FIRST 991 Carrera S 7-Speed Manual in the country - Racing Yellow/Black $108k
04-13-2012, 02:46 PM
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this would rock with the sport design ducktail kit...
PTS Mexico Blue???
PTS Mexico Blue???
04-13-2012, 03:27 PM
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I note with pleasure that the car does not have those $#@!ing centerlock wheels.
04-16-2012, 12:26 PM
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Haha it's available at this time
Sport Chrono is a bit smarter in the 997.2 (and much easier to use, still, an analog timing device ... 2012?) but what does it do for the third pedaler?
Yellow corner markers need to go in a box.
For others ordering the 911, note the "New York Taxi" vinyl cabin trim ... might be worth considering ordering full leather on a $100K+ car to keep up the cabin look and feel.
I like the photos, but I suggest redo-ing the second photo of the shifter to show the "7" not a blurry half a glimpse of the 6 ... : )
Plastic bump for the satellite antenna really is pathetic.
For daily driver buyers, the ventilated seats might sound like froufrou "how did we ever survive without getting cool air blown up our keisters?!" but really, it works perfectly and is very comfortable on a warm day rather than chilling the whole cabin. Unless you're getting the GT2 folding buckets, I'd suggest getting the ventilated seats in the Sport Plus -- not a bad seat and quick supportive for a little lateral G in the turns, might be a tad narrow in the shoulders for taller drivers (over 6'1".)
Personally, I'd spend the $1500 on something other than the sunroof. Hookers and blow would be less wasteful.
The close-up of the front wheel and brake caliper is interesting -- I'm quite liking that new "Platinum" wheel color, but $950 to change the pigment in the paint machine from silver to dark silver?
Mr Porsche needs to work a little harder on wheel bolts, brake rotors (still he same gray paint guaranteed to wash off and rust) and the exposed wheel weights in a contrasting color, the exposed air valve that could be hidden behind a spoke, etc. Even the crest should be available in silver or gray instead of the seemingly mandatory yellow gold (I imagine there is a case to be made for the heritage, etc.)
They can't design their way around having a hole and a plug in the front of the car? The toe hook has been redesigned, why not go the extra yard and make it go in through the vent or have the front air dam removable in the rare case of needing to toe?
Shiny plastic nipples. 'nuf said.
They still print the Monroney as an absurdly useless, oversized document that says a lot, but tells you bugger all ... and glue it so it has to be torn and then ignorantly folded by someone at the dealership no matter how many times you say "leave it to me, I can take it off with steam and preserve it with my car." According to Wikipedia, the law stipulates the Monroney can only be removed by the consumer and a $10,000 fine and 1 year jail applies to each violation.
I wonder how much further the 911 could progress without DOT "regulations" and nonsense EPA restrictions that let school buses belch black clouds of diesel exhaust particulate on kids, enforce fierce penalties on tiny motorcycle engines and fuss over the color of corner markers, the height of bumpers that are still going to kill a pedestrian or slide under any 18 wheeler, and we have mini-vans and 10 mpg pick-ups idling in stop-n-slow commute traffic twice a day (and numerous people commuting between major cities to find menial labor employment.) The US auto industry, the US government and its oil industry overlords are stuck the 80's and refusing to budge. How I got from Racing Yellow and Platinum wheels to window stickers to government corruption, I dunno, I guess it's Romney-blow-back already ... : |
Yellow corner markers need to go in a box.
For others ordering the 911, note the "New York Taxi" vinyl cabin trim ... might be worth considering ordering full leather on a $100K+ car to keep up the cabin look and feel.
I like the photos, but I suggest redo-ing the second photo of the shifter to show the "7" not a blurry half a glimpse of the 6 ... : )
Plastic bump for the satellite antenna really is pathetic.
For daily driver buyers, the ventilated seats might sound like froufrou "how did we ever survive without getting cool air blown up our keisters?!" but really, it works perfectly and is very comfortable on a warm day rather than chilling the whole cabin. Unless you're getting the GT2 folding buckets, I'd suggest getting the ventilated seats in the Sport Plus -- not a bad seat and quick supportive for a little lateral G in the turns, might be a tad narrow in the shoulders for taller drivers (over 6'1".)
Personally, I'd spend the $1500 on something other than the sunroof. Hookers and blow would be less wasteful.
The close-up of the front wheel and brake caliper is interesting -- I'm quite liking that new "Platinum" wheel color, but $950 to change the pigment in the paint machine from silver to dark silver?
Mr Porsche needs to work a little harder on wheel bolts, brake rotors (still he same gray paint guaranteed to wash off and rust) and the exposed wheel weights in a contrasting color, the exposed air valve that could be hidden behind a spoke, etc. Even the crest should be available in silver or gray instead of the seemingly mandatory yellow gold (I imagine there is a case to be made for the heritage, etc.)
They can't design their way around having a hole and a plug in the front of the car? The toe hook has been redesigned, why not go the extra yard and make it go in through the vent or have the front air dam removable in the rare case of needing to toe?
Shiny plastic nipples. 'nuf said.
They still print the Monroney as an absurdly useless, oversized document that says a lot, but tells you bugger all ... and glue it so it has to be torn and then ignorantly folded by someone at the dealership no matter how many times you say "leave it to me, I can take it off with steam and preserve it with my car." According to Wikipedia, the law stipulates the Monroney can only be removed by the consumer and a $10,000 fine and 1 year jail applies to each violation.
I wonder how much further the 911 could progress without DOT "regulations" and nonsense EPA restrictions that let school buses belch black clouds of diesel exhaust particulate on kids, enforce fierce penalties on tiny motorcycle engines and fuss over the color of corner markers, the height of bumpers that are still going to kill a pedestrian or slide under any 18 wheeler, and we have mini-vans and 10 mpg pick-ups idling in stop-n-slow commute traffic twice a day (and numerous people commuting between major cities to find menial labor employment.) The US auto industry, the US government and its oil industry overlords are stuck the 80's and refusing to budge. How I got from Racing Yellow and Platinum wheels to window stickers to government corruption, I dunno, I guess it's Romney-blow-back already ... : |
04-23-2012, 03:05 PM
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04-23-2012, 03:09 PM
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04-23-2012, 03:28 PM
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04-23-2012, 03:30 PM
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04-23-2012, 03:39 PM
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Perhaps since the "music" is piped in, they call it a system, rather than the former PSE being externally louder.