718 Cayman Spec & Colours- what have you gone for?

[DJMC]

I can't work out what colour Crayon is?

Is is a kind of off-white, or greyish?

[Si-3PO]

Nobody can I'd call it light grey, and its way closer to fashion grey than I thought it would be.

[J.M.T]

Si-3PO said:

J.M.T said:

Stunning. Can't wait for mine which is about 4 weeks away.

I really love the front bumper but wasn't keen on the rear so didn't go for the option.

What other options did you go for

Car looks amazing

Thanks, full spec is :

Crayon
Carrera Sport wheels gloss black
Sport-Tex Black
Sports seats Plus 2-way
718 logo painted black
Park-Assist F&R
SportDesign package black
Headlight cleaning system painted black
Rear side intake grills painted black
Bi-Xenon PDSL in black
PDK
Sport PASM
Sport Chrono
Sports exhaust in black
GT sport steering wheel
Seat heating
Passenger footwell net
Interior package painted
Smoking package
BOSE

Cool some lovely bits. Who was your sales man at Solihull

[Si-3PO]

Nick Harris, been dealing (annoying!) him for nearly 10 years now, great guy.

[DJMC]

Si-3PO said:

Nobody can I'd call it light grey, and its way closer to fashion grey than I thought it would be.

Fashion grey. LOL.

[Pinball]

Si-3PO said:

You're not in Leamington are you Pinball? I work there and I've seen a white 718 with SportDesign this week ...

That would have been me.

[Si-3PO]

DJMC said:

Fashion grey. LOL.

Why lol?



Fashion grey Spyder with crayon sample on the bonnet. When I saw the crayon Panamera at PEC I was convinced it was fashion grey.

Edited by Si-3PO on Wednesday 2nd August 12:10

[Si-3PO]

Pinball said:

That would have been me.

Ah! You might have seen my Carmine BGTS in Leamington, had the same plate as my 718 and was a common sight until last August.

[Pinball]

Definitely seen a carmine BGTS around, can't recall the plate though, do I guess it was yours. Mainly saw it by the platinum car wash.

[Si-3PO]

Yup, definitely mine, always park off that end of Warwick Street and before we moved out of town I took my cars to the place.

So I think you mentioned you were in games software development, are you at Playground by any chance? I could still do with a Porsche approved hex code for Crayon if you have one by any chance

[J.M.T]

Si-3PO said:

Nick Harris, been dealing (annoying!) him for nearly 10 years now, great guy.

Agh right. I've had a chap called Nigel dealing with mine

[Pinball]

Si-3PO said:

Yup, definitely mine, always park off that end of Warwick Street and before we moved out of town I took my cars to the place.

So I think you mentioned you were in games software development, are you at Playground by any chance? I could still do with a Porsche approved hex code for Crayon if you have one by any chance

No, I know a lot of people there though, used to work with them for a long time. I work on mobile games now. Not sure if we've got crayon on a car at the moment, I'll have a look tomorrow.

[LiamH66]

DJMC said:

I can't work out what colour Crayon is?

Is is a kind of off-white, or greyish?

Reminds me of a discussion with some female colleagues about fabric colours. They described a suit colour as "stone", which to me seemed bizarre, as stone is to me a material group, and not one of any single defined colour. I thought it was maybe a female thing to refer to colours that didn't seem to describe them, but car manufacturers clearly do so for both sexes.

Is Crayon a new colour for the 718? I am not sure it was an option when I spec'ed mine, but I do think it looks great. Sometimes wonder if I should have been braver about colour choice, but then I take another look at what I bought, and I still like it.

Liam

[Si-3PO]

I think they added crayon in March Liam. Your car is white if I remember correctly? My two favourite colour's on a Porsche are red and white, they just look right. I just needed a change this time, I bet I'm back to GR or CW for the next one

[LiamH66]

My late Dad would have pushed me towards GR or silver, he thought they were the only proper Porsche colours. Personally I like white because it doesn't show dirt or stone chips too badly, and I have collected a lot of the former, and a few of the latter already.

The slightly more "out there" colours are probably not for boring old me, but Crayon, Graphite Blue Metallic (which seems to me not graphite, nor blue, nor metallic) and Miami Blue are all stunning. On a recent trip to China I was telling a (Chinese) mate about my new car, and told him we probably wouldn't see one in Changzhou. About 2 hours later we were parking up outside a restaurant and I noticed a familiar back end poking out of a small workshop. It was a Guards Red 718 Cayman with black interior, being valeted. "That's what I bought, but in white!"

3 days later, was crossing the road with a few other mates in Shanghai when a Lava Orange 718 Cayman S came round the corner. They are everywhere, and in some great colours! Must make a point of seeing a Crayon 718 in the flesh/metal.

Liam

[DJMC]

Si-3PO said:

Why lol?



Fashion grey Spyder with crayon sample on the bonnet. When I saw the crayon Panamera at PEC I was convinced it was fashion grey.

Edited by Si-3PO on Wednesday 2nd August 12:10

LOL because grey seems so odd to be in fashion. Especially as all we see on today's roads is grey, white, black. When I was looking at colours in 2015, on a highway in Florida, my wife commented "Look, every single car is grey, white, or black." They were.

Still it looks a little less primer-ish than that other Porsche Primer colour... Graphite is it? Crayon looks like the top coat at least.

[Pinball]

LiamH66 said:

My late Dad would have pushed me towards GR or silver, he thought they were the only proper Porsche colours. Personally I like white because it doesn't show dirt or stone chips too badly, and I have collected a lot of the former, and a few of the latter already.

The slightly more "out there" colours are probably not for boring old me, but Crayon, Graphite Blue Metallic (which seems to me not graphite, nor blue, nor metallic) and Miami Blue are all stunning. On a recent trip to China I was telling a (Chinese) mate about my new car, and told him we probably wouldn't see one in Changzhou. About 2 hours later we were parking up outside a restaurant and I noticed a familiar back end poking out of a small workshop. It was a Guards Red 718 Cayman with black interior, being valeted. "That's what I bought, but in white!"

3 days later, was crossing the road with a few other mates in Shanghai when a Lava Orange 718 Cayman S came round the corner. They are everywhere, and in some great colours! Must make a point of seeing a Crayon 718 in the flesh/metal.

Liam

I think Graphite Blue Metallic would be better named as Graphite Blue Barely Metallic. It's a bit of a chameleon colour which changes a lot under different lighting situations. On a dull overcast day it looks like primer, on a bright sunny day you can see the flakes in the paint if you're standing next to it. The only colour I've seen which is similar is BMWs yas marina blue, you need to get really close to that before the metallic effect becomes apparent. That said, it has a lot more flake in than Graphite Blue.

[Uranage]

I'm having some trouble with my boot lid. Many times when I try to close it, it doesn't go all the way down. And when that happens I have to take out my keyfob and reopen it. It only closes properly when I give it a really firm press or slam it.

My dealer said this is the case with all cars. Is this really true?

[mr pg]

Same as my boot.

[SITDOWN]

I was told to let both the front and rear lids drop gently before pushing down on either side of the badge (at the front) and at the middle of the tail gate. Haven't had any issues.