Colours

[castroses]

Not a lot of adventurous colour choices going on at my local OPC it would seem. Black, white or resale-grey..........??

[finestjammy]

I would have loved red for my 987.2 S (went for meteor grey in the end), so few 987.2's around though and even less red ones. I don't think this is unique to Porsche though, take a look at BMW's paint range, 50 shades of grey

[tyrrell]

Yes looking deadly dull

[v8ksn]

To be fair, most of those on that trailer are Macans and they don't look very good in bright colours...

[anonymous-user]

v8ksn said:

To be fair, most of those on that trailer are Macans and they don't look very good in bright colours...

I saw a Macan in Viper Green on the M11 last week. I spotted it about 4 junctions away.

[Cheib]

"My" OPC told me 30% of cars they sell are white....salesman reckons it's here to stay. I am not so sure, it was very popular in the 80's and was almost non existant in the 90's. When I bought my GTS I couldn't believe how many cars were white or black....virtually every car on sale were in those colours.

[sidicks]

castroses said:

Not a lot of adventurous colour choices going on at my local OPC it would seem. Black, white or resale-grey..........??

Why, when discussing colour choices, is there an assumption that people only choose 'boring' grey / silver / black cars for residual reasons, rather than simply wanting a more subtle and less in your face colour?

[mollytherocker]

castroses said:

Not a lot of adventurous colour choices going on at my local OPC it would seem. Black, white or resale-grey..........??

Its the same with most new cars. Its soooooo boring.

[Cheib]

sidicks said:

castroses said:

Not a lot of adventurous colour choices going on at my local OPC it would seem. Black, white or resale-grey..........??

Why, when discussing colour choices, is there an assumption that people only choose 'boring' grey / silver / black cars for residual reasons, rather than simply wanting a more subtle and less in your face colour?

If you want a good residual go PTS....even with the extra cost on the right car a PTS car will always sell very well.

[sidicks]

Cheib said:

If you want a good residual go PTS....even with the extra cost on the right car a PTS car will always sell very well.

I agree, for certain cars in certain colours!

[Shiverman]

v8ksn said:

To be fair, most of those on that trailer are Macans and they don't look very good in bright colours...

They do look good in the boring colours (silver for one) but they also look stunning in carmine red as long as you have the wheels (black spiders).

[Orangecurry]

v8ksn said:

To be fair, most of those on that trailer are Macans and they don't look very good...

[breadvan]

v8ksn said:

To be fair, most of those on that trailer are Macans and they don't look very good in bright colours...

There's only 1 Macan

And seeing as PTS is nigh on impossible to order, these are the often the best of the rest. I wish Porsche would offer a better selection of colours across the models.

[Sam All]

sidicks said:

castroses said:

Not a lot of adventurous colour choices going on at my local OPC it would seem. Black, white or resale-grey..........??

Why, when discussing colour choices, is there an assumption that people only choose 'boring' grey / silver / black cars for residual reasons, rather than simply wanting a more subtle and less in your face colour?

You have a grey car right?

[sidicks]

Sam All said:

You have a grey car right?

Rhodium Silver. Most importantly, chosen because I liked the colour no because it suited the car, NOT because of resale value!

[Cheib]

sidicks said:

Cheib said:

If you want a good residual go PTS....even with the extra cost on the right car a PTS car will always sell very well.

I agree, for certain cars in certain colours!

Indeed! The classic RS colours just don't work on something that's not got a genuine sporting edge.

[WizzBang]

Cheib said:

If you want a good residual go PTS....even with the extra cost on the right car a PTS car will always sell very well.

I went PTS for my 991 and endured the cost and delay that comes with PTS. Opens up massive rainbow of colours. And the result was worth it to me. Car finally arrived 3 months ago and I love it. Went for.......light grey, solid !

If you're around the Porsche parking area in the infield at the WEC event at Silverstone this weekend, I'll show anyone how grey can be great.

[v8ksn]

Grey (or GT Silver) can look great!

[mollytherocker]

v8ksn said:

Grey (or GT Silver) can look great!

Nah mate, looks awful. In fact, its probably worth half that of a red or yellow one.

I will take it off your hands as a personal favour.

[VerySideways]

mollytherocker said:

v8ksn said:

Grey (or GT Silver) can look great!

Nah mate, looks awful. In fact, its probably worth half that of a red or yellow one.

I will take it off your hands as a personal favour.

If he doesn't, i will.
Them silver/grey cars are worth next to nothing these days. It's all about orange or purple.