Geesh! Current Porsche Colors Mostly Suck!, Henry Ford All Over Again - Black, Black or Black! Options

[Tom_T]

Geesh! Current Porsche Colors Mostly Suck! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/dry.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/barf.gif)

Just venting my frustration over my now 2nd year of hunting for a Cayenne S! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/sad.gif)

That's including wasting the first 14+/- months trying to find a 2006 CayS Titanium Edition in that 6 month only "continuation model" Iceland Silver - a light silvery blue metallic, similar to my 85 BMW 325e's Cosmos Blue. After looking at 6-10 really nice appearing low mile 28-55k mile ones - none of which could confirm if they did or werre previously had them done by a PO for the dreaded V8 plastic to metal coolant pipe update! A few other high cost predicted failure items in the Sereis 1A (or 1) 03-06 version (headlight/composite units heat failures at a $1-2k per side to replace, rear hatch strut failures at $700+ every 2-3 years, etc.).

So we've moved on to the 2008-10 Series 1A (or 2) & maybe 2011-13 of the Series 2 (or 3A) Cayenne S, where we probably should've been in the first place due to the improvements.

Preferably one with both the factory tow hitch receiver & rear camera already installed - (the latter requires Nav/PCM to also be optioned), & preferably shod with 18" or 19" or 20" factory wheels (maybe factory 21") with proper N-Spec tires.

We're not too picky on interior colors - preferring Gray or Tan, but prefer to stay away from the darker Black & Brown due to both heat & showing too much dirt easily.

Now we're not overly picky on paint colors either, since we can accept the Blue, Silver, Dark Grey, & Gold/Jarama Metallic colors just fine & maybe even White - but not the other odd & cop-attracting colors (RED! & ORANGE!).

Black is NOT favored since it's such a PITA to keep clean & looking nice .... & our CayS will primarily be towing our restored vintage 1960 Avion T20 (#2 off the line - looks like an Airstream but better!) to vintage trailer events - so black will look cruddy all the time at those!

I feel like I'm back in the 19-teens & twenties looking at Ford Model T's - you know: "You can have any color, as long as it's black!" - as ole Henry I used to say! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/dry.gif)

I mean really - how friggin' many BLACK & BLACK-on-BLACK & BLACK-on-BLACK-with-BLACKOUT-Trim did Porsche have to make!? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/confused24.gif)

Just not my taste all blacked out - but black with a tan interior & chrome/metal brightwork does look sharp to my eye - just not to keeping it clean!

Couldn't Porsche have offered/offer a CHOICE of decent colors!? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/confused24.gif)

I thought I'd found "the perfect one" in a 2-owner 45,000 mile 2008 CayS in Marine Blue on Havanna/Sahara Biege Interior with the factory rear camera, but the DAPO had "improved" it with upsized non-factory 22" wheels & non-Porsche-spec tires - both of which rears had sidewall splits in them + the 4% speedo/odometer error.... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/dry.gif)

.... Plus he had swapped out the excellent factory upgraded BOSE Audio/Nav/PCM for some supposedly "better" aftermarket unit - along with who knows what else was hacked-up on the harness since the rear camera now opend/closed every time a door opened or the key was turned - rather just opening when put in reverse & close when taken out!!!! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/blink.gif)

It was well cared for & maintained - but those above both prevented me from even taking a test drive (no blowouts on my dime!) nor considering it further without them all fixed (I could swap wheels/tires with another fool with a factory set later, & can get the factory tow hitch installed for $1200-2000 at a dealer).

A lesson for you folks - do NOT hack up your electrical harnesses with your "improvements" - especially not with the newer cars where all of the onboard computers, sensors, ECUs, Obi-wan-kanob-I's & -II's, etc. are linked together! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/sad.gif)

Nuff said.... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/huh.gif)

Feel free to shoot me a PM or email if you hear of a likely 2008-12-ish Cayenne S candidate in our colors etc.! TIA! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)

Cheers! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beerchug.gif)
Tom
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[r_towle]

First off, you were 19-20 when the model a came out?
Did you buy a new one or used?
Was it black?

For the cayenne , 4-5k will buy you a nice paint job....something to consider.

I also stick with used cars and let others absorb the 30-50 depreciation on new luxury vehicles.

I will buy a lighter car next time around, white or silver just so it might look clean a bit longer

[Tom_T]

First off, you were 19-20 when the model a came out?
Did you buy a new one or used?
Was it black?

For the cayenne , 4-5k will buy you a nice paint job....something to consider.

I also stick with used cars and let others absorb the 30-50 depreciation on new luxury vehicles.

I will buy a lighter car next time around, white or silver just so it might look clean a bit longer

LOL Rich - (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)

No but my father-in-law had one at 20-something, & they were around as hot rods in the 50's & 60's when I was a kid/teen, but model As were more common rods, as was my Uncle's which I helped build as a teen in the `60's.

My father-in-law also still had a couple of 1920's Stars he was going to get around to restoring eventually when he passed in the early 2000's! (later acquisitions)

The Model T was out in the 19-teens to 1927 or 28 IIRC.

Anybody who knows Ford's history has probably heard that black car line!

(IMG:style_emoticons/default/agree.gif) You said it perfectly on the light to medium colors showing the dirt less!

PS - Notable Factoid - our 914s are now in their 40's & still used as DDs in stock form by many folks today!

But I don't recall any Model T's at 40 in the 1950's & 60's used as DDs unless extensively modified.

IMHO - that says a lot of good about our 914s!

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Tom
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[Mark Henry]

First off, you were 19-20 when the model a came out?
Did you buy a new one or used?
Was it black?

For the cayenne , 4-5k will buy you a nice paint job....something to consider.

I also stick with used cars and let others absorb the 30-50 depreciation on new luxury vehicles.

I will buy a lighter car next time around, white or silver just so it might look clean a bit longer

LOL Rich - (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)

No but my father-in-law had one at 20-something, & they were around as hot rods in the 50's & 60's when I was a kid/teen, but model As were more common rods, as was my Uncle's which I helped build as a teen in the `60's.

My father-in-law also still had a couple of 1920's Stars he was going to get around to restoring eventually when he passed in the early 2000's! (later acquisitions)

The Model T was out in the 19-teens to 1927 or 28 IIRC.

Anybody who knows Ford's history has probably heard that black car line!

(IMG:style_emoticons/default/agree.gif) You said it perfectly on the light to medium colors showing the dirt less!

PS - Notable Factoid - our 914s are now in their 40's & still used as DDs in stock form by many folks today!

But I don't recall any Model T's at 40 in the 1950's & 60's used as DDs unless extensively modified.

IMHO - that says a lot of good about our 914s!

(IMG:style_emoticons/default/beerchug.gif)
Tom
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I believe Ford's line was "You can have any colour you like...as long as it's black."
The first production lines were slowed due to the time it took for paint to dry, lending to the expression "as exciting as watching paint dry".
Fast drying lacquer paint was the major innovation that made production lines work, but at first it only came in black.

At least that is how I remember it, I worked for a promotional company that did all the TV work for GM and I spent almost a year working on a history video of GM of Canada. But that was like 30 years ago.