AdamIsAdam

ok, I'll play too. I think I am settled on this build:

http://www.porsche-code.com/PPIG56F7

Still debating the Exclusive Design Tailpipes in Silver and my wife is still debating the Python paint, but I think this is it. Most likely won't add CF roof.

Thoughts? Did I miss anything critical to keep the ethos alive?

adm63

Thank you. 15k. Based on other reports I have seen on here this particular dealership is asking ADMs across the board for all new cars, 20-30k for S and GTS. I am also in line for a T at the dealership where toph got his allocation but of course no word from them so far.

adm63

I think you cant go wrong with launch spec python and the lizard interior, great spec. As for options looks like you have gone for everything you need and nothing you don't, as the saying goes. It will be an exciting car!

renn.tp

I figure you’re just trying to illustrate a point, but it is somewhat dramatic / inflammatory to suggest an incremental $4k would lead to bankruptcy for those exhibiting a certain degree of financial discipline with their build. We all have different life situations, and (presumably) finite resources - how one chooses to allocate those resources is their own prerogative.

Qualifying a rude comment with “I’m not trying to be rude” doesn’t negate the effect. Could I spend $4k more and get leather - yes, in fact, I could spend $40k more for a GTS, but I (like others here), have chosen to allocate those resources elsewhere.

JOSCAL

Thought I’d post this link to the 991.2 T original brochure as it’s mentioned above😊

https://www.auto-brochures.com/makes...0911T_2018.pdf

renn.tp

Beautiful spec — my only question is on the steering casing in leather. I may be mistaken, but see you selected the standard interior. The leather casing may stick out without the rest of the interior being leather.

toph4242

Happy to make an introduction to the Manager of Westwood that I've worked with for years. They only get what they get for allocations obviously, but if you are having trouble hearing back from an SA there, I'd suggest working directly with the manager who is in charge of managing allocations. Let me know and I can shoot you a private message with details/names/numbers or make an introduction.

eibarra21

I think most of us are extremely hardworking, smart , lucky / fortunate or all of them but lets dont loose sight of the actual value of money. $ 4k is not nothing. There is people that dont make it in 1-2 months or more. When some of us put budgets , we do because if we didnt , we could easily chose options worth 40-50k , so it is a matter of drawing a line and make compromises. Sure most of us could get 4k more.. but also 10k and 20k more.. but in exchange of what ? Not investing these 20k? Taking 20k more dividends/ salary and being taxed more in that tax year ? Not having 1 or 2 nice family vacations ? Paying interests on this amounts ?

I understand for some people spending 130k or 175k in a car is about the same but some of us are sooner in our financial / profesional or businessownership paths that we need to have a budget and respect it.

Cheers

adm63

I appreciate it, always happy to make new contacts. I did actually meet one of the managers there briefly last year through one of my friends who ordered a sonderwunsch GT4RS through them but this was before I was seriously in the market for a new 911. I think I worded my post a bit harshly, I've had no issues with communication with them, just meant that my place in line with them hasn't come up so far.

AdamIsAdam

Interesting. I did it because of the green stitching that you get on the steering column when it's in leather. But even my standard interior has leather, no? Seats, armrest, steering wheel, shifter & boot. That's all leather, isn't it?

blackairforce1

Yeah, my problem with the standard interior is the plastic dash that always within your view. Upgrading it to a full leather give you a leather dash that makes the car feel like a 100K+ car.

I wish standard interior would just come with a leather dash but I suspect Porsche did that to push people into getting the full leather interior for $$$.

Gibberish

I thought so, it seemed odd that you'd have to spec and pay for different pipes just to get the normal PSE button 🤔

Gibberish

Exactly, sitting in a 911 should be feel special especially at the price point, all my previous Porsche's have had full extended leather and GTS packages where applicable so the T is going to have the T package with full leather 😉

Bearrun21

When it comes to 'budget cap', that fact that we (or at least me) has a wider sense of the 'toy car' market is a psychology that comes into play. Meaning...at some point getting a T to $150K messes with you as for 'that' money you COULD be into an S (or some other car entirely). Personally, I've had my best total experience when I exercise some restraint, and moreover, recognize that I am continually rewarded by the feeling that I built a 'good value'--a mix of pleasing options and total price--long after the car is delivered.

In building a 'good value', I can actively point to decisions I've made on my recent cars:

• Spyder--'traded' my desire for CF trim for illuminated door sills. Reasoned the standard brushed aluminum trim looked good enough, and that I'd enjoy seeing the Spyder logo every summer evening.
• CGTS--this car will be driven all year and wanted to enhance the interior experience, so I selected leather covered trim to go with the chalk/black leather interior--therefore, an easy decision to pass on the illuminated sills.

TLDR: There is a psychological aspect we all have in 'setting' our budgets. This thread is great for giving ideas, but in the end no sense getting bent when someone 'passes' on your must-do option.

Bearrun21

Your comment / observation about the stitching on the T-interior pack in 'silver grey' being too dark is really helpful. Yes, I know I'd be disappointed in it being too subtle against the black.

Your report would push me to do the T-interior in green OR to skip the T-package, and instead add the deviated stitching option in a more impactful color--as it's a 'relative value' at an adder of just $1250 above the cost of the T-interior pack--and they will stitch the manual transmission shift boot within the deviated stitching package as well.