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Why don't you visit a dealer and take look at the color on their sample wall? The sample is painted on a curved surface. You can step outside and view it in direct natural light and see how it varies on the curved surface.
I agree, looks good in person, more elegant than the traditional guards red.
Even though I chose Guards over Carmine I agree, but elegant wasn't what I was after. My wife told me "If you're going to buy a 911, go all the way and get an in-your-face red winged GT3. Otherwise just drive your black Macan. All of our cars don't have to have a back seat". Reason 853 why I married her.
I parked my Guards Red beside a Carmine. Makes the Carmine look almost Burgundy. Its a pretty cool color. Find one before you pull the trigger.
Yeah, but you forgot the part about CR making GR look orange.
CR is almost identical to Corvette's Victory Red, if you are familiar with that color, while GR is almost identical to Corvette's Torch Red. I only mention those colors because it seems a lot of 911 owners once owned Vettes, myself included.
I have a CR GTS, and I like the color a lot, but it frustrates me, as it is so hard to take a picture of it that comes out like your eye actually sees it. Even to your eye, the more overcast the day, the more accurate the color. On a bright sunny day the color can be washed out, and disappointing. This picture on a somewhat overcast day is about the truest representation of the color that I have.
I think Carmine is the prettier color alone, but I've never loved the way it works with other colors on the car, i.e., trim, wheels, tires. I think Guards, while a little more tomato, works more cohesively with the different colors on the car. Carmine to me is like mixing shades on a pallet that don't flow quite as well together.
Gah, thanks for all of your replies. I am going to daily it not wanting to make too much noice because of my profession. I drive a volcano grey macan today which I love.
The carmine red car comes with 4900 miles on it, I will get it at a 5-6% discount off the listed used price. Comes with everything I need and a bit more.
My other option is a brand new one in volcano grey, same price but no MF steering wheel, no sportdesign mirrors, no sunroof, no rear axle steering and only parking sensors in the back.
Seems that the CR car is a better deal, just not 100% sure about the color, although the pictures here makes me more interested.
Yeah, but you forgot the part about CR making GR look orange.
CR is almost identical to Corvette's Victory Red, if you are familiar with that color, while GR is almost identical to Corvette's Torch Red. I only mention those colors because it seems a lot of 911 owners once owned Vettes, myself included.
I have a CR GTS, and I like the color a lot, but it frustrates me, as it is so hard to take a picture of it that comes out like your eye actually sees it. Even to your eye, the more overcast the day, the more accurate the color. On a bright sunny day the color can be washed out, and disappointing. This picture on a somewhat overcast day is about the truest representation of the color that I have.
Best description I have read. I was never a fan of torch red (I had magnetic red and Monterey red). Your car looks gorgeous!
Gah, thanks for all of your replies. I am going to daily it not wanting to make too much noice because of my profession...
Seems that the CR car is a better deal, just not 100% sure about the color, although the pictures here makes me more interested.
I guess if you are a hit man, PI, or the like the red might not be a good idea.
Regarding the "better deal", spending 100K+ for a color you may not like doesn't seem like a "better deal". However, if how others might view you because your Porsche 911 is red is more the issue I feel you may be over-thinking this. People will judge. They'll judge a 911 and "maybe "slightly more a red 911. Unhappy people will REALLY judge. The only person that you can actually make happy is yourself. Get what makes you happy.
Absolute no-brainer. There's a reason they have standard colours, then metallic colours at a premium, and then premium colours at a ridiculous premium (like Carmine) when in fact they are the same paint quality as standard flat colours. It's much nicer and deeper than Guards Red and I believe is historically the original GTS colour. So whilst Guards is a classic colour, Carmine has prestige and a fair degree of exclusivity about it, given that most people also are reluctant to pay the extra for a flat colour when buying new off the options list. In the 70/80's, BMW (Zinnober Red I had) and VW (similar I had) specced as standard a bluey red very similar to Carmine. Then they changed to a brighter orangey red like Guards. Before my Jet Black 911, I had a Carmine 718, loved the colour but not the engine!
All 911's are financially provocative but Carmine Red is more classy than flashy, provided you have a black interior. Nearly bought one when I got the black 911 instead but it had a two-tone crayon interior, very 'look at me'.
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