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YOUR RESEARCHCan't understand some color combo's - Poor Turbo
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I think that replacing all the Boxster red carpeting with black would look pretty good.
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I miss the Taurus - the "time to replace transmission" indicator on that car was spot-on, every time.
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one of the most beautiful green interiors that worked well was a 1959 356 sunroof - silver exterior with green interior - back then the green was like a seafoam color - absolutely beautiful
this turbo has been for sale on & off for 2 years with same description - maybe almost 3 years. i can"t imagine a worse color combo - i guess the wood trim package could add even more unbearable:
https://sfbay.craigslist.org/sfc/cto/5486975071.html
There was a standard 996 for sale around here last year with the same interior color but Speed Yellow exterior. Can't think of a worse combination. Maybe for a die-hard Packers fan, I don't know. If that green was dark (like the Metropol blue) it'd be more palatable. I kind of like the red/salmon interior but would like that more too if it were a darker shade, more like a burgundy.
Car interiors look great in any color. As long as they're black.
The yellow interior fades to "God, my eyes!"
The red interior fades to a nice shade of labia.
The green interior - well, it doesn't even need to fade, it looks like *** when new.
The beige interior goes two-tone as the carpet bleaches and the leather yellows.
Agreed - especially the seat bolsters. They look filthy and oily after any wear.
I'm not saying that black is the best color - but it's the only one that doesn't look like absolute *** 10 years later.
one of the most beautiful green interiors that worked well was a 1959 356 sunroof - silver exterior with green interior - back then the green was like a seafoam color - absolutely beautiful
and the red interiors were darker and looked much better than the newer red color.
I personally like the two-tone interior colors that you used to see on some air-cooled models.
The dash would be black but then you'd have beige or grey accents all throughout.
This one I give the original buyer credit for choosing something other than black but it is an unusual color. Wouldn't keep me from buying it at a decent price but I wouldn't choose it as one of my top 3 choices.
Seat wear and tear is mostly determined by the size of the occupant and whether it's been parked outside.
You want a 5 foot 2 petit 95 pound previous owner who parked the car indoors and once in a while did the leather conditioner and cleaning. A 300 pound greasy fat guy is not what you want.
My graphite grey 996 with 72,000 miles and 15 years looks pretty new. I have a Mini Cooper with 67,000 miles and black leatherette seating that is new.
I fall more under the greasy fat guy end of your spectrum than the 95-pounder, but my seats are in impeccable condition. I guess the grease helps keep the leather conditioned, and my *** is not bony, so that probably helps.
It's not so much the colored leather that is ugly but the huge pieces of interior plastic that appear garish in colors. Nothing worse than a fully beige or red dash and steering column. Yuk. Porsche would have done well to
accent
these interiors with colors that match the leather and then use
black
for the larger surface areas.
Think it also depends what you wear.
If you have stud leather jacket rubbing on your seat then you'll destroy them. If you wear cotton sweatpants and sweatshirt all the time the leather will probably stay nice for a while.
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Never wearing sweatpants in public is one of the few conditions of my marriage. The wife does not approve of men wearing sweats in public - apparently, the combination of visible junk and the occasional glimpse of ***-crack is not appreciated by all ladies.
I think the studded leather jacket WITH sweatpants is the only logical combination. Nothing says "I'm too lazy to do the laundry" AND "I'll probably beat you" as well as sweatpants plus a studded jacket.
If you are a restaurateur operating a buffet-style establishment, be afraid of people wearing sweatpants. They are planning to expand at your expense.
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I've thought about converting my car to something like that. I think that replacing all the Boxster red carpeting with black would look pretty good. I seem to recall seeing something similar on here or in one of the magazines. For now, I've switched to black floormats, and even that really helps to break up the redness of the interior. Thankfully I do not have a red steering wheel.
The website should not allow orders like this to be processed successfully.
"We're sorry, it appears that you are colorblind or have no taste. Please click the chat icon and a sales agent will help you select a color scheme that doesn't look like azz."
Perhaps the site should simply redirect them to the Kitcars.com website. Or Mustang.com. Either or.
While I had a black interior in my previous C4S, I wanted to specifically avoid it in the current vehicle as I live in a VERY hot region (think: 'surface of Venus' hot), making inadvertently sitting on black seats, especially if clad in shorts, a skin-grafting event.
I've learned to like the gray interior; a bit drab, but it seems to hold up well. The sweatpants keep the seats polished, and I've managed to avoid scratching the backs with the leather jacket studs.
Thanks to Schnell's post, however: I will never, EVER have a red interior!
The gray shows too much wear, I think. It looks nice on day 1, but 15-20 years later the durability just doesn't seem like it's there. Black leather just seems like it holds up better over time, less discolouration, etc.
I miss the Taurus - the "time to replace transmission" indicator on that car was spot-on, every time.
For those of you who didn't drive a 1st-gen Taurus, the car indicated it was time for a new transmission by throwing the old one on the ground.
Threw It On The Ground - YouTube
"
Nearly devoid of extraneous trim
, the low, smooth-bodied 911 looks the part of a serious performance machine."
That is a
damn
slick way of saying "I cheaped out on the options."
Lol, my first car as a kid and first road trip I took in high school it dropped a tranny in downtown San Antonio. Ended up happening a couple more times at least it was always covered by warranty.
I guess my parents had a good one then. Well aside from it blowing a head gasket on day one. It was purchased in Buffalo, NY but soon thereafter we moved to a town outside of Frankfurt, Germany. It withstood abuse on the German autobahns and traveled all throughout Europe for four years.
It was a 1987 model and I remember my dad having it pegged way beyond its 85 MPH speedometer (because American logic tells us that if the speedo only goes to 85 MPH people won't try to go any faster) on our cross-country drives in Germany.
They ended up selling it in 1994 but it was our trusty steed for many years.
Back on topic though, the interior was burgundy - outside was black. So at least the color combo matched!
