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Agree with STG... At $60K, I might consider a diminished value car like this if the repairs seemed to be done extremely well. Personally, I don't mind the LGM color, though I've never seen one in person.
There are two that I am aware of in Colorado, one is a 991 and the other is a 981 Cayman, the Cayman one is owned by a guy who is part of the local PCA. Lime Gold is nice in person, it's definitely eye catchy.
Nice drivers build! Oddly no Sport Chrono, but much less of an issue in a manual transmission car. Effectively you are just losing the active engine mounts.
As recently as a few months ago, I wouldn't even mention a 65,000 mile car at $66K ask, but in todays market, it isn't a bad price for a nicely configured 991.1S that is full CPO, one-owner, fully-documented-maintenance car. Assuming of course it is uber clean in person. As mentioned, pickings are slim!
I've owned several 60,000 mile Porsche's that looked and drove like they rolled off the showroom, this could be one of them... Any renncheck guys in the Atlanta area want to put eyes on this one?
Lime Green... Definitely a color that triggers a reaction.
Though not without some Porsche history!
Originally Posted by STG
^^^ don't think it goes back that far. Not quite sure.
Our resident PTS color expert Eduardo may chime in.
PAG had an early 911 hue as a 'Special Color called
'Gold Green'. Some called it 'Lime Green', but that is
fraught with danger since color code 226 is often
called that too! 'Gold Green' was paint code 62165
or 6828. And Porsche color code 116. The period is
1966 to 1969. It is rare...very rare!
Originally Posted by pfbz
Your right... The early 911 is Lime Green rather than
Lime Gold, but very similar.
Not similar at all! 'Gold Green' was a solid/uni (not
a metallic) that had life, energy & presence:
We had a rare example of it show up at Carmel's
'Concours on the Avenue' & it was simply stunning!
***
'Lime Gold Metallic' is a color that has no life,
no energy. And it scares little children & most
adults.
Thankfully, after the mid-model year changes,
'Lime Gold Metallic' was removed from the color
palette & unceremoniously buried at the cemetery
for unsuccessful Porsche colors that is located
at Feuerbach, not far from Zuffenhausen. It is
there in an unmarked grave to insure no future
color fashionista at Porsche can find it again &
resurrect it.
How much to do it?? I should do it just for kicks to go check it out.
We'll shuffle it around the country. Poor car! Needs some love.
Free transfer to Bakersfield, then to Fresno, then to Modesto, then to SF Bay area, then to Sacramento, to Reno, to Salt Lake City, to Cheyenne, etc etc
There are two that I am aware of in Colorado, one is a 991 and the other is a 981 Cayman, the Cayman one is owned by a guy who is part of the local PCA. Lime Gold is nice in person, it's definitely eye catchy.
I saw a lime gold vert with a black top and interior and the same wheels as is on this coupe up in the Seattle area couple years back and it was beautiful. If it's done with nice contrasting colors it's really a traffic stopper.
OK, I'm calling uncle on the LGM car...
Eduardo is the man. What other colors
are buried at Feuerbach?
Quite a number. From the 356 period, we
have 'Maroon' (color code 503). 'Pasha Red'
(523) was happily buried there in Feuerbach
for years & then some fool resurrected it for
PTS. In my opinion, it should have stayed
buried!
Other failed colors at Feuerbach from later years
include 'Salmon', 'Fiesta Orange', 'Copper Brown',
'BordeauxRot', 'BurnusBraun', 'Indiana Red',
'VenusRed', 'MaraschinoRed' and many others.
'Peru Red' was buried there but dug up via PTS.
In general, all of these maroon-like Porsche
colors are deserving of an ignominious end
at Feuerbach. It's bad enough that all the
auto rental fleets at major airports are mostly
painted 'Maroon'. But to also see them on
your favorite sport car is pretty depressing,
don't you agree?
The rumor is that the crypts at Feuerbach for
these failed colors will now be weighted down
with lead bars & the colors will be buried upside
down, so if they escape, they just go deeper
underground!
Let's see if that will work. If not, there is
always the Dracula solution! And I have a
kit I brought from my native Transylvania
to deal with these kinds of problems! The
key is to aim for the heart & pound really,
really hard!
06-06-2017, 03:20 PM
