I think these look awesome. However I have found a car that looks to have everything I am looking for except the adaptive sport seats and PCCB's.

Would I be kicking myself later for not getting this?

How often do the fully loaded 2005/06 S's come around with low miles at good prices? I'm after a launch type car in black....

 

PCCB's are rare due to the high cost. If you insist on those, you will need to be incredibly patient trying to find a car.

*** seats are great but you have to try them out for fit. This option can be more readily found on the used market.

 

Adaptive sport seats and overall heavily equipped cars are relatively common except for some of the higher end options like PCCB's.

A lot of cars have the seats. I have them, and I would much rather have the PCCB's. I would miss the seats just a little but would be happy with the weight savings and slightly more width for my legs.

As saltydawg said, you won't see the PCCB's so much.

 

I venture to say that most of us who ordered our cars with *** and PCCB plan on keeping the cars longer than the average Rennlister does. I would take the PCCBs over the seats but do appreciate the seats. To retrofit any of this stuff later is out of the question, particularly with the way the cars are manufactured today. The story goes that the longest lead item in the manufacture of these cars is the wiring harness,--custom built to the options list ordered on the car. Years ago Porsche used to routinely put in wiring for all possible options, whether it was installed or ordered or not. It made retrofitting quite easy and plug and play. But added expenses that they never were compensated for, along with added weight, detracted this method of assembly and manufacture.

PCCBs can be problematic on a used car,--anyone who ordered them may have been abusive. You never can tell. I would probably not want to buy a used 997 with PCCBs because the car might have been raced a bunch and you can't tell by looking at them if something happened. You could check the pads to see if they are original and how many mm are left on them,--perhaps. The 05 launch car sounds like what you are after,--and they come up quite often. The problem in America is the need for instant gratification. Be willing to wait and look, rather than going out and buying one this weekend or next. It took (quite unusual) me 9 months to get my car from when I ordered it. Be patient.

 

I have Adaptive Sport Seats in my Club Coupe, and like them. Must have, probably not for me. With the Club Coupes, they came standard with sport seats, so the Adaptive Sport Seats was the way to get power seats which is mostly why I got them.

On the plus side, I suspect over the course of time stock seats will show less wear--by their nature the sport seats bolsters will take some additional wear unless every driver (the former owner and you) are religious about lifting their ***** up and out of the seat and dropping them square into the seat to minimize bolster wear.

On PCCB, I didn't order (Gen II PCCB was too new at the time and I didn't trust them) and don't regret it. My Club Coupe will never see the track. The stock brakes are fantastic and I don't have to worry about dropping a wheel and breaking a very expensive rotor, when I pull wheels for brake work or to clean and wax the insides of the rims.

 

I agree, try them out first. I find them a little too tight for me. I need the bolsters in the fully "relaxed" position to fit, and then they are almost too tight. I think if you are larger than small to medium frame body, you might find them too tight. I am 6'1" and about 200 lbs, and too tight for me.

 

If you have any back problems. especially on 5-6 hr drives, I found the infinitely adjustable Adaptives, a godsend. Do try them out!