MinMay

Hi,

If both of them are the same price, then which one would you choose?

Both of them are brand new.

I don't know too much about Alcantara option for $3,850. Do you guys recommend that? Initially, I prefer full leather. Also, option 2 is my custom configuration that I want. I would like Metallic White. Option 1 is a car that is already configured.

Should I buy the one that I configured (option 2) with less options for the same price of option 1? I know it's subjective, but I like to get your opinion about Alcantara and the color white vs. metallic white.

Thanks

Option 1:

1 991140 911 Carrera GTS 114,200.00
2 0Q White 0.00
3 GW Leather Interior in Black with Alcantara® incl. GTS Interior 3,850.00
4 658 Power Steering Plus 270.00
5 653 Electric Slide/Tilt Sunroof in Glass 1,990.00
6 638 ParkAssist (Front and Rear) with Reversing Camera 1,645.00
7 583 Smoking Package 0.00
8 581 Luggage Net in Passenger Footwell 0.00
9 250 Porsche Doppelkupplung (PDK) 4,840.00
10 030 PASM Sport Suspension 890.00
11 P3J Premium Package Plus i.c.w. Adaptive Sport Seats Plus (18-wa 1,445.00
12 P3H BOSE® Audio Package 2,120.00
13 P07 Adaptive Sport Seats Plus (18-way) with Memory Package 3,025.00
14 XYB Fuel Cap with Aluminum Look Finish 160.00
15 XUB Headlight Cleaning System Covers in Exterior Color 295.00
16 XFJ Instrument Dials in White 860.00
17 CGJ Sport Chrono Clock Dial in White 500.00
18 ZAB Ornamental Porsche Crest 0.00
Total Retail Vehicle Price 136,090.00
Destination Charge 995.00
Total of Charges & Taxes 995.00
Total Retail Price 137,085.00

Option 2:

Packages
BOSE® Audio Package P3H $2,120
Premium Package i.c.w. Adaptive Sport Seats Plus (18-way) P3F $320
Exterior Color Carrara White Metallic 2Y $710
Interior Color Standard Interior with Leather Seats (4-way/18-way) in Black AJ $0
Exterior Electric Slide/Tilt Sunroof in Glass 653 $1,990
ParkAssist (Front and Rear) with Reversing Camera 638 $1,645
Performance Porsche Doppelkupplung (PDK) 250 $4,840
PASM Sport Suspension 030 $890
Power Steering Plus 658 $270
Wheels 20" 911 Turbo S Wheels 435 $0
Interior Adaptive Sport Seats Plus (18-way) with Memory Package P07 $3,025
Seat Belts in Guards Red Exclusive XSX $540
Deletion of Alcantara® 714 $0
Interior Leather SportDesign Steering Wheel 840 $0
Total Price:*
$131,545

Larry Cable

get the car *you* want ... or get the car the dealer has, discounted

BTW if you get PDK *you must* specify Sports Chrono ... trust me you do not want a PDK car w/o it!

(neither option lists it, but the 1st one specs the clock face in white)

and my personal preference would be to get white metallic vs 'flat' white, and I would save the money on Sports Steering Plus

hinckley

You're forgetting that Sport Chrono is standard on the GTS.

Larry Cable

Doh I am ...

hinckley

All good. I'm just happy that your mission has changed from banishing the world of the color brown to banishing the world of PDK without Sport Chrono!

Larry Cable

brown *and* (some camouflage) greens ... not too mention white and black

LandShark

I love white metallic, it has that exact "shine". Saw a GTS in that color, love it! I don't really care about flat white, my friend's panamera GTS is flat white, it's just OK IMO. May be see both color in person if you could?

Larry Cable

of course (metallic) blue cars *are* better!

LandShark

MinMay

I guess color is very important to me. I saw both white and metallic white...and I do love the metallic white more.

For some reason, i'm not feeling the "Alcantara" look.

Grunty

I'm not sure I get the whole sport chrono thing.

I never use sport plus as it is pointless on the street (takes each shift point to redline).

I don't really notice any difference on the rigid engine mounts versus not rigid (again, on normal street usage).

I do like the little clock on the dash though.

Am I missing something here? If I want to drive spiritedly I will go to manual automatic and shift for myself. In auto driving, I use sport mode exclusively, which is standard without sport chrono, I believe.

John 996 TT Cab

The very first time I had a rental 991 with Sport + I tried Automatic in the city and boy was that a waste. However, now I'm familiar I use Sport + in manual mode in the city 90% of the time and I'm having a blast in that configuration. Do the same thing on my Macan Turbo.

Larry Cable

I personally *hate* the 'normal'/default auto mode, all the shift points are 'too low' great for fuel economy or if you are a minivan (or BMW) they have
no place in a 911 ... even Sport isn't much better, only adds an incremental
rpm to the shift points ... but at least its an option ...

I guess then the 'answer' is to use the paddles in manual mode ...

Larry Cable

news to me, but nice if you mistakenly dont spec SC on your PDK S...

ent

[QUOTE=Larry Cable;12364714]of course (metallic) blue cars *are* better! [/QUOTE