Thoughts on the following configuration (outside the US)?

Rhodium Silver Metallic

Tire Pressure Control System

Sport seats in yachting blue

Window Trim in Aluminum (High-Gloss)

LED Headlights incl. Porsche Dynamic Light System Plus (PDLS Plus)

Clear Glass Taillights

Entry & Drive

Deletion of Model Designation

ParkAssist (Front and Rear)

Rear Wiper

Tinted gradient windshield

Tinted rear side windows and back window

Anti-glare interior and exterior mirrors and integrated rain sensor

SportDesign Wing Mirrors

Aerokit Cup

Fuel Cap with Aluminum Look Finish

7-speed Manual Transmission

Porsche Ceramic Composite Brake (PCCB)

Sport Chrono Package

HomeLink garage door opener

Seat Heating (Front)

Vehicle Tracking System

Heated seats

Luggage Net in Passenger Footwell

SportDesign Steering Wheel

Brushed Aluminum Interior Package i.c.w. Standard Interior & Manual

Center Console Trim in Brushed Aluminum

Pedals and Footrest in Aluminum


Separately:

HRE P40S brushed clear center lock wheels

TECHART Noselift front axle lift system

 

Very sporty setup.
Are you doing base suspension, with plans for aftermarket coil overs?

My only thought is, why not wait for the GTS or get a GT3.

 

Nice. The blue will complement the blue cast in the silver. What are you doing with the wheels? They should be chrome/silver and polished or they fight the chrome trim inside and out (JMO).

One note - the 991 can generate a good deal of glare. I swapped out much of the chrome trim for carbon to help reduce glare. The chrome looks good, but keep that in mind! Enjoy!

 

Thanks for the helpful replies!

With this I would do base suspension. There is a very good chance that I will wait for the GTS, but after the GTS is announced, whenever that is, the deciding factor will be the transmission. If the GTS is not offered with a manual then I will opt for the Carrera S instead. The GT3 looks great in so many ways including the fact that it's available with lift kit direct from the Porsche factory, but unfortunately it is PDK only, and I would prefer a manual over PDK.

I would want to sell the original Carrera S wheels and have HRE P40S wheels with winter tires put on (I pass through snowy mountain areas at various times of the year). I just do not like shiny so much and prefer matte. The main concern I had about carbon fiber is that over time exposed to heat it changes, but if this carbon fiber trim is better for glare than the aluminum trim (I had assumed that the aluminum trim is matte) then it is certainly something I should consider.

How do people go about selling factory wheels/tires when installing aftermarket wheels/tires especially where they have not used the factory wheels tires at all?

 

I have the Aerokit cup and don't really need the lift system. Unless you have a special requirement....

 

Nice setup..

1) Sport Exhaust, absolutely essential.. If I were allowed only one option, that would be it..

2) Entry and Drive - I find it to be a nuance more than convenient. On cars where I have it, I end up using the remote button to open as I approach the car anyway.. And you still have to turn the fake plastic ignition key anyway. Don't like to keep my keys in my pocket so I'm always figuring out what to do with them.. So for me a key and sticking in the ignition makes more sense.

3) Seat Ventilation - I love this, feels really nice I find.. Great creature comfort luxury.

4) TPMS, didn't realize it was an option in some areas.. Should be standard IMHO. Same with Homelink...

5) The light design package.. Some folks here convinced me it was a waste and it is packaged (at least in the US) with Entry and Drive.. But I would have kind of liked the lights in the door pockets and rear footwell. Thinking of adding as an aftermarket.. So if you go with entry and drive you get it I believe.

6) Not a fan of rear wipers, I think it detracts from the "butt view" of the 911.. But of course that's just personal taste. Functionally I can understand the need especially depending on your climate. For me in the desert there is little need anyway..

7) Sports Chrono - Not as much need for this without PDK, but yeah you get the dynamic engine mounts as well as the dash wart... (Actually I kinda like the analog clock), but it's an expensive clock.. Wish it could be programmed to have other gauges displayed there (tach, speed etc) sort of in the way the Multifunction display does.

8) Audio? I'd do at least Bose.. It's OK, not as bad as some would lead you to believe. But I'd still do Burmestier if I had it to do over.. Base sound system is a bit weak though unless you just don't care about music at all..

 

I assume that I do not have any special requirement, though I worry a bit about scraping the bottom when facing steep inclines/declines, which are present in my area.


Thanks for the tip on Entry & Drive. I have never had anything like it but after your advice think I will avoid it. Unfortunately seat ventilation is not an option with the type of sport seats chosen in my configuration, but fortunately where I am very high temperatures are not an issue. With your advice I am also reconsidering the need for Sport Chrono especially with the manual. For audio I like engine sounds!

