Sport Chrono or Full Leather?
03-24-2019, 12:43 PM
#31
I think it’s because the performance gains are minimal with sports chrono and because if one is looking for absolute performance, there are now the GT3+ cars.
03-24-2019, 01:59 PM
#32
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Like most on this thread, my vote would be leather. My previous car was a C2S in PDK with Sport chrono and I rarely used sport plus (when I did, the difference between it and sport was barely noticeable). For my incoming car, I went with full leather and no sport chrono but with a manual tranny (base car), I felt this was a no brainer. Seems to me driving both cars back to back would be ideal to help decide.
03-24-2019, 04:12 PM
#33
Burning Brakes
Leather or the ugly stopwatch? - Ugly stopwatch for me all the time, every time.
I had a C2S w/o the Sport Chrono at one time
and the lack of it pushed me to exchange it for the one with it.
With that one exception I always go for the SC package. Leather? - what leather?
On a serious note, like others suggested I'd wait and find a car with both.
I had a C2S w/o the Sport Chrono at one time
and the lack of it pushed me to exchange it for the one with it.
With that one exception I always go for the SC package. Leather? - what leather?
On a serious note, like others suggested I'd wait and find a car with both.
03-24-2019, 04:41 PM
#34
Full leather every day - Sport Chrono is a gimmick used by Porsche to drain more cash from your pocket. Full leather makes the car look and feel its $100k+ price tag. The base interior (especially the trimless door cards) looks very budget and out of place in a six figure car.
03-24-2019, 08:56 PM
#36
One of the most often overlooked goodies of the sport chrono is the sport response button. It’s like a LeMans style push to pass. I use it to pass people all the time! As well as impress my five year old who says “Porsche is the fastest car!” He pronounces Porsche correctly by the way.
My my twelve year old loves launch control starts. We will look for deserted strips of road to do these from time to time. I use all the modes SC provides. I love it and would not have a car without it. The interior is nice enough for me. I would go full leather if I could but would not choose it over SC. That’s the opinion of some random guy on the internet who is not spending his hard earned money on the car you’re looking at. So get what you like best!
My my twelve year old loves launch control starts. We will look for deserted strips of road to do these from time to time. I use all the modes SC provides. I love it and would not have a car without it. The interior is nice enough for me. I would go full leather if I could but would not choose it over SC. That’s the opinion of some random guy on the internet who is not spending his hard earned money on the car you’re looking at. So get what you like best!
03-25-2019, 11:48 AM
#38
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I'm a little surprised at the responses urging an interior appearance option over a performance option. I mean, sure, get both if both matter to you. But if you can only have one, get the performance option (Sport Chrono) all day every day. It's not about the ugly clock. It's about Sport Plus.
I sat in full leather cars, and non-full leather cars and didn't care. But until I got and drove a 911 with Sport Plus, I would never have known how much I'd miss it if I didn't have it. And it's not like lack of full leather interior will make a 911 uncomfortable in any way.
I sat in full leather cars, and non-full leather cars and didn't care. But until I got and drove a 911 with Sport Plus, I would never have known how much I'd miss it if I didn't have it. And it's not like lack of full leather interior will make a 911 uncomfortable in any way.
03-25-2019, 12:03 PM
#39
I'm a little surprised at the responses urging an interior appearance option over a performance option. I mean, sure, get both if both matter to you. But if you can only have one, get the performance option (Sport Chrono) all day every day. It's not about the ugly clock. It's about Sport Plus.
I sat in full leather cars, and non-full leather cars and didn't care. But until I got and drove a 911 with Sport Plus, I would never have known how much I'd miss it if I didn't have it. And it's not like lack of full leather interior will make a 911 uncomfortable in any way.
I sat in full leather cars, and non-full leather cars and didn't care. But until I got and drove a 911 with Sport Plus, I would never have known how much I'd miss it if I didn't have it. And it's not like lack of full leather interior will make a 911 uncomfortable in any way.
03-25-2019, 12:18 PM
#41
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I'm a little surprised at the responses urging an interior appearance option over a performance option. I mean, sure, get both if both matter to you. But if you can only have one, get the performance option (Sport Chrono) all day every day. It's not about the ugly clock. It's about Sport Plus.
I sat in full leather cars, and non-full leather cars and didn't care. But until I got and drove a 911 with Sport Plus, I would never have known how much I'd miss it if I didn't have it. And it's not like lack of full leather interior will make a 911 uncomfortable in any way.
I sat in full leather cars, and non-full leather cars and didn't care. But until I got and drove a 911 with Sport Plus, I would never have known how much I'd miss it if I didn't have it. And it's not like lack of full leather interior will make a 911 uncomfortable in any way.
are there really no cars in the whole US that have both options?
03-25-2019, 12:19 PM
#42
SC for me... I have full cow in my daily driver and like the polarizing difference. My 911 is for driving and smoking cigars so it works for me. YMMV.
Buying a car and not driving it and for resale > enjoyment is like not kissing your girlfriend and buying her nice things so she's more desirable for her next boyfriend.
Buying a car and not driving it and for resale > enjoyment is like not kissing your girlfriend and buying her nice things so she's more desirable for her next boyfriend.
03-25-2019, 01:07 PM
#44
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I really, really like my GTS, and as a daily driver, I think I made the correct choice. But I do wonder if I wouldn't have been even happier with an even stiffer, edgier, noisier GT3 or 3T. Guess I'll save my pennies and keep an eye the used market - maybe get one used and have both.
03-25-2019, 01:19 PM
#45
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Cars without full leather look like a loaded Honda.
Crazy to think Porsche offers a 100k car with no leather. Jokes on us.
Crazy to think Porsche offers a 100k car with no leather. Jokes on us.