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Where are all the "Ts should be light, minimal options, cheap" police when I need them? Since it's a free option and the Ice Grey is neutral, I figure I'll give it a whirl. I did consider "fully committing" to the Painted Ice Grey interior and doing the 1) Painted Leathers Seatback and the 2) Leather Air Vents with Painted Vents. In the configurator, it looks awesome. I just worry in real life it will be tacky and adds like $3500. The plastic seat backs don't bother me as much as I thought, since the dark grey plastic at least matches other dark grey plastic trim parts throughout the cabin.
The T-ethos is nice. But you either like leather or you feel your interior doesn’t need it. Both is fine. But not going for leather because you want a budget Porsche because it fits the T ethos is just plain stupid. Porsche did not put the T on the market to be cheap. It’s even more expensive than the base Carrera. You have picture here from Lone992 and PlainwhiteT where you can see the stitching and the interior in exterior color. Chalk is similar to the look you will get. I must say the green stitching works brilliantly with the chalk/white/ice grey interior. It’s one of the best combinations out there. I personally don’t like the colored air vents. These distract very much. And don’t think the plastic of the back seats will match the rest of the interior. Nothing wrong with skipping this option, but don’t try to justify it with other reasons. Here some pictures of my 992 Ben Pon edition leather parts and stitches. But that car had luxury all over it of course. No sporty look and feel like the T.
Found this parked down the street from my Cape Cod House.... Side of the road, no License plate... Belong to anyone on here?
Cape Cod, town of Cataumet??
@Macboy -- You're killing me brother! You're such an enabler. Where are all the "Ts should be light, minimal options, cheap" police when I need them? I really do love leather and deviated stitching. I just worry it's contrary to the ethos of the T. I don't really care about recouping value at resale of a $160K T build vs a $130K T build.
Personally, I've hated the painted interior trim in every 911 I've seen it in, but it's mostly been skittle colored GT3s. Since it's a free option and the Ice Grey is neutral, I figure I'll give it a whirl. If I don't like it, my SA says I can either vinyl wrap it gloss black or dark aluminum... and if that fails, have the OEM Black Brushed Aluminum trim that's standard with the GTS installed (though apparently it would cost a few $k) to perfectly match the door sills.
I did consider "fully committing" to the Painted Ice Grey interior and doing the 1) Painted Leathers Seatback and the 2) Leather Air Vents with Painted Vents. In the configurator, it looks awesome. I just worry in real life it will be tacky and adds like $3500.
The plastic seat backs don't bother me as much as I thought, since the dark grey plastic at least matches other dark grey plastic trim parts throughout the cabin.
I read somewhere that the leather option is lighter in the 992 than the plastic dash. Don't know why. Don't know if it's true. Can't recall where I read it. Buyer beware.
I debated leather for a long while for the same reasons. Bottom line, interior is where you live and what you see and it looks/feels substantially better to me, so a must.
Same feelings about painted interior trim. On the fence but ordered it in my white car for the same reasons: neutral color and easy fix if I don't like it.
Leather/stitching in seatbacks doesn't make sense since I don't see them. Wrapping them does since you can see those form outside and it reminds me of 993 painted seatbacks. It's also changeable and cheap.
01-04-2024, 02:54 PM
