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Old 10-17-2021, 12:33 PM   #3941
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When the sedan came along with its lame seats and full-frame doors and its pinched taillights it just screamed "dad bod" to me)
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Old 10-18-2021, 09:17 PM   #3942
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I dig it, https://bringatrailer.com/listing/20...-cayman-s-118/
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Old 10-18-2021, 09:42 PM   #3943
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White and beige? How boringly unimaginative can you get?

It's like, "Nah, I don't need any enjoyment in life. I'm good with just sitting here and breathing. And playing with my own genitals."
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Old 10-18-2021, 10:04 PM   #3944
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White and beige? How boringly unimaginative can you get?

It's like, "Nah, I don't need any enjoyment in life. I'm good with just sitting here and breathing. And playing with my own genitals."
I am not a fan of Porsche’s beige interior, but I like the exterior with the lobster claws. A red interior would look good…
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Old 10-18-2021, 10:04 PM   #3945
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Old 10-19-2021, 11:17 AM   #3946
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White and beige? How boringly unimaginative can you get?

It's like, "Nah, I don't need any enjoyment in life. I'm good with just sitting here and breathing. And playing with my own genitals."
This is the one. This one. Right here.

https://bringatrailer.com/listing/20...he-cayman-s-3/
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Old 10-19-2021, 11:21 AM   #3947
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This is the one. This one. Right here.

https://bringatrailer.com/listing/20...he-cayman-s-3/
I recall Rumatt did not love his Cayman R...
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Old 10-19-2021, 12:03 PM   #3948
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White and beige? How boringly unimaginative can you get?

It's like, "Nah, I don't need any enjoyment in life. I'm good with just sitting here and breathing. And playing with my own genitals."
A little uncalled for? Life can only be enjoyed if you are surrounded by brightly colored loud objects? Maybe for some, but for others different choices float the boat.

I'm not a fan of the porsche beige interior but it didn't stop me from buying and enjoying a porsche with one. I don't really think about the interior or the exterior when I'm driving but I'd still take a boring color that I don't love over a shouty color that I don't love (which will actively irritate me).

The most important thing to me about a porsche exterior is its shape and sculpting. White doesn't do them favors but neither do red or many other bright colors. With a silver, a gray or a nice metallic, I can focus on the shape. With a lava orange (saw one in my neighborhood yesterday), I only see the color (in this case salmon) not the sculpture that it is.

I think for various cars, bright colors are good. E.g. jeeps or lambos and many others. Just not when I want my eyes to wander over the 911 or cayman form.
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Old 10-19-2021, 12:06 PM   #3949
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I recall Rumatt did not love his Cayman R...
I test drove cayman R's when they were new in the spring of 2012. While not exactly languishing in lots, deals off msrp were a thing (more than 5%, less than 10% off). I had the 997.2 at the time and the cayman R was as fast but more fun.

Matt bought his in 2018 at the same time as a Model 3 performance or whatever trim he got. So compared to that revolution, they paled. Not entirely surprising.

I like the peridot, even though it's bright, it's metallic enough and unique to the R. I won't take the LWB's though, those seats are horrible for road comfort.
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This is the one. This one. Right here.

https://bringatrailer.com/listing/20...he-cayman-s-3/
Not quite my preferred shade of piss yellow and puke green blend, but substantially better.

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A little uncalled for?
Nah. Boring is boring and there's nothing wrong with self-gratification. It's just boring.
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