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Always kinda liked green, but probably not enough to buy. Before I got my '09 TT, I had planned to order a '10 GT3 and do PTS in Signal Red (a 356 color, which I had also planned to paint my 356). Ended up deciding to go TT (needed back seats for the kids, and maybe too impatient to wait for a custom build).
I spent a huge amount of time pondering color. Finally decided on black - kinda nothing like it and more classy (if you keep it clean and shiny). Dealer had two, one black (my choice), and one Basalt. Black didn't have Adaptive Sport Seats, Basalt did. Basalt was basically the perfect build (Adaptives, short shifter, limited slip, thicker steering wheel, PCCB's, and a few more items), and went for it, and still happy.
My next door neighbor has a Benz (2016?) in a very dark metallic green, almost looks black in some light, but it's a really nice color. Check it out, do a PTS, and hide the receipts from your wife!
I still hope on one last go around at my old age to do a PTS (and Euro delivery) as my last hurrah, til then never letting my '09 go.
What is it that makes original owners gravitate to some shade of Grey / Silver / Black
when the secondary market seeks Green / Yellow / Blue?
It's not the owners, per se, it's the dealers. They spec cars in colors that are easiest to sell. I had an interesting discussion with one local dealer's inventory manager about this very topic -- their inventory is ridiculously overweight on the color black (and, to a lesser degree, silver and whites) because they're easiest to sell.
I have this thing for green Porsches.
I want a lower mileage 997TT coupe 6MT in Olive. Or a PTS dark green. I've been looking for one for almost 2 years now.
In that time the only one I've seen is the one that started for sale in Ohio, and went back for sale in NC a year later with 15k more on the clock.
It had some carfax issues that made me not want it first go round. Repo and electrics. It was cheap the second go round at a 62k ask, but the mileage was over 50k and the carfax was still the same.
I get that I'm chasing a unicorn. I'm probably never going to find one and I'll either have to settle for the (green) 996 I have, sell a kidney and buy a new PTS (Irish green a la millionth car) and hope my wife never sees the invoice or *gulp* settle for a different color.
not to be rude but while you've been looking for 2 years others have been enjoying driving their 997TT's. at some point you gotta be less picky and find an example you can live with. also, electrical checks are on the carfax of virtually every 911 i looked at. that doesn't necessarily signify electrical problems, just that the car has been sitting usually.
Unusual colors are hard to find. I love green cars, but I bought a 997.1 TT in Macadamia Brown. Based on VIN analysis, it appears that less than 10 were sold in the US. I did the same thing with my 991.1 TTS. It's Mahogany Brown, which is equally rare. I'd love to own a green 911....
It was a requirement for me to buy something with an unusual color or I wouldn't buy one. I bought a 997.1tt in macadamia metallic with 19k miles. I'm surprised to read the post listing such low production numbers. Keep looking and if it were me, just wait until the correct one comes along. An extra vehicle is not a necessity.
06-24-2017, 04:02 AM
