gbarron

The buyer won't be too concerned about these items as they will most likely will never drive it...

SRMPDX

Space Grey is a darker grey but I wouldn't call it black by any stretch. My '00 996 is Iris Blue over Space Grey, which seems like a pretty rare combo. I know of another Iris Blue 996 in CA with Savannah Beige interior which also looks nice.

https://www.rennbow.org/porsche-colors/IrisBlue

Tom Loder

Space Grey is a medium to dark grey with a purple tint. The carpet has a purple tint as well. I have a Vesuvio with Space Grey. The full leather option is a smidge darker than the vinyl shown below.

sublm8

Space grey is really more dark violet. I had the soft touch surfaces paint matched, the plastics are definitely purple not grey.

Edit: Hey Tom, I think we’re shirt brothers! - Vesuvio/space grey here also.

Tom Loder

There is a pretty rare combo of Paladio metallic with the factory aero kit over space grey on BAT right now. Link

wdb

I dunno. I can't see a garden variety 996 becoming truly collectible no matter what color it is. Aerokit, speed yellow, no miles, yes -- some day. That car, not so much. IMO the dealer is fishing for a rube.

plpete84

Thanks - I actually like it. Haven't seen it in person and was curious how it compared to the Natural Gray used in my 40AE car. To me it's more charcoal like than natural gray.

SRMPDX

That is so weird, I'd never describe any of my interior as being purple, but I just learned that the second letter in the interior code is the plastics and trim. My car is BE. B=space grey and I believe E=Dark Grey. What interior codes do you guys have on your Vesuvios?

sublm8

Interesting. I don't have a options sticker on my car sadly. I will say that perusing Google images, my space grey interior looks like all the others.

Mike Murphy

Collectible, no. But just go and look at any plain-Jane 911 from the late 70’s or early 80’s, and they are still desirable and not cheap.

bdronsick

Yes, but 996 is not plain-Jane. It's arguably one of the greatest automotive designs in history. Time proves everything

Tom Loder

What year is yours? Mine is a 99 with Sport seats with 177k miles, though the engine was replaced at some point with a factory AT one. It's going to be my long-term project.

sublm8

00 C2 cab, also w sport seats, 105k. It was vinyl wrapped when I bought it.

Tom Loder

that must've been a nice surprise.

Marv

Only low mileage and/or unique combinations are likely to make that list.

The automotive market bubble has cooled off. So, the way I see it, the likelihood of investors buying cars for a reasonable payoff in a reasonable amount of time is going to dwindle.