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Old 12-20-2012, 03:14 PM
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Old 12-20-2012, 03:38 PM
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Oh my freaking god is that gorgeous. Love the color!! Totally keep that sunroof on. I have the full sky roof on my Audi and it's great.
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looks great, I think you made a fine choice.
Weight difference metal vs glass roof?
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Love the sunroof!!!!!!

By the way many think the New Sunroof is as wide as a Targa, reality is the glass goes all the way across, but the opening appears to be the same into the car itself.

I love my sunroofs.

Great Build, nice looking ride!!!!!!
Old 12-20-2012, 05:34 PM
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Congrats btw.

I'm sure it's a nice view from the inside. But IMHO, it spoils the look of the car and would be worse in lighter colors. Don't get me wrong, I miss a glass sunroof where you can slide the inner shade back. That said, I prefer the round and interrupted look on any carrera.

Love the expresso. Stunning.
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will there be a big difference with the shape and look of the car if i have the sunroof on?
there will be a weight difference i guess but not a major one.
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I agree, keep the sunroof.
BTW, love the exterior colour...love the expresso leather.....just not sure about them, together.
Would love to see them in the "flesh".
Maybe I'm just used to a lighter shade of brown accompanying dark blue.
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I love the color, and would also keep the sunroof.

I think your interior may be a tad lighter that the pic shows. I have a full "cocoa" interior, which I love btw, and in person it appears a shade lighter.

Perhaps theres a difference between "expresso" and "cocoa", but my guess would be they're pretty close.
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the espresso wont look exactly like the one in the picture. it will look much more darker which will be quite close to dark brown, the same applies to the exterior, it will be darker. on the porsche builder website the colours come out lighter than they actually will be in reality
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i have checked out the espresso on a cayenne in the porsche showroom and it is much darker than the one in the picture
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also what do you guys think of yellow caliber brakes? better than the red ones?
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I have red calipers on my midnight blue CS, and I like it more than the yellow as it matches the taillights. Also not a huge fan of yellow in general.

Personally, I like the more homogenous look of the roof colored the same as the body. Having a sun roof is a personal choice--I prefer a sports car without one as I like a lighter, lower CG car. As they age sports cars w/o sunroofs, in my experience, are more desirable too. I do have a large sunroof on my Mini JCW. I wouldn't have ordered it that way since I bought it off the lot, but I do use it to vent the car during hot weather.
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I don't care for those 2 colors together.......I'd go lighter with a dark color exterior.

Keep the sunroof though!


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Love the Blue, Love the expresso...but not together.

For me the expresso and "white" is the beez knees, Blue and black also is very nice.

A lot of people like white and with that expresso interior, easy sell in the future for sure...o yea, sunroofs a keeper ! stick with red calipers too

Lucky guy, whatever you choose
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I like the red brakes personally.


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