Has anyone obtained or tried to order a polar silver 997 without paying the ungodly custom color price? I have heard that if you give the old paint code (?) and have an accomodating dealer it can be had. It seems absurd to pay the custom penalty for a color that used to be an option. Such a gorgeous 911 color. I'd like to order my 997S with it.... Thanks.

 

Is there a big difference b/w Polar Silver and Arctic Silver?

 

Porsche _give_ stuff away by their own ignorance? Holy Schmoly!

I'm sorry but my faith in them has just gone to ZERO!

 

I have owned both. Polar silver is a brighter silver with more blue in it. Arctic silver is a duller silver with more of a grayish tint. Both are good looking, but my vote goes to polar silver. Too bad they make you pay a premium for it.

 

Here's both. Polar on the left, artic on the right...

Roy

 

Roy

Amazing you happened to have them side by side. I love Polar and was disappointed that they dropped the color option when I ordered my 997.

 

you can get polar as a custom order, i suspect it would look wonderful on a 997.

 

Polar silver is an amazing bluish silver. Highly recommended if you can wait and pay for a non-standard color...

 

Probably about $3k for Polar.

 

i can't stop raving abuot polar, i saw a carrera on the road in that shade, the color seemed to change depending on light conditions, under direct sunlight it seemed to give off a very cool silver tone, but in indirect light conditions, the blue really shows off

wonderfully prismatic colour, reminds one of the magical things TVR does with paint.

 

Mmm, polar silver...

 

Metallic color to sample - $4315.