I traded my car today and added on a lot of options to my original cost savings notions . The word thrifty and Porsche in the same sentence is almost as odd as a luxury 911 (double oxymoron) but i did it !!!

I test drove the 991S demo car home just to see if i can fit it next to my Turbo and because I have no otrher sway of getting home after i left my 997.2S .

Here is the final build .

White - Exterior
Black - Interior --Full leather .

Edit -- changed Bose to Burmeister
Perimum Package Adaptive Sport seats
Electric Folding Mirrors
Model Designation 911
Ornamental Crest (console)
PDCC with PASM
PDK
Sport Chrono
PSE
20 in Carrera S wheel
Sport Design Sterring wheel
Seat belts in Guards Red
Stitching of Front and rear Seats Deviating (Guards Red)
Stitching of Dashboard Deviating Thread (Guards Red)
Stitching of Door Center Panel Deviating (Guards Red)
stitching of arm rest deviating Thread (guards Red)
Stitching of Door Handles Deviating Thread (Guards Red)

 

Congrats!

 

Congrats Larry. Need some pics! And good to see you posting again

 

I won't have the car until September (at the latest .. possibly earlier) .

It will be an early model 2013 car . I must say that i am exhausted .
Thanks for the sincere wishes and i do hope to post impressions once i get the car .

 

Congrats!!! Looks like a great build. Use it in good health.

ChuckJ

 

...there is no substitute

 

I can't believe it won you over too!!!
Congrats!
Out of curiosity, what year was the 997 you traded? How much did it cost you to upgrade? (I'm trying to get a feel for what it will cost me to trade my car in in 2-3 years for a new one....) If you don't feel comfortable posting this info, perhaps you would be o.k. PMing me.
Thanks Larry!
Rick

 

LOL .

I will PM you .

 

Congrats Larry... Nicely done.

 

Great build, wish I ordered the red interior accents in my white.
It will be one beautiful 991 for shure. congrats.

 

Congrats... PSE?

 

Yep . PSE .. I will add it to the list !!!

 

So what was the deal breaker .. The PDK ?

 

There are many improvements in the 991 but the one that stood out the most to me was how much the PDK improved . The 09 car in contrast seemed more jerky and primitive . It still was a great piece of equipment but i found myself almost entirely driving it in manual mode . The new car does not do that same awful 2 to 1 abrupt downshift like the 09 car did . The shists seemed faster and more efficient and this test car did not even have sport plus .

Add to that the daily driver comforts (which at first I rejected) the car takes on a practical direction too .

 

Larry: Have your '09 PDK calibrated. Trust me, no difference between a properly calibrated 997.2 PDK and the 991. I drove both.

Now... the Symposer psycho-acoustically enhances the sense of speed and PDK shifts. Siren song.

But, congratulations on your new car. You are going to love it!