[Hokie]

Congrats, @Duffer5! Gorgeous! I've posted before I would like a Macan in GT Silver, which is PTS on the Macan, but I don't think it should be, since it's a Porsche color. I would probably pay a $3k premium, but not $6k.:crying:

 

[USCGTS]

I would love to know -- what colors did you pick for your two inbound PTS Porsches?

As I said Maritime Blue ( which I could not get approved for my Macan for some strange reason) got my GT3 with matching stitching and belts. My wife's 2019 Cayenne Turbo just went through approval for Arrow Blue. A color I desperately wanted for my 930 and Jerry Sienfeld bought...far deeper pockets. She currently has a 2018 Cayenne in...Purplite which is not PTS and I don't hate it ( she loves it) I cannot wait to be out of our garage.

 

[Duffer5]

I love PTS and giving Porsche money as this is my 4th one with PTS and now two in-bound.

Love it. What a great shot btw.

 

[Duffer5]

Congrats, @Duffer5! Gorgeous! I've posted before I would like a Macan in GT Silver, which is PTS on the Macan, but I don't think it should be, since it's a Porsche color. I would probably pay a $3k premium, but not $6k.:crying:

Thank you, there is some wiggle room in the pricing. Dealers can bring it down a bit but not to $3k.

 

[USCGTS]

Congrats, @Duffer5! Gorgeous! I've posted before I would like a Macan in GT Silver, which is PTS on the Macan, but I don't think it should be, since it's a Porsche color. I would probably pay a $3k premium, but not $6k.:crying:

Technically they are ALL Porsche colors. Porsche charges so much for PTS to dissuade buyers, they actually do not want to do PTS for a variety of reasons. That is why the GT3 PTS went to almost 13k.

The true PTS colors outside of approved Porsche colors are almost unheard of now, sending in your wifes scarf to match some violet color is now a thing of legend.

 

[Duffer5]

What a beautiful color, and I love the name.

I have always wanted a British Racing Green 911 since I was a wee girl.

My Macan GTS is my first Porsche and I did think about ordering her in British Racing Green for a skinny minute, but 1) she is not a 911 and 2) I didn't want to wait the extra additional time to get her. So I got a color that is so NOT like me, Carmine Red

In a few more years when I get tired of my little S5 (and the warranty runs out) I will order my ultimate dream car in a PTS color.

British Racing Green with a rich tan interior would be outstanding. That being said I think the red is sharp. I rarely see a Macan in Carmine red and when I do I always take a double and triple look. Outstanding choice.

 

[WGJP 993]

@Duffer5 Congrats - the Fashion Grey looks fantastic, and great story to tell!

 

[WGJP 993]

As I said Maritime Blue ( which I could not get approved for my Macan for some strange reason) got my GT3 with matching stitching and belts. My wife's 2019 Cayenne Turbo just went through approval for Arrow Blue. A color I desperately wanted for my 930 and Jerry Sienfeld bought...far deeper pockets. She currently has a 2018 Cayenne in...Purplite which is not PTS and I don't hate it ( she loves it) I cannot wait to be out of our garage.

Sorry, forgot you had mentioned the GT3 in Maritime in the past. Arrow Blue looks incredible too, should make for a nice duo with your GTS.

In your experience with multiple PTS, what is the "typical" (if there is such a thing) additional time that PTS adds to the manufacturing process? I'd like to do PTS for my next one.

 

[USCGTS]

Sorry, forgot you had mentioned the GT3 in Maritime in the past. Arrow Blue looks incredible too, should make for a nice duo with your GTS.

In your experience with multiple PTS, what is the "typical" (if there is such a thing) additional time that PTS adds to the manufacturing process? I'd like to do PTS for my next one.

I always catch the worst time to order so the soonest for me was the Macan at 8 months, while the GT3 is a year. Meanwhile, my buddy got a slot and his car in 4 months. Just walked into a TTS and a PTS slot, color was approved in a week and boom got his production number. I think 6 months tends to be the average. Here is the thing about PTS IMO, if you get a wild color, like signal green or orange you better really like it. Now on a Macan it can actually hurt resale, I saw a signal green languish on a lot until they discounted heavily. Meanwhile other colors increase the value of the car and speed up the resale time considerably. While I gravitate towards blue colors I watched a friend secure a color that has NEVER been released for anyone else, Porsche decided to make Sport Classic Grey available for 4 weeks 2 years ago and he got a Spyder in the color. His car will never, ever lose a dime, in fact it's probably worth 10k over whatever he paid.

