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Which color would you buy, Arena red/black or Speed yellow/black?

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Old 01-30-2004, 12:50 AM
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Default Which color would you buy, Arena red/black or Speed yellow/black?

Imagine you have only one choice to pick from one of them.

I am 33 yrs old and leaning to the SY and concerning how hard to sell the car when the time comes.
Old 01-30-2004, 01:10 AM
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Hands down no contest, easy pickins, great choice, is
Arena Red. No doubt. Less tickets too. i love looking
at SY but its just too loud. and did I mention tickets??
Old 01-30-2004, 02:33 AM
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I like SY much better than arena red. Great loud color. This is a TT after all, not a honda?? ( no offence OG..
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My favorite color... Speed Yellow
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OG, I think you are a SY fan at heart.. Just check out what color sponge bob is.
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I'd shed no tears with either one. As much as I love Arena Red (it was an Arena Red Boxster that encouraged me to buy my first P-Car), the 993TT in Speed Yellow is as good as it gets.
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I was considering a Speed Yellow 993 until I saw one in the shade... the color looks great on the sunny side but not right when in the shadows. Am I the only one who notices that the color tends to "baby-sh*t" brownish in the shade? Anyway, I obviously voted with my wallet, and went for the Arena Red. I'm delighted with my choice. As for tickets... my score is 0 for 3. I've been stopped three times for speeding in the past year, but not a single ticket. Must be that Arena Red!
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Opass,

You can't go wrong. They're both great colors.
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Anir is right.

as a jaded old soul [ask them on the gt2/3 forum], i finally saw the truth on the words of Pete Zimmerman [remember redline service in Santa Monica?] in his book the Used 911 Story: [sic] "colour doesn't matter, condition does."

i buy alot of porsches [4 in the last year] and always go for the best, newest car at the best price and treat colour as an afterthought. Yes, i am old. and yes colour mattered more when i was young... but you will pass on great cars if you limit your colour choice...

at the same time, any black car is worth $5K less to me, as I can't keep its paint correctly.
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Please allow me to amend my earlier post to add:

I've never seen any 993 in any color that I didn't like. They are all amazing, wonderful machines. I would have settled for any of about 10 different colors. Like Watt, however, I'm too fussy to really enjoy a black car.
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Speed Yellow is great for accident avoidance ... they will certainly see you coming
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Jeff SPongeBob does look like SY!!
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Kim,

That sure is one ugly car in the shade.

Note to "old fart" Steve - visit ophthalmologist for retinal screening. I've heard of folks that cannot distinguish red and green, but this may the first reportable case of a yellow / brown issue.


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