How Strong is your Stomach???

This car is currently for sale on Pelican. If the owner is a member here, I apologize...no offense intended. The ad states it was originally owned by a Porsche Executive. I realize that taste is subjective...but seriously, what were they thinking???

It's not the worst I've seen. When I was in the market, there was a turbo for sale with the same interior, and the same color exterior. It was way, way overkill on the green...

At least that one wouldn't catch you by surprise. Imagine if your wife bought you this car for your birthday. How could you possibly hide your shock when you opened the door? Maybe this is how Porsche punishes executives who misbehave.

WOW, a tiptronic, what were they thinking...I'd have to agree, having a tip Pcar is pretty embarrassing.

perhaps the guy was colorblind?

I cannot believe this was even an interior option... yaaiikkk..

i've seen late 1950's 356's silver exterior with the green interior and it looks great. grey w/green is ugly. who in their right mind would order that combo? the 1950's green was more seafoamish and the 50's red interior was a darker color...the newer green and red interiors are just pain ugly.

At first I was like: then I was all:

WHAT THA' HELL!

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Actually, Porsche test drivers got better lap times with tiptronic in the more powerful turbo once the 996 turbo came along. Much like the 928, many enthusiast writers agreed that the automatic was more suited to the car. I won't ever own a tiptronic Porsche - I like the full driving experience. But the days of dismissing tiptronic (or now PDK) as somehow less performance-oriented are over. PDK is faster. Period. Porsche may not even offer a manual option in the 991-based GT3.

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Er, my comments were a feeble attempt at a joke, they were not meant to be taken literally. Also, I could be wrong but I do not think the 911 TT tip cars outperformed their 6 speed counterparts until the 997 TTs were introduced.

There's just no fixing that mess. Nephrite Green.... must have been somewhat desireable in some country.....maybe.....or not.

Like most hot women, it's beautiful on the outside.

I remember seeing a 996 NA with a cinnamon interior. That was just as bad. It looked like you were sitting in a car colored like a redhot. Yeeeccccch. larry

The black rims go with the black interior accents?

Interior color may be have been a condition set by the courts to enable the exec to own a turbo. Green has a nice, calming affect. Radio preset to only play elevator muzak.

Now I like green, a lot! My football team is green....but that's....thats.....not green!

I believe the official name for that interior color is "nephrite green". I don't find it especially attractive, but I'm not the one who ordered or bought it!

Not the biggest fan of that color-contrast, but the car looks nice and clean! It's still a hot looking Porsche in my opinion.

Porsche must have decided to use this car internally because they couldn't sell it. I must say I can live with it for $ 30K & a gallon of black leather dye.

At least you won't be able to see the money stains.

I saw an interior this color about a year ago when I was looking for my current 996. A deal breaker no doubt.

I'll take it and just drive it at night.

If the price was right, I would be open to the idea of owning it.

Come on man! The P car is like pants you wear when golfing. Maybe there's statistics backing up color schemes like that get you out of tickets Oh yah, if you can't beat the turbo don't knock it

Is it wrong that I actually kinda like it? LOL

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I like it too, but not with that exterior color... one thing for sure, it probably is one of a kind color combo!

Hey, this is always the hottest car in town on one day per year anyway - St. Paddy's Day! Seriously though, I find that cars with these strange color combos usually sell at a nice discount - so it's a buyer's market on this one.

I don't find the interior color to be that bad.......... The exterior looks SICK btw. Anyways, nephrite green wouldn't be my first choice but if I found a car I liked and could get a really good deal on it I probably wouldn't make a big fuss about the color. Anyhow I'd be looking to swap in some euro GT3 seats in which case the black leather wouldn't look to bad with the green interior. I think the car being a tiptronic is more of a deal breaker for me......

Rare = not always good Money = no guarantees of taste Nephrite green = I can only see it being in a Pan America model...

Heck, I'd buy it if I was in the market. But then again, I actually am colorblind (sort of), so I'll have to take your word for it that it's awful.

Wikipedia says that nephrite shouldn't be confused with nephritis, an inflammation of the kidneys.

I'd strip it down and make it a track car...seriously, I would.

If you have been on the forum for over 2 years you may remember that someone was selling a 996 turbo.....with Nephrite green interior....and Nephrite green exterior! And the full dark wood package!!!!! That car made me cry. It could have been a contenda!! But it was a loser...

As others have said - the green woudl be tough to take, but for the right price (like $30K) you could buy it and swap out the seats and carpet and steering wheel for relatively low cost. The vomit factor woudl be acceptable then. Now...withregards the tip. I'm a stick guy all the way. Always have been and (I find myself hesitating as I type this) I always will be. You see, I took a brief burn in a 997S with a tip recently - my first tip ever. Let's just say I was pleasantly surprised.

I like green. I wanted a green interior. But the Nephrite Green left me very worried that all these negative comments would be directed at my car someday. So I didn't. Doesn't mean I don't like it. Maybe with a white exterior. Have see it with Speed Yellow. Now THAT got my attention! LOL! And the afforementioned Turbo in Double Nephrite was a regular at my local DE track for a few years. I was never really convinced that was a good combination. But I still like green. Just not that one.

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Are you sure you didn't drive a PDK. I drove a 996 C2 tip and the the torque converter system on the tip leaves a lot to be desired IMHO, at least compared to the 6 speed. On the other hand, the 2009 997 C2S PDK I drove was VERY nice.

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Umm well, I just checked with my mom and she confirmed that I'm not an idiot - so yeah I'm sure it wasn't a PDK. 997.1S didn't come with a PDK for starts.... To put my comment into context - I don't drive a lot of automatics, pretty much a few beat up old pickup trucks at work and my dad's old PT cruiser is it....and some rental cars I suppose. I was expecting slushy shifts and being in one gear too high all the time...because that's been my experience with automatics so far. I put the tip into sport mode and the shifts were crisper than I expected (no, probably not as crisp as a PDK - which I have not yet driven) and it geared down for me as I braked in to a familiar turn near my home. Not saying it's as good as a PDK or even a manual...just saying it wasn't as bad as I expected. It's all relative.

I like it. I see so many Porsche's with gray or black interior, it's nice to see something different.

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WTF - Who called you an idiot? "I just checked with my Mom", are we revisiting grade school here? In your first post you did not mention the car was the MKI version so how was I to know? My only point was that my impressions of the tip left a lot to be desired. Drop the sarcasm and I'm sorry if I hurt your delicate feelings...

For those of you that have never driven a tiptronic...it is a pleasant surprise. My first 996 was a tiptronic. I sold it because I bought my 6 speed 996 and saw no reason to keep both. Everytime I drive in traffic, I miss the tiptronic. If I ever sell my current 996, it will be to upgrade to a 997tt with a tiptronic. I'm not surprised the tiptronic 997tt is faster.