I have had these conversations with Porsche that sometimes you feel like you won the lotto when you get a color no one else has and you feel so happy to write that check...they really know how to work it.

 

[WGJP 993]

While I gravitate towards blue colors I watched a friend secure a color that has NEVER been released for anyone else, Porsche decided to make Sport Classic Grey available for 4 weeks 2 years ago and he got a Spyder in the color. His car will never, ever lose a dime, in fact it's probably worth 10k over whatever he paid.

I have had these conversations with Porsche that sometimes you feel like you won the lotto when you get a color no one else has and you feel so happy to write that check...they really know how to work it.

Good info, thanks. Interesting re the Sport Classic Grey available for 4 weeks -- it sounds like that information alone would be hard to obtain. Is that info readily available? I can't imagine walking into to a dealer and asking the SA about PTS, and him saying, "Hey, for you today only we just found out that Sport Classic Grey is available for a limited time..."

 

[Duffer5]

I always catch the worst time to order so the soonest for me was the Macan at 8 months, while the GT3 is a year. Meanwhile, my buddy got a slot and his car in 4 months. Just walked into a TTS and a PTS slot, color was approved in a week and boom got his production number. I think 6 months tends to be the average. Here is the thing about PTS IMO, if you get a wild color, like signal green or orange you better really like it. Now on a Macan it can actually hurt resale, I saw a signal green languish on a lot until they discounted heavily. Meanwhile other colors increase the value of the car and speed up the resale time considerably. While I gravitate towards blue colors I watched a friend secure a color that has NEVER been released for anyone else, Porsche decided to make Sport Classic Grey available for 4 weeks 2 years ago and he got a Spyder in the color. His car will never, ever lose a dime, in fact it's probably worth 10k over whatever he paid.

I have had these conversations with Porsche that sometimes you feel like you won the lotto when you get a color no one else has and you feel so happy to write that check...they really know how to work it.

So I am curious your thoughts on fashion grey based on the above? In reality I am not so concerned about the re-sale value as I intend to drive this one for many fun years to come but I would think this color would be neuatral on re-sale.

 

[USCGTS]

Good info, thanks. Interesting re the Sport Classic Grey available for 4 weeks -- it sounds like that information alone would be hard to obtain. Is that info readily available? I can't imagine walking into to a dealer and asking the SA about PTS, and him saying, "Hey, for you today only we just found out that Sport Classic Grey is available for a limited time..."

An EXCELLENT question.

Some dealers have a resident expert, he or she has done it many times, knows who to call and will even suggest colors. There was a young lady that Porsche employed before AMG hired her away that was my go to person that worked for Porsche NA Exclusive. Now, I know many think Eduardo over on Renn is a the expert, nothing against him as he is well versed but he does not work for Porsche, when he learned that Sport Classic Grey was open ( well it was closed by the time he learned ) he had an episode on the thread announcing the color, asking why the information was not publically shared so everyone could order it etc etc.

As you guys have learned I am not afraid of tweaking people when I think they are trolling or taking this all too seriously and I tweaked him...often. I reminded him that we're not some commune in Berkley but a bunch of Porsche enthusiast that are also shelling out a lot of money and if we can get something special that protects our purchase a bit ( not investment) I totally get keeping that information close to the vest.

Every model has a different PTS window. Production is a science all to itself and throw in special paint and it gets weird...thats why having a dealer that understands PTS is so important. The bigger the dealership the more likely you will find that expert. for instance Omaha Porsche is a PTS mecca....go figure. The Houston dealership is as well and of course Champion in Florida ( I think Florida & California get 70% of all PTS cars)

I wish the configurators were more friendly to PTS orders too! If I recall Speed Yellow and British Racing Green were the only two that showed up when I first started looking at PTS for a Macan. Hope this helps.

 

[USCGTS]

So I am curious your thoughts on fashion grey based on the above? In reality I am not so concerned about the re-sale value as I intend to drive this one for many fun years to come but I would think this color would be neuatral on re-sale.

