New to the forum with a quick question. On their website, Porsche says that you may make your Porsche "as unique as your fingerprint". I'd like to order a Carrera S, but with some colors that aren't shown at the "build your Porsche" website, such as British racing green over espresso/cognac. These colors are shown for some of the other 911 variations, but not for the CS. Does Porsche allow you to use other colors than shown for that "unique" look?

 

you can order any color to sample, you provide a sample. But it will cost about $6000 and take up to 6 months to get it

 

In 09 Porsche offered Porsche Racing Green was available as a launch color on the 911 CS2. The next year it was a premium color option for an additional 3K or so and the following year it wasn't offered at all?
I'm guessing that if I want it now it would be the 6K you're talking about and a six month wait....

 

Every dealer pays alot less on re-sale for PTS. They will pay reg money for Black or Silver, not even Red. Ask used car guy first. Any green, they might not even buy it.

 

Love PRG, didn't realize it was so exclusive...

 

Love the PTS....the only way to go!! Well worth the wait!

 

Good looking car, there. I've always liked the BRG ever since seeing it on a TR4 back in the 60's. P offers it for the turbo. I can see a 3K premium, but not a 6K. I guess I'll have to talk to a dealer.

 

Damn, that's a good looking blue.

 

You can PTS a 911 in almost any color. Porsche has denied certain colors before. Porsche Exclusive can do a lot of custom interior work, but be prepared to pay BIG $$$$$ for it. You will definitely not see any of it back on resale. if money is not an object, then go for it.

 

Historically, most Americans purchase silver, black, white and red Porsches. The dominant reason for doing so is resale. Some colors are impossible to sell on the second hand market. Historically (again) with Porsche, greens and browns fall into that category. Although there are some very nice greens and browns out there any Porsche salesman will tell you that it's much harder to sell a car that isn't silver, black, white or red. It's just the facts.

Porsche introduces new colors periodically. When they come out with a color they watch to see how well it sells. Many times very unusual colors just fall flat. Porsche routinely discontinues such colors after two years. They move on. A good recent memory color is Nordic Gold. It was out for two years and then dropped. It is a very special color, but the vast majority of buyers see it as way too over the top for them. (My color, Blue Turquoise, was such a color in 1996-97. It was a free color back then but was unpopular. They dropped it from their lineup. I resurrected it and know of at least 3-4 other 997s around the world in BT.)

While the Paint To Sample route is always an option, albeit an expensive one. in the grand scheme of things, $5-6000 on the price of a $100,000 plus car isn't that big a deal--not really. Not if you want something special. Personally, I'm glad that I don't see myself coming and going at every intersection like many owners of silver 997s do in Southern California. Just yesterday I was in Sacramento for a couple of days and a couple in some sort of SUV caught up with us as a light and told us that they did an illegal U-turn and sped up just to see my car's color up close and say hello. Part of owning a sports car is that sort of thing. But for many, they chose options that maximize performance over everything else. That's fine, but that's not everything. Sometimes it's fun to have something unique. Since Porsche is one of the few remaining car manufacturers who will paint to sample, why not take advantage of it? I've met more interesting people simply because of the color of my car!

Get what you want. Espresso interior over Porsche Racing Green would be beautiful. Don't let some salesman talk you out of it. Very special cars do command a good price on the used market because there are many other potential Porsche owners who are fed up with silver over black--and are willing to wait for that car to show up on the used market.

 

Thanks....I copied Dan's (Edgy's) almost to the "T"!

I ordered "Champagne Yellow" first....a color from the 50s & 60s and it took Porsche 4 months ( I ordered it in July or August as my lease was running out in February) to tell me they couldn't do it and to try again.

I went on the internet to look, saw Dan's beauty and it was done....ordered that one and 5 months later and $5,500 later it came in May....and I'd do it again....I would never (maybe never is hard to say) order a standard color again because I don't want to see my color every day 100 times a day.

The car is special (man how special it is) and the color is special....and it's nothing to pay when you consider seeing that color every time I approach the car and getting that little jolt of pleasure all the time! The jolt I didn't get with my prior Arctic Silver, Midnight Blue or Arena red (although I liked Arena).

I learned a long time ago that spending money for something you love is always worth it be it a suit, a front door, a watch.....or a special Porsche.

Good Luck in your decision.

Tom

 

And two other BTs happen to be on the Board and there are three, back to back to back on this thread.

 

I've got an '07 Turbo in dark olive metallic which was a premium color at the time. I like the color so much I'm thinking of ordering it again even if it is a paint to sample color. I couldn't agree with TommyV44 about it being worth it if you love it. Fortunately, my wife and I agree on this - we will not buy something if at least one of us does not love it.

 

Our local dealership recently did a color to sample on a dealer ordered 997 GTS in a very daring dark grey color, complete with a long list of factory options that made this car a very rarified bird indeed. They brought it out to display at a local Saturday Coffee-n-Cars and the results were polarizing...you either liked it or you didn't. I'd say that overall about 75-80% liked the car overall, with the color being the major deciding factor. I frankly would have bought it in a NY minute if I had the coins. It lasted less than a week at the dealer before someone walked in and took possession.

 

Almost as exculisive as Malachite Green.