Macadamia

[benbobs]

Saw a 997 turbo cab today on the A3 in *macadamia* with beige trim.

W - O - W

What an incredible colour combo - is this a limited edition; I haven't seen it before?

I am in love....

[Stu R]

...and here I was thinking I was the only person in the world whole likes them in that colour

[cragswinter]

Was there a 997.2 clubsport in White with it?

[benbobs]

Nope. All on it's own....

Some old geezer with a blond girl half his age in the passenger seat.

This is the power of such a car.

[TryHarder]

Thats my favorite combo, my next Porsche is either going to be that combo but a Targa because with the chrome trim the targa has it looks even better or a GT3, but I have to admit after seeing exactly what yuo saw in a service station recently I dunno it does look stunning.

[Wills2]

I love that colour combo! They had one at the silverstone Porsche driver centre I remarked to my instructor how I wished I had gone for that combo, he looked at me and said are you mad?!

They used Macadamia on the C2S gen.2 model featured in the launch videos.

Its a £729 paint option same as basalt, arctic etc...beige interior is a NCO.

Edited by Wills2 on Friday 14th May 21:35

Edited by Wills2 on Friday 14th May 21:39

[benbobs]

Yes! I said the same to a guy at an Indy the other week.. he looked at me like I'd gone mental.

"what??? it's metallic brown?!?" he said incredulously.

[TryHarder]

Wills2 said:

Its a £729 paint option same as basalt, arctic etc...beige interior is a NCO.

Bugger that makes my cream look expensive at £1,500 +

[Wills2]

Yes but cream is even nicer esp if you get the black dash and steering wheel....

[ZeroH]

Macademia works really well on the cab turbo... saw one at the factory this week and thought it suited it perfectly.

[Remagel2507]

Friend of mine had a 997 Turbo in Macadamia he reconed in some light it looked like a wet chocolate colour

Thank god some other people like this colour was begining to think it was just me and a couple others













Real life image


and a shot from the PCC page


Out of the Car Config shots which one do you guys prefer?

Edited by Remagel2507 on Saturday 15th May 09:10

[graemel]

benbobs said:

Nope. All on it's own....

Some old geezer with a blond girl half his age in the passenger seat.

This is the power of such a car.

Macadamia are you nuts. It could have been his daughter

[Hong Kong Phooey]

Still can't work out how to add links - but there is a Macadamia metallic 997 Turbo with Sand beige leather for sale at OPC Newcastle. Looks quite nice on the photos. Wonder if being brave with these type of colours sting you at trade-in.

[Risotto]

Trouble is, today's macadamia is tomorrow's dog turd. Porsche buyers are especially fussy about colour so while brown might look okay now, I don't think it will be the easiest thing to sell on. Having said that, there's nothing wrong with buying the colour you like.

[benbobs]

Even better. Just got to wait a couple of years and I should be able to pick one up for chips

[cableguy]

benbobs said:

Some old geezer with a blond girl half his age in the passenger seat.

Saw the same car, driver & passenger last weekend at Dixons Bank Petrol Station, Marton, Middlesbrough. Headed out down the A174 towards the town.

Cracking looking motor, the yellow Ceramics also work very well with the colour.

C.

[Hong Kong Phooey]

Risotto said:

Trouble is, today's macadamia is tomorrow's dog turd. Porsche buyers are especially fussy about colour so while brown might look okay now, I don't think it will be the easiest thing to sell on. Having said that, there's nothing wrong with buying the colour you like.

one fuing quick 'dog turd'

[cardigankid]

I don't agree, they may call it Macadamia, but from another perspective it's bronze. If the whole package works together, it is classic, and while it may not appeal to those who will currently only buy black, grey or silver in the second hand market, it not only looks good, it will always look good, and in due course it will probably be recognised as one of THE combinations to have a 997 Turbo in, just like the new metallic pale blue on a Turbo S, or a 996 in Zenith Blue.

One of the most attractive 911's I have seen is a 1980 Turbo in metallic mint green whith a wavy chequered cloth interior. Utterly classic, and so much better than the red white or black which was de rigeur at that time.

[Hong Kong Phooey]

http://ucl.porsche.de/ucl/plsql/uk/clients.show_ca...

[Wills2]

I think it doesn't photograph very well a bit like red leather interiors, it looks alot darker in the flesh so to speak....