Question for those who own a car with Sand Beige Full Leather
08-21-2011, 06:22 AM
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I have sand beige and love it. Mine still still looks like new after two years. I clean it twice a year and that´s all. I use jeans and never had any problem with it, it gets a little dirty, but with a proper leather cleaning product you wont have any problems and it looks stuning all year around. My previous 996 was also sand beije and after 5 years it was still looking great.
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08-21-2011, 09:26 AM
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Thanks for all of the responses. Unless I find a car with Sand Beige that is otherwise perfectly optioned, I think I'll stay away from Sand Beige.
08-21-2011, 09:44 AM
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Yes...agree. Raised my hands in defeat when dealer quoted me almost $8k in just parts to switch over to the two toned sand beige and black interior (like on the Porsche configurator online). That was without doing a total replacement of the headliner too and without considering labor costs either. A few friends and my Shop mgr suggested it would be cheaper to find a car with the interior I wanted! Made sense so I did some recon and.....
Went and finally traded the car for a meteor gray 997 C4S with black interior! I surrender Sand Beige is just too much of a hastle for me and would never consider it again! Which is really sad cause it is pretty in combo as others have mentioned.
Went and finally traded the car for a meteor gray 997 C4S with black interior! I surrender Sand Beige is just too much of a hastle for me and would never consider it again! Which is really sad cause it is pretty in combo as others have mentioned.
Blue jeans and this color are enemies - not a permanent issue fortunately but wearing jeans (in the winter mostly for me) is a constant cleaning it off issue or the seats look blue'ish - and I don't care how old the jeans are - some pairs I can't remember when I bought them - Levi's #s they don't even make any more and still the stain. I don't think the German engineers have ever seen Levi's.
I'm a Levi's guy and I would never get Sand Beige again even though I really love the look - just too big of a hassle. I tried to make the switch to khakis and...well...just too set in my ways to make it work.
I'm a Levi's guy and I would never get Sand Beige again even though I really love the look - just too big of a hassle. I tried to make the switch to khakis and...well...just too set in my ways to make it work.
08-21-2011, 11:00 AM
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Sea blue... Love it. Obviously no problem with Levi's. But would go natural leather in the future. I have the classic seat belt wear on the driver's seat bolster that you get with the aniline dyed leather. It will need a touch up from a professional sometime. Anyone have any suggestions on this? Sorry for morphing the topic...
08-21-2011, 11:08 AM
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I'm almost 4 years into my meteor gray/sand beige combo C4S. Absolutely no problems with the interior. I don't obsess too much with the care, Lexol cleaning and conditioning 2-3 times a year. Still looks great. Get lots of compliments on the "like new" condition of the interior.
