I’d love to see pics of the superior red!

Also the pic earlier in the thread with the blue 993 turbo (Ruf?) really highlights how bloody awesome the 993 still looks today👏

Apologies meant to quote…senior moment😳🥹

 

then choice now is between GT Silver or Shark blue. even thought Shark seems a bit too flashy for me ...

 

I vote GT Silver. I know some people consider it boring, but I think it rocks. Not my fist choice, but after I win the lottery I'll definitely have one in the garage. It's timeless. A GT Silver 911 will look just as nice 30 years from now.

 

This thread supports my idea that...nobody can really help you with color, you just have to go with what speaks to you. I was fully set on Shark Blue while waiting for my GTS allocation, then fell in love with Arctic grey and strangely enough landed on Guards Red by the time I locked even though few pointed me that way (my 991.2 was Carmine). Here is a perspective to consider: colors like Guards, GT Silver and a few others are classic in my view and colors like Shark and Arctic as awesome as they look, and they do, are somewhat fads. The deciding factor for me was all the Kia, Hyundai and Toyotas with some variant of bright blue or Arctic I saw while driving to and from Key West a few weeks ago. Yeah, they weren't 992's but that was enough for me.

...so that said, my input in a situation where it does not help is go GT over Shark Blue even though I have not laid eyes on an ugly 911 of any color (although Rubystar is really testing that).

 

+1. This is not one for the wisdom of the crowd. One man's sober and understated is another man's sad and boring, and one man's lively and exciting is another man's garish and tacky.

 

so true! also on Italian's road now there are so many Hyundai and Golf in bright blue and arctic

 

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Totally agree. I've had many 911s and they were all black because I thought it was important to look aggressive. Car never looked clean over 20 years. I was convinced by my twin daughters to forget the aggressive black and do something pretty like chalk. I resisted to the end but ordered the chalk with the black package and let me tell you it's, gorgeous. I picked pretty over aggressive and the most annoying issue is dealing with those who are constantly snapping photos and asking what color it is. HaHa

 

I would describe black as being classic and badass looking, but I would never call it 'aggressive' (to me, that is a color that is trying to get attention - like Python green or Racing yellow or Shark blue). many ways to go with color, and there are puts and takes to all of them. it also depends on where you live and what your use case is - for daily drivers for guys that want to stay somewhat conservative/discrete (whether because of where they live, where they plan to drive and park it, clients, etc.), a more subtle color (black, gray, silver) is a better choice. but if it's an extra car that's more of a weekend driver or if it's for use in areas where bolder colors are more common (Florida, SoCal, etc.), a bolder or more 'aggressive' color is more acceptable.

at least that's how I think of things - proof again that this is all personal

 

My first 1990 C2 was Stone Grey Metallic, which was not as dark as the Slate Grey.
Last week, I took delivery of my Agate Grey GT3 Touring.

 

Badass...Aggressive? Tomato or Tomato? Right on your comments about the other factors that play in these decisions.

 

Completely agree. I was dead set on Arctic grey from the second I saw it on the configurator. It was confirmed when I saw a 992 coupe on the lot, and looking at pics of other's in Arctic grey.

IDK what happened, but all of a sudden I stopped feeling there was any value add in a $3k option that wasn't so special anymore after seeing a CRV and then a Pacifica in their variation of the color.

So now I'm seriously considering Agate, Aventurine and Gentian.

 

Find yours, but I struggled not to go Agate. SO nice to my eye.

 

Agate is the best grey on the market imo. The depth with the brown undertones is incredible. It's a classic Porsche color that no other manufacturer has replicated. I feel the same about GT Silver (and its black undertones). Both top picks for any 911.

 

gt Sylver or Ice gray met?

 

Great. Now I added GT Silver to the race. THANKS! haha