 

For entry and drive my opinion was sealed when my wife got out of the car (a different one) with the key as I dropped her off in front of a restaurant. And then I stalled the damn car while while trying to park. Looked like an idiot trying to push the thing into a parking spot.. .. That and the constant playing the: What did I do with the key? routine when getting out of the car.. But to be fair my father has one on his Jag and loves it.. So to each his own..

For the M7, and Sports chrono, you still get dynamic engine mounts but IMHO the main value of chrono is you get sport plus mode which more or less is just different throttle and PDK response.. Can't say I use Port+ that much myself anyway. But it is all a moot point with a manual..

There is the shift "blips" you get for M7 with Sport Chrono.. There are some threads where I've heard it discussed, although I wasn't paying much attention as I've got PDK... (Although I started out with my build initially with M7, but eventually migrated to PDK)..

The PDK vs M7 ends up being an almost violent flame confrontation around here, so I'm not going to trigger that one for the umpteenth time.. But if you haven't driven a PDK, you should at least test one out in the Sport modes before you lock your build.. I was dead set on M7 and of the opinion a sports car Must be manual and thought it was blasphomy to go "automatic".. But the PDK has a lot of diminsions to it I'm finding I didn't expect.

 

Once happened to a friend of mine who has a car with keyless ignition, his wife dropped him at work and began driving away, but the car stalled after a short distance because the fob was in his pocket!
I forot that Sport Chrono is essentially part of the Power Kit.
I will definitely test-drive a PDK-equipped car before making a final decision. In my case the desire for a manual has nothing to do with any purist type of ideology but more to do with most cars here having manuals and not wanting to over time possibly become "out of practice." I have no doubt that the PDK ability to shift far exceeds mine.

 

Dont give up the entry and drive.
You can still remove the fake Key Fob if you want to use the remote as your key, so you can keep better tabs on it when switching drivers.
I think you would still retain the auto door/frunk opening.
If so, best of both worlds.
Although I prefer the fake key fob over inserting the key in the dash.

I never regretted entry and drive in any car I have.
Its way better than fumbling for a remote and pushing those non-ergonomic buttons to get in the car or frunk.

 

Yeah, lol that can be a problem. Most of the keyless ignitions I've seen don't stop once they are running and they leaves the proximity. But they can't be restarted. And for me it has become comical still because its my wife's car but when we are together in it I usually drive. (therefore she has the key in her purse). And it is a manual, so once she is gone and I realize that I don't have the key, all I can think is, don't stall.. don't stall.. And then guess what happens?, lol...

Just curious, what part of the world are located?

Yeah, try the PDK.. It isn't even just there is a manual mode and auto mode. But you can manually down (or up) shift eve when in auto. Sort of goes into a temporary manual mode..

Where I really like it is when in auto I can force down shifts to slowing so I don't have to brake, or quite honestly I just like the burp and gurgle sounds it makes.. and I can get it with a simple squeeze of the left paddle. This downshift action is one of the things I like most about a manual, that I thought I'd lose with PDK, but didn't..

Also, PDK is really good at reading your mind.. For example it just seems to "know" that you are descending down a hill and it needs to hold in a lower gear. Normally in a true automatic your speed just builds and you have to ride the brakes.. Things like this I'm just now starting to realize as I drive it daily. Anyway, give it a fair try and more than just a ride around the block.. I hate automatics but I'm really enjoying this..

 

+1
I love the keyless entry. No fiddling for keys, get in, turn, and go

 

Thanks for the tips, more things for me to look closely at!


Oh ok that sounds nice, still engaging to drive.

I am in mountainous continental (Western) Europe.


I like the sound of it, need to try it!

 

The biggest problem with entry and drive is neither. The biggest problem is that instead of a button that any idiot can push, and which lights up conspicuously so anyone can find (even when Porsche keeps putting it on the wrong side of the steering column) when and if you ever valet your car, or take it into parking garage where they park the car for you, you can wait 1/2 hour before the valet/attendant admits defeat and comes to find you to ask you how to turn on the car! The dummy key is stupid - not quaint.

 

Overall looks to be very nice build!

One item I don't see in your list you may want to consider -- since you mention cold-weather drives, multiple climates, etc : Steering Wheel Heating. I probably wouldn't have picked it myself, but I bought a lot car and it was already installed. And I must say, at least here in the Northeast US in the cold weather it is a wonderful and very very nice feature. It gets very warm fast, and feels awesome! I have full-leather interior, steering wheel is leather as well.

Enjoy!