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Old 12-21-2011, 10:34 PM
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Love the PTS....the only way to go!! Well worth the wait!

LOVE the blue
Old 12-22-2011, 12:34 AM
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I miss my mac brown cayman. It was sitting in the dealer lot for a while so I worked out a good deal on it. When I traded it for my cayenne I thought it would be back on their lot again for a while. Never saw on the lot. About two months later I saw someone driving it in the neighborhood so it appears it found a new owner quickly.

I noticed more Mercedes and Audi models on the road in metallic brown colors. The 991 also has a metallic brown option and Porsche used the mac brown frequently in their marketing last year. Nice to know the color has some legs.
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Old 12-22-2011, 01:12 PM
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I owned a PTS T4S Blue that cost w matching inside parts over $10k which I lost on the sale, but bought a Macadamia over Cocoa TT, just didnt pay extra to be different.
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Old 12-22-2011, 01:41 PM
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Originally Posted by Fishdoc
'I love it too! '
And I like yours too. Damn we are a hospitable lot.
concur - we're both fine gentlemen!
Old 12-23-2011, 01:39 PM
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I'm looking for a 2006-2008 and I'm specifically excluding Black, Silver and White.

So needless to say, pickings are slimmer. But the green and blue in this thread - I would pay MORE than the boring silver/black. I happen to love red so maybe I won't be waiting forever but that blue on black wheeled avatar pic would be my perfect look.
Old 12-23-2011, 02:33 PM
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If I run into three Porsches a week then that's a good week of Porsche spotting. I paid a $700. premium for the PRG color and I have yet to see another one like it in this area. I would have preferred a non-metalic black color but I went with what was available. Had the premium color been the 3K that they get for some colors, I'd probably still be looking for a car. The $700. was a bargain for the color at that time.

I never thought that I'd be penalized for the color when it comes time to sell it. I've been stopped at a light and gotten a shout out from another car about how much they like the color. The fact that it isn't grey is a plus for me. Like I said, I don't see too many Porsches but the color I see the most is grey.

I would have bought the Blue or the Macadamia if they had been available... According to the market place I'd have been wrong with those colors also.
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Originally Posted by Khyron403
I'm looking for a 2006-2008 and I'm specifically excluding Black, Silver and White.

So needless to say, pickings are slimmer. But the green and blue in this thread - I would pay MORE than the boring silver/black. I happen to love red so maybe I won't be waiting forever but that blue on black wheeled avatar pic would be my perfect look.
make me an offer I can't refuse! and remember, everything's for sale - all the time!
Old 12-23-2011, 06:51 PM
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mine is meteor grey which I like, cause it matches my hair, but I do wish sometimes that I had a sportier color like the blue or green
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I love my forest green. Have yet to seen another one.
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Old 12-23-2011, 07:59 PM
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they are all nice, but having a special car desurves a special colour

pts is where it's at
Old 12-23-2011, 10:40 PM
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The new Cognac for the 991 is quite nice.
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Old 12-23-2011, 10:47 PM
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brown really underated, I like that 991 for the first time because of those pics. The more I see the 991 the more I see how different it really is
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With the Espresso interior--very nice. But always remember that brown is an unusual color. It has a limited life. It will look dated in less time than, say, any silver, red, or blue. Green has the same problem.
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Porsche has a great history of unique color combinations. Check out the early ones:
http://porsche356registry.org/356talk/4/73.html
Old 12-24-2011, 06:38 AM
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Originally Posted by Edgy01
With the Espresso interior--very nice. But always remember that brown is an unusual color. It has a limited life. It will look dated in less time than, say, any silver, red, or blue. Green has the same problem.
IMO, Porsche had to come up with an exterior color (Cognac) that actually worked with the Espresso interior. I will be surprised if we see many Cognac 991s on the road. While it is not a real good looking color IMO, it is certainly not a as bad as Nordic Gold.


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