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TomNauntonMorgan

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I was thinking of having this colour for my 987. I have ordered Arctic Silver, but very car seems to be silver!!
OPC Chiswick advised against red but I like it, but like to play safe.

Do any of you have red and would you have it again? Isn't silver rather boring?

Tom Naunton Morgan

Basalt Black S Lovely colour but a pig to keep clean
 
In 2002 I was ordering a new Guards Red Boxster. The sales adviser did the same to me and suggested that other colours would be better when it comes to resale.

Sorry but if i'm spending 35k on a new car, i'll buy the one I want not the one the salesman thinks I should have and that is Guards Red. As it happens, in the next month or so i'll probably be putting in an order for another new Guards Red Boxster. I am tempted with a black one, but a have a sneaky suspition that red will win.

Everyone has there own individual view on colours. I personally think that silver is a little too common (sorry) and that's not just Porsches. I like to stand out and Red clearly does that.

If you ask me, if you want red then buy red. Your buying it for you and not the next person.

But it is your choice[;)]
 
I'm colour blind. Therefore my 987 will be seal grey - so I can imagine it to be any colour I choose! My current one is silver and that worked too.
 
Thank god its not just me :)
I've been thinking about Red for my car, but it seems to be looked down on by the silver Porsche driving crowd.
 

ORIGINAL: toptastictom

A very fair comment. I can then have the 19" rims etc!!!!
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[:eek:]Drive the 19" rims before deciding - judging by the ride quality on the 997 "S" I recently tested they would not be top of my list on my 987 "S" if the same downsides were apparent not helped by our completely mullered London roads [:mad:]
 

ORIGINAL: daro911

[:eek:]Drive the 19" rims before deciding - judging by the ride quality on the 997 "S" I recently tested they would not be top of my list on my 987 "S" if the same downsides were apparent not helped by our completely mullered London roads [:mad:]
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Kamal!

Where have you been?!

[;)]

(One for the long-termers...)
 
Autocar's Peter Robinson also said that the car's handling was a bit numb on 19" wheels and he expected that it would be better on 18" wheels. So, pay less for better ride and handling.
 

ORIGINAL: toptastictom

Do any of you have red and would you have it again?

Tom Naunton Morgan
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[:eek:]Small point but worth considering even if you aren't fussed about the next owner, be it a private sale or px jobbie. Whilst having an exhaust swap at my local bodyshop I was discussing car paint matching today being an easy task compared to years ago etc and the owner said the one colour that he would avoid at all costs, even with all the technology for colour matching, is RED!

Apparently under street lights at night the car will look like a patchwork quilt so thats a bloody good colour to avoid on ones pride & joy IMO. I once bought an E Type Jag in Signal Red and first trip out in the dark revealed several painted panels ruined my love affair completely [:eek:]
 
Hmm?

Makes you wonder what's so different about red. I wonder if the other primary colours would do the same?
 

ORIGINAL: thboxster

Makes you wonder what's so different about red. I wonder if the other primary colours would do the same?
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[&o]I don't think it's a trade secret so a quick call to any friendly decent bodyshop would reveal if there are any others but I believe its a RED thing only
 
I have heard that red is the colour most likely to fade, so the worst to match.

If I was buying a new porker, I think that I would go for Chrome Yellow - I like bright yellow ! - and you can't exactly hide in a porker, whatever the colour.
 
Just spoken to my friendly chips a way guy. Guards red is easy to match and doesn't fade for many years but under street lights you can see the patched areas.

Looks like guards red then, but the money saved will be spent on spraying the grey inlet grills, either black or red


Tom
 
Yeah, i'll be getting my grills sprayed also. They actually don't look that bad on red Boxster, but matching grills look better.
 

ORIGINAL: thboxster

Yeah, i'll be getting my grills sprayed also. matching grills look better.
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[&o]Wonder which Model Year it will be before the facelift with painted grills is introduced as further evolution of the 987 :ROFLMAO:
 
Makes you wonder what's so different about red. I wonder if the other primary colours would do the same?
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http://www.madsci.org/posts/archives/nov98/912228411.Ch.r.html
 
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