Well, you asked. First let me tell you I have a 2018 JCW Mini for my daily and it is close to your color, it's called Moonwalk Grey. When I saw it , Nardo Grey on my RS3 or whatever Toyota called it on my FJ Cruiser I just called it cement. I hated it until I realized that my cement colored Mini was the only JCW with a HUD and I wanted a HUD. I wanted British Racing Green and I got cement

That said, I have warmed to the color. My concern was the same I had with my RS3...it just was too neutral. Plus every car maker seems to have a variation of it in their palette.

Now yours is a classic Porsche color. Just like my Mexico Blue. To some people my car looks like a big fat skittle or as some called the Smurf mobile. 911's can get away with PTS colors far better than bigger Macans. But too me and you it works. Your car flies under the radar...my car, I kid you not, people text me often saying they saw me on PCH or the 405 or wherever because you cannot miss this car...it is so blue it blinds you.

If you are asking if it will add or subtract when the new precious catches your eye? I think the jury is out IMO. Much like matte paints and wraps being played out these neutral colors could be here to stay or a passing phase. For now, I would say unique keeps you above market when compared to similar optioned Macan's. This is just my opinion.

I am glad you did not get roof rails. If I could make a suggestion too...get grey GTS stickers for your side blades.

 

[Duffer5]

Well, you asked. First let me tell you I have a 2018 JCW Mini for my daily and it is close to your color, it's called Moonwalk Grey. When I saw it , Nardo Grey on my RS3 or whatever Toyota called it on my FJ Cruiser I just called it cement. I hated it until I realized that my cement colored Mini was the only JCW with a HUD and I wanted a HUD. I wanted British Racing Green and I got cement

That said, I have warmed to the color. My concern was the same I had with my RS3...it just was too neutral. Plus every car maker seems to have a variation of it in their palette.

Now yours is a classic Porsche color. Just like my Mexico Blue. To some people my car looks like a big fat skittle or as some called the Smurf mobile. 911's can get away with PTS colors far better than bigger Macans. But too me and you it works. Your car flies under the radar...my car, I kid you not, people text me often saying they saw me on PCH or the 405 or wherever because you cannot miss this car...it is so blue it blinds you.

If you are asking if it will add or subtract when the new precious catches your eye? I think the jury is out IMO. Much like matte paints and wraps being played out these neutral colors could be here to stay or a passing phase. For now, I would say unique keeps you above market when compared to similar optioned Macan's. This is just my opinion.

I am glad you did not get roof rails. If I could make a suggestion too...get grey GTS stickers for your side blades.

Thanks for the feedback. At the end of the day beauty is in the eye of the beholder. That is what makes a Porsche so great, you can make it all you want it to be. I am good with that. BTW, the skittle remark made me laugh. I love skittles too .

And there are black GTS stickers on the side blades but they are black and the side blades are carbon fiber so they blend. Now you have me thinking about fashion grey GTS stickers. This will be fun.

 

[USCGTS]

Thanks for the feedback. At the end of the day beauty is in the eye of the beholder. That is what makes a Porsche so great, you can make it all you want it to be. I am good with that. BTW, the skittle remark made me laugh. I love skittles too .

And there are black GTS stickers on the side blades but they are black and the side blades are carbon fiber so they blend.

I have CF too...funny at a distance you can never tell.

 

[Duffer5]

I have CF too...funny at a distance you can never tell.

Good taste you have there!

 

[rennwagen]

Why did I go with a PTS color?

I will borrow the words of Bramptonmel (from the UK macanforum in 2016):

“Trying to spec my Macan Turbo on order and I'm really struggling to get excited about the standard colours offered by Porsche. The only interesting one is Sapphire blue otherwise it is black, almost black, so dark blue it might as well be black, metallic black, white, white, not the best silver, poo, and old lady gold.”

This matched how I felt precisely. In my case, I already had a Sapphire Blue Turbo. I liked Carmine red but thought I might get tired of it. So naturally the only possible course of action was Paint to Sample. It’s not a small decision at $6500.

The color needed to look appropriate to the car as a seemingly semi-normal “Daddy-Wagon” toting our 4-year-old around and also appropriate for the hospital, nice restaurant or country club, so something like Tangerine or Viper Green wouldn’t work. Many grays (Nardo, Fashion, Grigio Teslo, Slate Gray) looked nice but gray in general was too common for the car.

