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All of you wood snobs, can you tell me which combo you think it does not work? I think it's gorgeous pretty much every time. Obviously it would be silly on a GT3RS, but on Turbo it looks great.
Very subjective topic, but I don't think any wood trim would look good in my all black interior.
Funny, I had the same thought about the blue/wood -- the combo actually works, somehow.
moburki: Full leather and Alcantara headliner was standard on the Turbos (if that's what you were asking). Full Boxster Red is probably pretty rare, though.
I did not know that. Was black headliner stock then?
Picked up this '01 well optioned w/boxster full leather and black alcantara headliner (common or no?), full carbon (I need to rework a few pieces), couple kinks to work out, 86k miles for 32,750 + ship.
Very decent price if it's a tiptronic in nice shape, great price if it's a six-speed in nice shape! Alcantara headliner is standard, as is full leather, though boxster red leather was a $440 option. Carbon bits where notorious for cracking on the 996 generation cars... Fortunately since turbo and regular 996 interior parts are interchangable, it's not hard to find things like used replacement non-carbon steering wheels at good prices.
Full leather and Alcantara headliner was standard on the Turbos
I did not know that. Was black headliner stock then?
2001 Turbo's came pretty well equipped and actually had very few options available, at least compared to the modern Porsche option sheets which usually have several hundred of options...
They were almost all fairly minor cosmetic options. Obviously exterior/interior color choices and tiptronic, but beyond that, the bulk of the options where interior trim packages in wood, carbon, aluminum look, leather or paint, but far fewer individual trim options or package permutations than what later cars offered. Also offered a few other tweaks like seat emblems, wheel emblems, colored seat belts, A couple of stereo upgrades (crappy digital, crappy cd, really crappy pcm), a couple of seat upgrades (sport, soft look leather, heat, and lumbar support)
Really every performance or driver oriented feature was standard, nothing to add other than maybe sunroof delete and arguably for skinny folks, sport seats.
In the case of the 2001 Turbo's, a 'loaded car' really meant nothing more than expensive trim pieces, many of which look pretty terrible on most cars ($6,000 for the maple wood package, eeeek on both price and looks!) or didn't hold up well (carbon).
2002 Turbo's introduced the optional aero kit.
2003 Turbo's introduced the optional X50 power kit and the typical-for-Porsche 30 pages of options.
2001 Turbo's came pretty well equipped and actually had very few options available, at least compared to the modern Porsche option sheets which usually have several hundred of options...
They were almost all fairly minor cosmetic options. Obviously exterior/interior color choices and tiptronic, but beyond that, the bulk of the options where interior trim packages in wood, carbon, aluminum look, leather or paint, but far fewer individual trim options or package permutations than what later cars offered. Also offered a few other tweaks like seat emblems, wheel emblems, colored seat belts, A couple of stereo upgrades (crappy digital, crappy cd, really crappy pcm), a couple of seat upgrades (sport, soft look leather, heat, and lumbar support)
Really every performance or driver oriented feature was standard, nothing to add other than maybe sunroof delete and arguably for skinny folks, sport seats.
In the case of the 2001 Turbo's, a 'loaded car' really meant nothing more than expensive trim pieces, many of which look pretty terrible on most cars ($6,000 for the maple wood package, eeeek on both price and looks!) or didn't hold up well (carbon).
2002 Turbo's introduced the optional aero kit.
2003 Turbo's introduced the optional X50 power kit and the typical-for-Porsche 30 pages of options.
Thanks for that sheet. Yes, 6MT. Forgot to add that. Supple leather boxster red. Full carbon options. Looks pretty good for the most part. Couple of carbon pieces need some rework. Luckily, I'm in the carbon industry I like it.
The radio has been replaced with an Alpine pop out screen. Still has a panel with a bunch of audio buttons that is factrory and still hooked up with an alpine amp. Haven't looked into what radio that was with. I'm sure the option codes says what it is.
Thanks for the info!
my first reaction was that it was a great car, but it's 2wd, it doesn't indicate the level of service it's received over the years (coolant fittings, PS res, clutch), it needs rear tires, it has body damage behind the front passenger wheel, and the radio doesn't work.
The radio has been replaced with an Alpine pop out screen. Still has a panel with a bunch of audio buttons that is factrory and still hooked up with an alpine amp.
Probably option 680, 'Digital Sound Package'. None of the audio options were very good...
12-29-2017, 11:18 AM
big gsd fan here. Current one is a rescue mix.
I like it.
