. And no option to delete.
Old 10-10-2017, 06:39 PM
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Originally Posted by mass27
Interesting...it has a painted exterior wart and painted nipples. Two things we were not sure of occurring in the US.
no painted headlight washers for PTS orders. It's interesting that some people were being told the headlight washers were being deleted for US cars.
Old 10-10-2017, 06:50 PM
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Originally Posted by LexVan
All the 991s have that awful painted external antenna (nav).
It's SiriusXM's antenna, I thought there would be an option to exclude the satellite radio from the order but it seems like you can't
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Looks awesome except for those intakes on the rear deck. Those are hideous. Reason alone to go Touring. Porsche couldn't do something better than just slapping two huge black plastic pieces on the deck lid? Did they spend more than an afternoon on the design of that?
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Originally Posted by Archimedes
Looks awesome except for those intakes on the rear deck. Those are hideous. Reason alone to go Touring. Porsche couldn't do something better than just slapping two huge black plastic pieces on the deck lid? Did they spend more than an afternoon on the design of that?
Have to agree. I prefer the front end of the .1 also
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Lucky indeed! Black LED lights, carbon buckets, black wheels... solid build.
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Originally Posted by Archimedes
Looks awesome except for those intakes on the rear deck. Those are hideous. Reason alone to go Touring. Porsche couldn't do something better than just slapping two huge black plastic pieces on the deck lid? Did they spend more than an afternoon on the design of that?
Agree those did look really cheap. They should at least have painted them black.
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One reason I ordered a darker color (Agate Grey) is that those scoops don't look as tacked onto a darker color.
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Originally Posted by Archimedes
Looks awesome except for those intakes on the rear deck. Those are hideous. Reason alone to go Touring. Porsche couldn't do something better than just slapping two huge black plastic pieces on the deck lid? Did they spend more than an afternoon on the design of that?
+1
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Those orange side markers. Jezus.
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Originally Posted by Archimedes
Looks awesome except for those intakes on the rear deck. Those are hideous. Reason alone to go Touring. Porsche couldn't do something better than just slapping two huge black plastic pieces on the deck lid? Did they spend more than an afternoon on the design of that?
Agree. I'm going to paint my intakes back to body color. (Along with the wing endplates and lower mirrors)


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