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Your response is a rather silly one and takes mine out of context.. The statement that I was respondingg to was that its would be more difficult to sell a car without leather, my response was that I never had a problem selling the last 2 911's without leather. I didn't give them away, I priced them appropriately. I hope that clarifies it for you.
When you "priced them appropriately", did you feel that you lost any value because of no leather?
My guess is your husband is reading Rennlist, lol!!
If I get another one, I might skip the full leather. The standard interior looks quite nice, needs less care, and is friendlier to the environment. I read your other post about the synthetic leather - I’d do that. An eco-interior could be a big hit.
Actually, Dan, your car has Sport Tex--so you did go a bit toward eco- friendly!
No, my husband doesn't read Rennlist...lol. Although I think he is happy I can come on here and chat all about cars - and he doesn't have to hear about my car obsessions himself :-)
Last edited by Metalblond; 08-21-2020 at 06:00 PM.
When you "priced them appropriately", did you feel that you lost any value because of no leather?
I didn't feel that way at all. Leather is nice but, in my opinion, most buyers in the used market are looking for other things - service records, condition of exterior, performance options come to mind. I never even had an inquiry asking if I had leather. I think that if someone is specifically looking for the leather package you lose them as potential buyers but I don't think that it is a big factor in resale.
I didn't feel that way at all. Leather is nice but, in my opinion, most buyers in the used market are looking for other things - service records, condition of exterior, performance options come to mind. I never even had an inquiry asking if I had leather. I think that if someone is specifically looking for the leather package you lose them as potential buyers but I don't think that it is a big factor in resale.
Now that you say this, no one asked me about leather either...they just they wanted the car because it was beautiful and well kept. As a matter of fact, the only person who mentioned about the lack of leather on my 991.2 was an older man at a Cars and Coffee - who I kind of thought was rude when he said "too bad you don't have leather". It's too bad he didn't have manners. Then again, he didn't even have a Porsche (he had an MB--hmm....talk about pleather?)--so I just thought he was some guy who was trying to talk down to me. That's okay. I drove off and sold my beautiful 991.2 without leather without him.
The absence of nice leather doesn't hurt your resale value, but a well specced car will command a premium to the right buyer.
I know when I bought my CPO 911 I paid 7-10k over market for it because it had everything I wanted and I knew I wouldn't be able to find that combination for months if I passed on it. When I sold it I probably got $5k over market for the same reason.
Huge fan of fabric/cloth seats. Leather has lost its luster (literally) for me.
With pepita, corduroy, Pasha, tartan, and plaid all hopefully/possibly making a comeback via Porsche's Heritage Design Strategy, it would be refreshing to have some alternatives to leather.
08-21-2020 | 04:34 PM