Browsing Porsche history I really liked Aventurine Green, Fish Silver Gray, Venetian Blue, and Malachite Green. Of those, only Malachite Green was available (“approved” PTS for Macan)

PCNA Exclusive sent a list of about 30 other Macan approved blues and greens for me to peruse. Fjord Blue was tempting. Some they had no sample of (Barnato Green) and I was even given the option to even match a color I sent them (the proverbial “wife’s scarf), for $23,000 and another 4-6 months of feasibility testing (no cost if it failed). In the end it was the Malachite that won.

I’ll have to wait another 3 months for them to finish it, but it should be gorgeous, and a unicorn. I have only found one other Malachite Green Macan on the internet and it’s Euro-spec so I doubt I’ll run into them any time soon in Virginia! [emoji12] (see below)

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[Duffer5]

Why did I go with a PTS color?

I will borrow the words of Bramptonmel (from the UK macanforum in 2016):

“Trying to spec my Macan Turbo on order and I'm really struggling to get excited about the standard colours offered by Porsche. The only interesting one is Sapphire blue otherwise it is black, almost black, so dark blue it might as well be black, metallic black, white, white, not the best silver, poo, and old lady gold.”

This matched how I felt precisely. In my case, I already had a Sapphire Blue Turbo. I liked Carmine red but thought I might get tired of it. So naturally the only possible course of action was Paint to Sample. It’s not a small decision at $6500.

The color needed to look appropriate to the car as a seemingly semi-normal “Daddy-Wagon” toting our 4-year-old around and also appropriate for the hospital, nice restaurant or country club, so something like Tangerine or Viper Green wouldn’t work. Many grays (Nardo, Fashion, Grigio Teslo, Slate Gray) looked nice but gray in general was too common for the car.

Browsing Porsche history I really liked Aventurine Green, Fish Silver Gray, Venetian Blue, and Malachite Green. Of those, only Malachite Green was available (“approved” PTS for Macan)

PCNA Exclusive sent a list of about 30 other Macan approved blues and greens for me to peruse. Fjord Blue was tempting. Some they had no sample of (Barnato Green) and I was even given the option to even match a color I sent them (the proverbial “wife’s scarf), for $23,000 and another 4-6 months of feasibility testing (no cost if it failed). In the end it was the Malachite that won.

I’ll have to wait another 3 months for them to finish it, but it should be gorgeous, and a unicorn. I have only found one other Malachite Green Macan on the internet and it’s Euro-spec so I doubt I’ll run into them any time soon in Virginia! [emoji12] (see below)

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Wow, simply stunning, can't wait to see a live picture. Well done!

 

[amg55driver]

as I was growing up, I always wanted "Signal Grun Prosche!", and I never "ordered" porsche before, always bought off the lot.
now, I have time and money to do so, I went with "Viper Grun (225)" and it was the closest match from Signal green that were approved by Porsche.

Obviously I originally put order in for Signal green (22S), but PAG kicked back and said the color is no longer available which is a shame...
Daniel Margrave, who is specialist at Porsche Exclusive Manufaktur sales has also confirmed this...

Conjunction with PTS and Euro Delivery, and being my production month is May, I am probably not going to see my Macan GTS until late september or october of 2018.

I am also leasing it so re-sale doesnt really matter at this point. (Green exterior and Red interior might sit at the dealer for months if not years, until I buy it back at heavily discounted price! hahaha)

 

[WGJP 993]

As I said Maritime Blue ( which I could not get approved for my Macan for some strange reason) got my GT3 with matching stitching and belts. My wife's 2019 Cayenne Turbo just went through approval for Arrow Blue. A color I desperately wanted for my 930 and Jerry Sienfeld bought...far deeper pockets. She currently has a 2018 Cayenne in...Purplite which is not PTS and I don't hate it ( she loves it) I cannot wait to be out of our garage.

@USCGTS Speaking of PTS and blues in particular, you've probably already seen this one at Fresno Porsche. I had never even heard of Etna blue...not my favorite, but kind of cool and interesting nonetheless. Sort of a purple-y Gulf blue. Always fun to see new colors.

https://rennlist.com/forums/vehicle...-2017-porsche-911-s-cab-stunning-pts-etna-blue-great-cabriolet-spring-deal.html