Unfortunate PTS Choices

[av185]

Agree Gulf looks great on the GT3.

[PRO5T]

Dr S said:

IMO Gulf looks the dogs on my 1.2 Touring

Tourings on the whole can pull off the more obscure colours imho.

[simonsti]

Maybe not unfortunate... disappointing definitely.

[Maxym]

KittyLitter said:

Olive green for the win

Bile green, surely…? :-)

[monaco1981]

ImbackYo said:

All of these colours are vile, particularly the Mint Green and Sapia. But I always thought I was alone, Ive rarely seen a PTS choice that made me think "yes!, thats the colour Id choose". I was always confused as to why someone would pay for the privilege of applying an awful colour!

if we all liked the same colour the world would be a dull place.

[KittyLitter]

Maxym said:

KittyLitter said:

Olive green for the win

Bile green, surely…? :-)

Wellington Boot Green

[RDMcG]

A few more I saw:

[23wn_4f2]

Agreed, I'm not sure Gulf would work on a Cayenne but like all PTS choices, totally subjective... beauty is in the eye of the beholder and i dont think there can be a wrong choice

For balance, my old 3rs in Gulf;

[Slippydiff]

ChocolateFrog said:

Highlights to me how some cars are colour sensitive.

I think the Gulf Blue looks great but seeing it on the Cayenne it just looks odd.

^ This. Olive green 996 looks horrendous.
But a similar hue on a 997 looks altogether different :

[Mark-ri571]

Strangely attracted to Smyrna Green

[KittyLitter]

Anthracite brown metallic

Looks spectacular in my opinion but suspect others will find it a bad choice

https://www.elferspot.com/en/car/porsche-991-carre...

[Cheib]

Some may say this is unfortunate but I like it. My PTS SWB, one of the 30 PTS 911’s built in the first year of production.

[KittyLitter]

Cheib said:

Some may say this is unfortunate but I like it. My PTS SWB, one of the 30 PTS 911’s built in the first year of production.

far from unfortunate. looks fantastic and must be worth a fortune to have a PTS from 1st year of that offering.

[JeffC]

Acid looks awesome, would have been my no 1 choice.

av185 said:

Acid looks well.

Might need your sunnies though.

[Nuttcase]

KittyLitter said:

Anthracite brown metallic

Looks spectacular in my opinion but suspect others will find it a bad choice

https://www.elferspot.com/en/car/porsche-991-carre...

I see it's listed as anthracite but I don't believe it is. Anthracite is a much darker colour, as you might expect. Looks more like copper or cognac.

[Filibuster]

simonsti said:

Maybe not unfortunate... disappointing definitely.

Is that “Schwarzoliv”? An absolutely stunning colour, imho.
Not commenting on the wheels or the neon green decals (or that it is a Macan), but the very dark green is about my absolute favourite colour for a 911 of all times.

Such a understated, lovely colour 99% of the people would take it for black 90% of the time, but it really pops in bright sunlight. The very colour for the discerning gentleman.

ETA: I mean “dunkelolive metallic”. Even darker than “schwarzoliv”

Edited by Filibuster on Sunday 15th September 01:11

[DarkVeil]

PRO5T said:

av185 said:

Its free.

Ooh, what was I spec’in the other week where it had moved onto their “heritage colour” scheme or whatever they call it now?

I wonder if it was a website mistake or maybe the ST?

Which colours are free varies depending on the model, probably due to factory configuration.

[simonsti]

Filibuster said:

Is that “Schwarzoliv”? An absolutely stunning colour, imho.
Not commenting on the wheels or the neon green decals (or that it is a Macan), but the very dark green is about my absolute favourite colour for a 911 of all times.

Such a understated, lovely colour 99% of the people would take it for black 90% of the time, but it really pops in bright sunlight. The very colour for the discerning gentleman.

ETA: I mean “dunkelolive metallic”. Even darker than “schwarzoliv”

Edited by Filibuster on Sunday 15th September 01:11

Correct, it's dark olive metallic.

Unfortunately it looks gloss black 99% of the time.

The other 1% it does look really nice.

[KittyLitter]

Fashion Grey - not sure if it works that well on this one

https://www.pistonheads.com/buy/listing/17348224

[DannyScene]

Mark-ri571 said:

Strangely attracted to Smyrna Green

My favourite of all the PTS colours, If I'm ever in a position to buy a new PTS car that will 100% be my choice without question