Glare from Beige Dash on Windshield?
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I don't know to be honest. I saw some pictures on the OCarbon.com website. Haven't informed or anything yet. It looked pretty cool and thought it might look good on my interior. I'll see when my car arrives in march if I do these upgrades or not.
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Would you add leather in the back of sport seats of the cognac/ espresso or would you leave the aluminum color plastic thing?
Or maybe just the regular seats? Considering mahogany exterior and red seat belts.
Or maybe just the regular seats? Considering mahogany exterior and red seat belts.
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But remember that the 18-way seats are tighter and can squeez. S always try them. If the 14-way suits you better, than you're lucky, because you save a lot of money
I am small (5'4") and I felt immediatly more comfortable in the 18-way seats. For people that are taller (or wider), I can imagie that the 18-way seats are NOT the way to go.
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You don't need leather to sample! Espresso-Cognac is a standard color in the 911 line-up, even when it's not on your configurator yet. It will be...
All cars get build in the same factory, so IMO they can't let you pay LTS money, because that option isn't on your country's configurator yet.
Make a point at your dealer about that. They just can't charge you extra money for it, other than the extra price for two-tone Natural leather. ($ 5,630 in the U.S on standard black interior)
LTS doesn't always take 6 months. It depends on what colors one choses. If it are standard Porsche colors, like I did, the it's maybe 2 months extra delivery time. Don't know for sure though, because mine was ordered for delivery in march 2014, so plenty of time and we didn't dicuss that fact.
I can understand why you want to wait for something you really want and I agree with you that waiting 4-6 months isn't that hard. For example... I waited 8 months to take delivery of an Audi S5 with some Audi Exclusive options. Those 8 months past without even noticing it. Unfortunatly it was my own fault that I drove the car for just 9 months, before we decided to move to Switzerland and I had to sell the car again...
I looked up in the german website to see if there is a way to ask directly this question, but didn't find it. Does anyone knows about a contact who may know if this will be an option for 991 in all regions?
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I told my dealer about cognac/espresso is a standard color for 991, he says that the person who takes the orders in Germany said it wasn't.
I looked up in the german website to see if there is a way to ask directly this question, but didn't find it. Does anyone knows about a contact who may know if this will be an option for 991 in all regions?
I looked up in the german website to see if there is a way to ask directly this question, but didn't find it. Does anyone knows about a contact who may know if this will be an option for 991 in all regions?
http://www.porsche.com/latin-america...elatinamerica/
Mayby you could contact them about your question. There's "contact us" button or you could call them:
Porsche Latin America Inc.
200 S Biscayne Blvd #4620 Miami, FL 33131, United States
+1 786-206-7244
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The Espresso-Cognac interior is on the configurator for Porsche Latin America.
http://www.porsche.com/latin-america...elatinamerica/
Mayby you could contact them about your question. There's "contact us" button or you could call them:
Porsche Latin America Inc.
200 S Biscayne Blvd #4620 Miami, FL 33131, United States
+1 786-206-7244
http://www.porsche.com/latin-america...elatinamerica/
Mayby you could contact them about your question. There's "contact us" button or you could call them:
Porsche Latin America Inc.
200 S Biscayne Blvd #4620 Miami, FL 33131, United States
+1 786-206-7244
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I asked the question and then proceeded to order the beige dash, anyway. Now that I have my car I have the answer: Yes, there is a LOT of glare but polarized sunglasses makes it completely disappear. When not using glasses I haven't found the glare to be a problem, however. It's like tinnitus and eye "floaters": if you don't think about either, you don't notice them but if all you do is concentrate on it, then that's all you see (or hear).
A black dash would probably have been smarter and the red stitching would've looked great against the black but it gets complicated when ordering that because you then want to get all the plastic bits in black and that means the carpet is black, too, something I didn't want.
A black dash would probably have been smarter and the red stitching would've looked great against the black but it gets complicated when ordering that because you then want to get all the plastic bits in black and that means the carpet is black, too, something I didn't want.
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I asked the question and then proceeded to order the beige dash, anyway. Now that I have my car I have the answer: Yes, there is a LOT of glare but polarized sunglasses makes it completely disappear. When not using glasses I haven't found the glare to be a problem, however. It's like tinnitus and eye "floaters": if you don't think about either, you don't notice them but if all you do is concentrate on it, then that's all you see (or hear).
A black dash would probably have been smarter and the red stitching would've looked great against the black but it gets complicated when ordering that because you then want to get all the plastic bits in black and that means the carpet is black, too, something I didn't want.
A black dash would probably have been smarter and the red stitching would've looked great against the black but it gets complicated when ordering that because you then want to get all the plastic bits in black and that means the carpet is black, too, something I didn't want.
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They gave me a black Boxster as a loaner last week and the reflection was just as evident as it is on my Carrera red dash. More about the windshield angle and reflectivity of the center panel material than color, I think.
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If I had Sanibel's car, I would want that red stitching reflected at all times.
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I ordered the second CS2 last week, followed Suzy's recomendations matching the mahogany exterior, I went with espresso/cognac, they opened the option for Latin America last week.
Deviated stitching in espresso on the cognac parts and viceversa.
Black instruments, red seat belts.
My fist order was supposed to arrive in October, now for the new one the contract says December 31st, hopefully I might get it a week early as Xmas present.
They couldn't cancel the first order, so I will be able to see my first configuration same exterior/beige interiors/red stitching.
Deviated stitching in espresso on the cognac parts and viceversa.
Black instruments, red seat belts.
My fist order was supposed to arrive in October, now for the new one the contract says December 31st, hopefully I might get it a week early as Xmas present.
They couldn't cancel the first order, so I will be able to see my first configuration same exterior/beige interiors/red stitching.
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Here is my dash which clearly shows the glare.....
I did try a grey and black interior--- the glare for both of them is about 70% less than the beige.
Without my sunglasses it is pretty bad, but I love the beige interior, so I went ahead and got what I wanted. Just have to remember wearing my polarized glasses every time no regrets.
I did try a grey and black interior--- the glare for both of them is about 70% less than the beige.
Without my sunglasses it is pretty bad, but I love the beige interior, so I went ahead and got what I wanted. Just have to remember wearing my polarized glasses every time
no regrets.
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Here is my dash which clearly shows the glare.....
I did try a grey and black interior--- the glare for both of them is about 70% less than the beige.
Without my sunglasses it is pretty bad, but I love the beige interior, so I went ahead and got what I wanted. Just have to remember wearing my polarized glasses every time no regrets.
I did try a grey and black interior--- the glare for both of them is about 70% less than the beige.
Without my sunglasses it is pretty bad, but I love the beige interior, so I went ahead and got what I wanted. Just have to remember wearing my polarized glasses every time
no regrets.