Help please with colour?

[steve.B]

I've been out looking at two 997 C2S to day one in Red and the other in Arctic silver. I have an arctic silver at the moment if you were spending your money which one?????
RED OR SILVER Thanks

[Schmalex]

Heart says Red. Head says Silver.

Silver tends to be looked upon more favourably come re-sale time......

[Mustard]

Red (and White) is coming back, far more 997's in red than there ever was 996's

If you like it go for it

[G T 3]

REDREDREDREDREDREDREDREDREDREDRED....Sorry I mean YELLOW..

[9hellheaven]

I went red with black wheels, and I love it!
Porsche is a heart purchase so follow your heart not you head. Silver is in my opinion as dull as dish water (sorry), its run its course... time to brighten things up again now!
If I had a bloody clue how to I would post a picky of my 2s on the way down to Berlin..sadly Ime a ludite (think thats how you spell it??
Good luck..

[Wanta996]

Sports Car = Red or Speed Yellow

Grand Tourer = Silver

Personally i would love a red or yellow 911 but i like everyone else will probably go with boreing silver due to fear of getting stung come selling time.

[G T 3]

Only trouble with bright colours,police notice you more,especially yellow,red therefore is the colour....

[911cab]

Why is that when some people buy a car they are always thinking of when they sell it???

Go for RED mine is, sod the resale value someone will allways want it ist'a 911!!!!!

[flattotheboards]

id go for red and enjoy it, why worry about resale before you have even bought it? so long as your not buying it as an investment to make money.

[peter miller]

You also have to consider silver outnumbers red at least 10 to 1, so if you look at the supply and demand there maybe nothing in it, I bought a red Boxster, and had no problem selling it on as the buyer wanted a red one. He mentioned at the time that most were silver or blue, and in his words had spent ages looking for a good one red.

[richardofengland]

silver is on it's way out as the most desirable colour

[9hellheaven]

G T 3 said:

Only trouble with bright colours,police notice you more,especially yellow,red therefore is the colour....

What Police?.. I thought they had all been replaced with scameras!

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richardofengland said:

silver is on it's way out as the most desirable colour

I can understand the aversion to silver as its very popular, but its much easier to keep the paint looking clean, doesnt require the more specialist and expensive waxes used to get the same shine as on the darker and certainly older cars and is, as we all know, safer for resale. And a well washed, polished car in silver is a striking car.
If you can afford to not worry at all about the colour at resale time then you are in a lucky man financially. If you REALLY can afford not to worry about resale value then get one in that lovely baby sick/mustard yellow that was all the rage in the '70s. It looks great in those old sepia tinted pics, sipping a Martini with wide collars and flares (you, not the car!).

But its a simple fact that resale value, or the ability to sell the car on at all, matters regardless of your asthetic opinion or the depth or your wallet. And whilst red may be in vogue atm, its guaranteed that regardless of the popularity of red, silver will still be a better seller whenever you come to sell your red car.

Then again, if you REALLY want a red one.......

[cardigankid]

I'm going to go against the tide here and recommend silver. It always looks smart. However the fact is this is a 997 and you are going to love it whatever the colour is. Get the best one and don't worry too much about the colour.

[barchetta_boy]

I'll pass on some advice from the late (great) Alan Clark

"buy the car you want, not the one you think you should have"

Goes for model and colour choices.

Joel
1985 928 S2
1987 928 S4 manual
1989 Golf GTI

[MEVILAZY]

Splash a bit more cash and go for Polar Silver - more exclusive than Arctic Silver and in my opinion a lot better looking!

[Dr S]

Personally don't like red on Porsche's. White looks fab on the 997 though. If you go for silver, my favourite is the GT one, though I admit to being a bit biased...

[2something]

My completely personal opinion and I would be dissapointed if people didn't disagree with me ...

Don't fancy red too much on a 997, have seen a couple and they just don't do it for me. On the positive side the modern organic red pigments they use in the paint coupled with modern additives mean they don't fade like they use to.

Silver, personally I think they look decent and very much easier to keep clean.

[PolarExpress]

MEVILAZY said:

Splash a bit more cash and go for Polar Silver - more exclusive than Arctic Silver and in my opinion a lot better looking!

Spoken as a true genius

[steve.B]

Its not going to be red, but arctic silver again for me.
Why? the fadeing of the paintwork on the red and the resale. whether this is true I will never know!!!!