992 - anyone specing one yet?

[nn7man]

dgswk said:

So my dealer mailed me to say they were uploading my spec (still a few months to change before it hits build). My latest spec, I wanted SportsTex / Crayon stitching With Sports Seats Plus. I know its not houndstooth cloth, but it looks close-ish (not rwally close at all) and I have never liked full leather.

My OPC mailed back, advising me against this option, as they were “very uncomfortable, but of course its my choice”. Seemed a really strange response.

Anyone else have a view? 1st Porsche, let alone 1st 911, don’t want to regret anything. Recall sitting in a 991.2 Carrera T a few months back with sportstex and really really liking them.

Does sound very strange, I doubt they have a clue about anything 992. I currently have a 991.2 Carrera T with Sportex and I far prefer it to Alcantara and looks like it will be much more hard wearing too. I'm probably going Sportex with Crayon for my 992 C4S as it looks great and a lot more interesting than a full flat black leather interior. Spec the car you want if it's a keeper.

[dgswk]

is-uk said:

Some sales staff are afraid to see spec's outside of their normal comfort zone and are very slow to realise changes in buying trends. Porsche would not offer Sport Tex if they thought there was no market for it. A lot of buyers are getting bored of leather and looking for something different so you will be fine when you come to sell the car as there will be buyers specifically looking for it. I had a similar situation regarding spec when I bought a 981 Cayman GTS back in late 2014. I spec'ed folding buckets with the GTS interior package as the car was replacing a 987 Cayman R which had the folding buckets. When I traded the car back in the following year the Sales Manager was very nervous about trying to sell the car with what he regarded as the wrong seats. Their demo Cayman GTS was also up for sale at the same time and it had the 14 way electric seats. They sold my car in 4 days and still had their own on sale at least 8 weeks later without any serious interest in it.

I've just had my 991.2 targa 4S trimmed in genuine Porsche houndstooth fabric as used in the 50th anniversary model and the 911R. The quality of workmanship is excellent and it was a considerable saving over the price I was given for a factory order to this spec by Porsche Exclusive.

that is stunning

Yeah, I’m finding OPC’s are not like the usual BMW / Audi / Mini crowd, thank you for your words of wisdom

[dgswk]

nn7man said:

Does sound very strange, I doubt they have a clue about anything 992. I currently have a 991.2 Carrera T with Sportex and I far prefer it to Alcantara and looks like it will be much more hard wearing too. I'm probably going Sportex with Crayon for my 992 C4S as it looks great and a lot more interesting than a full flat black leather interior. Spec the car you want if it's a keeper.

I hope its a keeper, cant think of anything else I could ever want! Been a poster car since as long as I can remember, finally popped the deposit down, cheers

[Nuttcase]

is-uk said:

I've just had my 991.2 targa 4S trimmed in genuine Porsche houndstooth fabric as used in the 50th anniversary model and the 911R. The quality of workmanship is excellent and it was a considerable saving over the price I was given for a factory order to this spec by Porsche Exclusive.

Brilliant Job on those seats. Where did you have that done?

[ellroy]

Anyone had any clue as to what the weight saving is for the carbon roof yet?

[WCZ]

ellroy said:

Anyone had any clue as to what the weight saving is for the carbon roof yet?

it's likely to be ~4kg

expensive for £2,500

[Fokker]

Some nice specs there.

Bit of a shame that the standard exhaust is the best looker...

[TonyG2003]

Out of curiosity I specc’d a 992 the same as my 991.2 Carrera S. It’s another £10k for my (late 2016) 991.2 to a 992. Although I’d probably add a few additional items which would take the 992 to ~£110k. Although there doesn’t appear to be a roof rack option on the 992? That would be a pain since I frequently drive (and drive to some great locations) with my road bike on the 991.2.

[arcamalpha]

WCZ said:

ellroy said:

Anyone had any clue as to what the weight saving is for the carbon roof yet?

it's likely to be ~4kg

expensive for £2,500

I find it a weird option. There's been no marketing of it that I've seen to justify why it's a good idea. I'd be taking carbon wings if they were an option first.

[JulierPass]

arcamalpha said:

WCZ said:

ellroy said:

Anyone had any clue as to what the weight saving is for the carbon roof yet?

it's likely to be ~4kg

expensive for £2,500

I find it a weird option. There's been no marketing of it that I've seen to justify why it's a good idea. I'd be taking carbon wings if they were an option first.

I locked my spec down today, and asked the same question. There is limited info on it at present, but OPC staff are off to the Spain (I think) for their product training on the car shortly, so there will be more info in the short term. I'm going to run this one for 18 months then spec another when the manual gearbox is available. I may well put the carbon roof on then as the weight saving in teh manual gearbox with the roof combined may be more significant.

[Cheib]

JulierPass said:

arcamalpha said:

WCZ said:

ellroy said:

Anyone had any clue as to what the weight saving is for the carbon roof yet?

it's likely to be ~4kg

expensive for £2,500

I find it a weird option. There's been no marketing of it that I've seen to justify why it's a good idea. I'd be taking carbon wings if they were an option first.

I locked my spec down today, and asked the same question. There is limited info on it at present, but OPC staff are off to the Spain (I think) for their product training on the car shortly, so there will be more info in the short term. I'm going to run this one for 18 months then spec another when the manual gearbox is available. I may well put the carbon roof on then as the weight saving in teh manual gearbox with the roof combined may be more significant.

