Agree that light design is a waste. I had carbon mirrors on a .2 GTS that was GT Silver with black wheels and thought it looked incredible. With silver wheels on a touring I think you could skip the carbon mirrors. It’s kind of an expensive option for what you get. im thinking about ditching the carbon mirrors on my Miami blue .2 GT3 build because I think the regular mirrors look great especially in a bold color.

I like your build. Mine came in at $187k and I don’t have auto dim or bose.

my 2016 C4S had bose and to me the stereo in my .2 GT3 sounds largely the same.

I can see why people don’t think the Bose is worth it- the car is LOUD, even in ways I didn’t expect, and that can drown out the music, espescially when driving with purpose. Also, the car sounds great, and you want to hear that, too. But I could never call it a waste, or say it was for “bragging rights”. If anything, I’m a bit embarrassed over the total cost of my car, mostly bc of the judgy jenny’s on rennlist.

the fact is, the Bose sounds better than stock, and if that difference is worth the price to you, then go for it. It is NOT a rolling concert hall, though I have heard the $4500 burmeister or whatever is pretty damn close

Went to town on the options list. My new Daily has been optioned heavily also.

Disagree. I’m somewhat of an audiophile and have pretty high end equipment at home. The Burmester is clearly the best, but the Bose in my 2016 has a very muddy sound on low frequencies and shrill almost fatiguing on the highs.

it wasn’t garbage, but for an “upgrade” it sounded pretty mediocre. From what I understand, the base system is upgraded from previous model years to the “plus” system. In my 2018 the base system is comparable to the Bose in my 2016 C4S. For a car with so much other noises going on, the difference is indiscernible. I bet money that if I slapped a bose logo on my door speakers 99.9% of people won’t know the difference.

This isn’t complimentary to the base system, rather it is a criticism to the bose.

Having owned both, it is not worth it for the Bose.

Had some time in my 16 GTS this weekend with light design and Bose. Rare that I drive her at night but this weekend I was intentional and have decided I'm going to keep the light design on Touring build. It's very subtle in the GTS but I liked having the little amount of illumination it provided.

Next up is comparing Bose. My GTS has it but not the right comparison needed. Have two buddies with .1 GT3's. One with and one without. Direct compare coming up in the next week or so.

I have PDLS on the 997 and LED in Black on the 991 GTS. Still hanging in with the PDLS in black for Touring. Three cars, three different lighting systems unless I really want the LED halos again.

Happy that I have enough time to continue to wobble back and forth to get comfortable on these small touches decisions. As always I appreciate everyone's thoughts and perspectives here.