flgfish

I'm new to the forum. I purchased a 2015 911 C2 in Fort Lauderdale, FL with 52k miles & drove it back to Houston in one long shot with my dad. It was a fun trip. I've put about 2000 miles on it in the last week and a half. It's got PDK, SC, and PSE, which were my must-have options when I was looking. I would have liked PASM, but to be honest, I don't miss it at this point. The car is Mahogany Metallic with 20" black Turbo wheels. It's got the standard sound, which I wanted - much easier upgrade path than with the Bose sound, if I wanted to upgrade. I thought I would (I've upgraded every car I've ever owned), but I'm surprisingly happy with the PCM 3.1 system. If I do upgrade, it'll probably just be the amp/speakers and not the PCM... which is not what I expected going into this at all.

I plan on daily driving this car, and enjoying every minute of it. It failed the stupid window tint testing when I got it back to Texas and did the inspection, so I have to get the side window tint changed from 15% to 25%. Other than that, the car is perfect & it puts a smile on my face every time I get in it. I'm looking for excuses to pick up my kids from school, or take my kids somewhere, or go to the store...

I looked at the S models, but in the end, I found myself having just as much fun driving the "base" car as I did any of the S models, and didn't see a need to spend the extra dough. I also started out looking for manuals, but the PDK just blows my socks off after demoing a bunch. I really like the standard seats, and I'm glad this car doesn't have the 18-way seats; they just frustrated me as I tried to get comfortable with the 10000000 combinations of positions. These are perfect, and simple. I was amazed that we averaged 30 miles a gallon driving on I-10 back to Houston, doing 80 MPH basically the whole way. This car is amazing. I'm also not sure if I would put Sport Chrono on my must-have list of options anymore, either... sport mode is more balanced for the street, and I tend to drive it in manual mode anyway when I'm having fun and not just cruising. Maybe my mind will change if I ever go do a HPD class with the local PCA club.

Here are a couple random, bad pictures. You should be able to click on them to get bigger ones, unless I screw up the BBcode or the IMGUR links. I'll do my best to get some more in the sunlight that really showcase the range of colors the Mohagany Metallic can show off... it can look purple, maroon, brown or black depending on lighting and time of day.

(edit: right-click & "open in new tab" for bigger images... I don't know what's going on with the BBcode links here...)

evilfij

flgfish

evilfij

flgfish

That makes sense.

So were PCM and Homelink standard options in 2015? They look like upcharge options in the 2015 brochure PDF I found online.

evilfij

Bud Taylor

Isn't PASM part of the SC package ? Did you mean SPASM which I just realized spells a scrabble word.

Dennis C

flgfish

bwiele

This guy has done his homework and knows his stuff!

Good on you and congrats on the new car!

shammerman

Beautiful car !!! Congratulations. One suggestion... Add the paddles and it will transform your car by notches. I have done on both the PDK cars (my old 2011 4S and the Targa 4S I now have) and it is the best money you can spend. Check out my post (#14) in the thread below. You can keep your beautiful steering wheel as it really completes the interior and I would not think that you would want to remove it, but the paddles are a MUST !

Steering Wheel Thread

flgfish

Thanks for the link!

edit: So I'm checking out the TechArt paddles, and I don't get how they work. I don't see any install instructions. Do they just mount to the back of the OEM wheel buttons? Is there any software needed to be changed? The OEM wheel gear shifters go down when pulled and up when pushed... and it looks like on both sides, the TechArt paddles just "pull"... so won't both sides just shift down? I'm sure I'm missing something here...

SoCal C2S

Needsdecaf

Welcome fellow third coaster!

I did a similar "pick up and drive home" to yours (link in my signature) 2 years ago. Mine was from NC to Houston, and it was with my best friend from College. Great trip!

Definitely join the LSR PCA and hope you come to some of the events. It's a great chapter, fantastic people and events all year around from cruises to Saturday GTG's for coffee to HPDE to socials, you name it. There is at least one GTG every Saturday, sometimes two, depends on what part of town you're in or want to go to. I did the Bluebonnet run last spring and it was great. Everything is on the LSRPCA website or the Facebook page, which is very active. What part of town are you in?

Great looking car. I love Mahogany on the 911. Such an understated but cool color.

Congrats and enjoy!

shammerman

The right paddle (+) is upshift and the left (-) is downshift. The new paddle assembly actually also replaces the "old" push buttons with a dummy so you will not have the use of those anymore. If you pull both paddles simultaneously, the transmission will go into neutral. Please see the attached installation instructions. (I had my dealer install).