GT3 Jockey

Hi everyone,
I am relatively new to this forum. Have been doing a lot reading but not a lot of posting. I have a 2015 GT3 on order. Unfortunately I was one of the unlucky ones whose order got pushed back from 1/23 to 3/16 because of the bucket seats. I had asked Melissa at the porsche exclusive if I can get a yellow marker on my alcantara steeing wheel at 12 o'clock. She got back to me yesterday with the "good news" I can order this option and it only costs 3,245 dollars !!!
Any thoughts?
I have attached a copy of my order sheet. I know I probably went over board with the options. I guess that's what happens when you wait for a car for 15 months. You have a lot of time to tick boxes

CAlexio

Have you considered taking a small piece of red electrical tape and wrapping it around the top of the wheel for 2cents? ... Cause that's what racers actually do

MayorAdamWest

I hope you plan on keeping the car for a very long time, because the depreciation on most of those options is going to be basically 100% the moment you drive it off the lot.

997rs4.0

Thats got to be the most expensive bit of fabric ever....... so now I start to understand why the RS is so expensive.

DoninDen

Awesomely spec'ed car! It becomes a matter of what you like. I like the 12:00 marker. I'm curious on why it's yellow when the rest of the interior specs are accented in red. Might be very cool though to have the offset color.

Maybe on the price say to her, "aw come on, I've been pushed back this long and you can't give me a break?"

Never hurts to ask!

fibredog

Or yellow tape (maybe 3 cents)...

NateOZ

I once asked pro about it and he told me if you don't have muscle memory on exactly what straight is you need more seat time...spend the money on driving more.

CAlexio

Yes, I had noticed the price of yellow tape slowly inflating in the commodity markets.. It's just that Porsche quoted him a price from the year 3215 if we calculate linear inflation from today.

hfm

Dinner and an evening out with Melissa should come with that price tag.

Dan (thinks if you're willing to spend $50k in options, go for the extra $3.2k for what you want)

GT3 Jockey

I know I'll probably take a huge hit on resale. But life is too short and this will be my DD.

rwcsn1

seems like a poseur option to me, but so are many options on Porsche.

SamFromTX

Ask your dealership who would they recommend to recover steering wheels. I had that done on my TTS, plus changed the stitching to deviated. In the right hands, you would not be able to tell the difference and it would cost a couple of hundred bucks or so.

RFGGT3

GO FOR IT: it's a long time on boot hill!

Mike in CA

$3245? For a bit of yellow on the wheel? No matter how much money one has, that's ridiculous.

dark knight

3k, wow, bet a new wheel is cheaper, heres what you do, get some leather in the color you want, get a seamstress to make it into a little band with velcro on ends, put on wheel and take off as needed. I actually was thinking about this too, glad I didnt pursue it further Maybe trey are confused and think you want the whole wheel yellow