Originally Posted by FORENN

What options? Source?

Originally Posted by Barkat03

I'm off to lock mine in on Tuesday - still some decisions to be made. Seats for one! I had 18 wayers on the Cayenne and needed the lumbar support on longer journeys. Will I need them on the T ??
What did the PPF guys tell you?? What sort of price are you needing to spend for quality PPF?

Originally Posted by Macboy

Made a lot of trips with this great daily car. Big trip to Germany Austria Slovenia Croatia and Bosnia. What a dream car it was. But mostly as a good daily. I will explain more below.


I consider myself as such, just not really professional


This version was a special Ben Pon jr version. He was the first Porsche importer outside Germany. The first imported car was a 356 in Fischsilbergrey. Hence the interior and exterior color matching that first Porsche. See pictures below:




The change that I am looking for is simple. I also explained it in my introductory thread here. My first ever Porsche was a 991.2 T manual in GR. I changed this car too soon and always have regret it. That car was a purist car and I drove it like that. Also the 991.2 GT3 I owned after that. They were screaming to me all the time: take me for a fun drive. Sometimes when I woke up middle of the night (I could see it through the window we have when going to the bathroom) I did not go to bed but for a drive. Waking the car up in the morning and get heat into all mechanical elements was such a joy in the T and GT3. Of course the latter one even more. The 992 4S does not have any of this. It is a perfect Porsche. But more as a daily. No better car to drive for work and private in normal weather and especially in rain. But never no morning in all those 9 months and 25.000 the car screamed one time to me in the middle of the night and drive around without any goal. Just having fun. It did not do this. So I knew this was not what I was seeking in my Porsche. And then the 992 T came along. My wife hated the spoiler of the GT3 and the bucket seats. So a normal 992 with normal seats was perfect for us. The GT3 touring to expensive and too hardcore soundwise. I also like the turbo with manual. The GT3 needs the PDK. And I wanted to be more involved hence the 385pk is just perfect with manual and turbo. So this is just my dream car to have.

Here is how the car screams every night






No you are not right. That last package also adds the inner door sill guards. This really is a must if you go for the deviated stitching and lower door parts in leather. These options all can be see when you sit and look at the passenger side. All door parts in leather as well as the inner door sill guards, they are meant to be seen with closed doors. Some people think only when you open the door. You pay for deviated stitching a lot of money: just the maximize it by chosing all the leather options. It really is stunning trust me on this one! Just don’t forget to add the lower door parts in leather. The fuse box seems silly at first, but it adds to the view on the passenger side as well. You will get the picture when you own it. If you want I have pictures (pm me).

The leather dashboard and door trim are a bit silly for the price. The door trim cannot be seen with doors closed, unlike the parts I suggest you to order. And the dashboard stitching part is only around the chrono where on the 991.2 the full dashboard had stitching. But the price is the same. So if you don’t know what to do spend the money on the parts I suggested. But whatever you do at least prioritize what I advice and I know you will love it and not get disappointed. I will be so jealous!


Strangely all countries have exactly the same configurator except Germany.


I am always glad to elaborate more. It’s very simple. RAS makes the car feel planted more and like driving on rails. 4 wheel drive also makes the car drive more on rails and more planted. So RAS on a 4S makes sense. Another point is that I love my rear breaking out in a corner just like a BMW. And correcting it manually. The 4S is not so good in moving it’s rear because it’s more planted. A AWD car is always less easy to play around than a RWD. The drift percentage is always more and not so natural to me. I like it all mechanical. So 4S is less fun to me driving in corners and so is RAS. Its adding more system involvement instead of more mechanical drivers input. I also did not order the steering help. Just want it all as pure as possible on my T.

Originally Posted by grinch

Haven’t heard much talk of Gentian Blue here for the Carrera T… what are your thoughts? I keep coming back to this one and I find it so striking. I also like how the Carrera T side decal is a bit more subtle with the blue background color. Also, am I crazy to think black high gloss wheels work best here?? Really like the colored Porsche Crest.

Originally Posted by balucipher

I sat in both last week and the 18 ways are a lot more comfortable than the 4 ways because you can adjust everything. No lumbar on the 4 ways either.

Originally Posted by RichJ_cars

Do the 4-ways have poor lumbar support, or is it just not adjustable? I’ll definitely try them both, but the starting bias for free, lighter, ethos-friendly seats is strong.

Originally Posted by Macboy

The change that I am looking for is simple. I also explained it in my introductory thread here. My first ever Porsche was a 991.2 T manual in GR. I changed this car too soon and always have regret it. That car was a purist car and I drove it like that. Also the 991.2 GT3 I owned after that. They were screaming to me all the time: take me for a fun drive. Sometimes when I woke up middle of the night (I could see it through the window we have when going to the bathroom) I did not go to bed but for a drive. Waking the car up in the morning and get heat into all mechanical elements was such a joy in the T and GT3. Of course the latter one even more. The 992 4S does not have any of this. It is a perfect Porsche. But more as a daily. No better car to drive for work and private in normal weather and especially in rain. But never no morning in all those 9 months and 25.000 the car screamed one time to me in the middle of the night and drive around without any goal. Just having fun. It did not do this. So I knew this was not what I was seeking in my Porsche. And then the 992 T came along. My wife hated the spoiler of the GT3 and the bucket seats. So a normal 992 with normal seats was perfect for us. The GT3 touring to expensive and too hardcore soundwise. I also like the turbo with manual. The GT3 needs the PDK. And I wanted to be more involved hence the 385pk is just perfect with manual and turbo. So this is just my dream car to have.

Originally Posted by balucipher

I didn't feel any. It wasn't a bad seat, but getting in the 18 way and filling the lumbar and adjusting the bolsters so that it made a fake bucket felt pretty good

Originally Posted by RichJ_cars

This is such a great way of putting things. I am selling a very compelling and engaging car (bright orange GT350) to get the T because I feel like the window to get a traditional 911 is closing soon. I hope the T screams as loudly to me as the GT350. Thankfully, I’ll be keeping another many-year-owned V8 car in the stable as a sibling to the T.

Originally Posted by toph4242

Yea. I thought long and hard about this, but as soon as the LWCB were confirmed to be a no-go, I opted for the 18-way as well. In all other aspects I'm trying to keep weight down and go with ETHOS etc, but the 18-way just allows for a much more secure feel with all the bolstering. Im a pretty small guy (5'9 150lbs)... and I have no back issues etc, but I really enjoy the "adaptability" (pun intended) of the 18-way. And I also have always had a hard time with the idea of a manual seat in a 6-figure car unless they were the buckets.

Originally Posted by grinch

Haven’t heard much talk of Gentian Blue here for the Carrera T… what are your thoughts? I keep coming back to this one and I find it so striking. I also like how the Carrera T side decal is a bit more subtle with the blue background color. Also, am I crazy to think black high gloss wheels work best here?? Really like the colored Porsche Crest.