It’ll no doubt be a “must have” on GT cars it’s weight saved in the best place possible but I doubt anyone would ever notice 4kg.

The SE I speak to at my OPC is doing his training end of Jan...I think in Majorca.

[ellroy]

arcamalpha said:

I find it a weird option. There's been no marketing of it that I've seen to justify why it's a good idea. I'd be taking carbon wings if they were an option first.

Really, why?

It’s the best place to reduce weight, effectively helping move the centre of mass lower and less likely to get hit by a stone or idiot than the wings. Makes a lot of sense, the only question for me would be cost vs weight saved and if that was a meaningful balance to the good or not.

[WCZ]

ellroy said:

Really, why?

It’s the best place to reduce weight, effectively helping move the centre of mass lower and less likely to get hit by a stone or idiot than the wings. Makes a lot of sense, the only question for me would be cost vs weight saved and if that was a meaningful balance to the good or not.

agreed but on an S I think it's a little bit overkill, maybe on a gt3/gt2 but not on an S or base model

you could always use the £2.5k on a carbon fiber hood - no idea what the difference in the 992 would be but it's -12.7kg in the 997 and retains resale value when you want to sell!

[dgswk]

Nuttcase said:

Cruise control standard, sure it can't be; must be configurator error lol

as well as parking sensors and LED lights!

[theblipp]

Erniemcp said:

theblipp said:

Cheib said:

theblipp said:

Hi folks.. just in the middle of speccing a C2S and would appreciate some advice..
There are a couple of items that I can’t decide on... sports exhaust and sports Chrono..
This is my very first 911 and I intend to keep this car forever.. I will probably drive it 6 - 8k in first year and we’ll see after that..
Is the Chrono the only way to get the noise blips? And what else does it provide?
Also, what is the difference with the sports exhaust apart from looks?
Thanks

Sports Chrono adds the round toggle switch integrated into the steering wheel to change driving modes...without this you need to use PCM to do it. In Sport or Sport Plus the exhaust will likely make more noise on the overrun because that’s what the current cars do but we don’t know yet. In my opinion it’s a must have because of the driving modes being easily accessible...those modes will change things like suspension set up and sharpness of throttle etc.

Sports Exhaust will be slightly louder and switchable so can sound standard or a bit noisier....will activate automatically in Sport/Sport Plus driving modes. We’re yet to hear what the 992 will sound like so may not make a massive difference. Not as much of a “must have” as SC for me.

Thanks for coming back to me.. that makes sense on the Chrono now and I’ll definitely go for that so.. not sure on the Sports exhaust.. look great but the standard don’t look shabby either..
Spending too many hours on the configurator but I’ll only ever do this once so worth it..
Cheers

Get both chrono and sports exhaust. Cars made now post emissions new test will not sound as good as pre emissions test cars so every extra towards getting it to sound great is worth ticking . Does chrono get you launch control on the 992 or is that only chrono plus as on the 991.2 GTS?

Thanks again... here’s the spec so far... I’ve decided to stick with the launch colour dolomite silver with brown and crayon interior and belts....
Any opinion from anyone on the glass roof?
I hope to drive it on the continent and I think it looks great... any major downsides that I should be wary of?
http://www.porsche-code.com/PL3Z92V3

[JulierPass]

theblipp said:

Thanks again... here’s the spec so far... I’ve decided to stick with the launch colour dolomite silver with brown and crayon interior and belts....
Any opinion from anyone on the glass roof?
I hope to drive it on the continent and I think it looks great... any major downsides that I should be wary of?
http://www.porsche-code.com/PL3Z92V3

I drove 2 991.2 GTS's. 1 with glass pan roof and one without. The glass roof car was noticeably less structurally rigid, in a bad way. I'd say unless you really want a glass roof I'd do without.

[Taffy66]

JulierPass said:

I drove 2 991.2 GTS's. 1 with glass pan roof and one without. The glass roof car was noticeably less structurally rigid, in a bad way. I'd say unless you really want a glass roof I'd do without.

I share your opinion on this..

[Leithen]

Taffy66 said:

JulierPass said:

I drove 2 991.2 GTS's. 1 with glass pan roof and one without. The glass roof car was noticeably less structurally rigid, in a bad way. I'd say unless you really want a glass roof I'd do without.

I share your opinion on this..

That's good to know - saves a bit. I haven't locked down my spec yet, but it will be something along the lines of http://www.porsche-code.com/PLMDYLB1.

[Geoffrey 321]

Leithen said:

That's good to know - saves a bit. I haven't locked down my spec yet, but it will be something along the lines of http://www.porsche-code.com/PLMDYLB1.

Unfortunately I do think the rear looks better with the standard 4 exhausts.

[MDL111]

Geoffrey 321 said:

Leithen said:

That's good to know - saves a bit. I haven't locked down my spec yet, but it will be something along the lines of http://www.porsche-code.com/PLMDYLB1.

Unfortunately I do think the rear looks better with the standard 4 exhausts.

I like the sports exhaust on a black car with black tips - for all others I also prefer the normal ones.

I suspect it could maybe be possible (obv not available) to have the sports exhaust with the normal tips given they are probably not actually part of the exhaust but rather part of the bumper.