Misc. marginal options / Carmon & Sand

Are many of you ordering self dim mirror/rain sensor? Nice to have, but for $690! I haven't had a car without self dimming mirrors for some time. Seems kind of strange for a high 60's / 70K car. I have had rain sensor in my last 3 cars (CLK, S4, M3 ) and would miss it a bit. BTW, to those who have seen me struggle over color choice, I believe I have decided on the Carmon Red with sand beige full leather interior. A classy, yet sporty combo. I thought hard about the two tone, but do not like the gray in the center dash / rear console area and the sand just matches the Carmon perfectly. There is a lot of carpeting in this car and the sand will look better against the Carmon. My final two options I am deciding on is the auto climate control and heated seats. Don't particularly like the former (resale only issue) and don't need the latter in Austin. Skipping all of these marginal options saves $1,720 (690+550+480). Not huge, but not insignificant. That takes my configuration to $69,065 Carmon red metallic paint, sand beige full leather, PCM , bi-xenon, leather sports steering wheel, sport seats, Bose , colored wheel caps, floor mats Edited by - mark34 on 09/04/2005 10:50:38 AM

By the way, I am going to have a January build for March delivery.

Carmon and Sand.....one of THE best combos I can think of.When you see it in front of your eyes you will be glad you did it! I didn't order the self dim/rain sensor either.....I don't think I will miss themone bit. I will be tinting my windows (not real dark) and that has proven to bejust fine with non-self dimming mirrors in the past. My present Porsche doesn't have them and its perfect at night with the medium tint on the windows. Can't say about the rain sensor except I will be driving my beater when it rains instead of the Cayman . I'm in a hot climate also and won't be needing the heated seats.......nice for a Boxster or in a cold climate......but I only used them once or twice in previous cars that had them. I did order climate control even though I will probably use it in manual mode most of the time........it really is niceto know its there and for resale value........only thing my dealer really 'recommended' on the Cayman .

I've ordered the same color combo...I've seen it on a new Boxter S and it looks fantastic, although I've been rethinking it a bit. It's more of a luxury sport coupe color, like a Lexus SC. Been considering changing it to black/black with the aluminum-trimmed interior to bring it more in line with a true sport look...my current TT coloring, which receivesalot of compliments. Regarding the options, I've ordered the Pref Pkg Plus for $4990, which gives you the self-dim mirrors & rain sensor along with the bixenon lamps, power heatedseats, mats, bose /cd-chgr, wheel caps. Added the climate control for $550 (which I love in my TT) and sport wheel/lthr $740. Total pkg $68,895. Considering adding PASM for $2K (see my Forum Topic on this...).

Great choice. I had a 911 Carerra in Arena Red with Savannah interior, essentially the same as Carmon and Sand. Got lots of compliments on it and it was a color combination I never got tired of. I had that car for a few years so I thought I would go with Seal Grey this time. However the carpet does show dirt a little more than the darker colors.

Mark34, Hope you don't mind but I gave you a carmen / sand glow to your name!

Thanks for the glow. On the dirt issue, I have black carpeting in my M3 , and I have found that black shows little bits of stuff on the carpeting more than any color I have had before. I guess it depends on the color of the dirt? I guess regular vacuuming will be in order either way. Mark

There is a great looking Carmon and Sand Carrera S at Cars.com that turns up when you search 2005 Carreras. I thought about this exterior color as well before I ordered, but when I went to the dealer to look at a Boxter in that color you could not tell much under the dust. In the pictures it looks very rich to me. Great choice! JHellow

Hello, I ordered my Cayman way back in August 04. Choose my spec a few weeks ago and get the car on 26th November and can't wait. I went for: Black Met paint Full BlackLeather Sports Seats PASM Sport Chrono Plus 19' Sport Design Wheels Climate Control Multi Function Steering Wheel PCM Bose CD Changer. Total: £53,089.03 Too much to spend on a Cayman ? any thoughts?

Hell No, not too much! Artic Silver Black Full Leather Black Floor Mats Black Sport Seats Leather Sport Seats 19' Carrea Classic (wish Cayman wheel was available in 19...) BOSE PASM Sport Chrono w/o PCM Bi-Xenons Wheel Caps Colored Sport Steering Wheel Illuminated Door EntryGuards PCCB $78,950

Let me know if Porsche kicks back the illuminated entry guards. They rejected my aluminum door sills.

I have an 04 C2 Cab in Carmon Red. You will love that color. Yes it does get dirty rather quickly but so do all the dark colors. The advantage to this is that you get to wash it more often which is almost as much fun as driving it! Congrats and be sure to post pics when you get it. Mike

Carmon and Sand is a great combo but Carmon and Cocoa will be truly outstanding! saw a Guards Red/Cocoa Boxster last weekend at Boxstoberfest and it looked awesome (surprised me how good it looked) as to the self dimming mirrors, I always thought that was a fluff option but my sales guy here in Austin pointed out that the side mirrors dim as well as the rear view which I think is pretty neat has me re-thinking whether or not I want to add that option

if you want to see Carmon Red with Cocoa go to Brumos website, great pics!

Cocoa will be nice, but I think I prefer the contrast of sand beige against carmon. Carmon is quite dark and so is cocoa. Both will look great