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Jon A
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BanZ wrote: Mon Dec 27, 2021 8:49 pm
Jon A wrote: Mon Dec 27, 2021 8:26 pm
BanZ wrote: Mon Dec 27, 2021 8:10 pm

Tbf when you are buying a 60k-70k car most costs aren’t really particularly expensive relatively speaking :)
Agreed except perhaps for PSE which is £1,700 for a slightly different noise! 😳
Or changing standard S wheels from dark titanium to grey for £1700?
If I wanted 20” wheels I’ve said many times, the standard ones look the best bar none. Particularly when £300 gets them painted grey if that’s really what you want 😉
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Jon A wrote: Mon Dec 27, 2021 8:54 pm
BanZ wrote: Mon Dec 27, 2021 8:49 pm
Jon A wrote: Mon Dec 27, 2021 8:26 pm
Agreed except perhaps for PSE which is £1,700 for a slightly different noise! 😳
Or changing standard S wheels from dark titanium to grey for £1700?
If I wanted 20” wheels I’ve said many times, the standard ones look the best bar none. Particularly when £300 gets them painted grey if that’s really what you want 😉
And the remaining £1400 can pay for a years fuel ;)
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Actually I fairness many of the options are reasonable prices (if not value) compared with many other companies, but I think we have highlighted a couple of notable exceptions. THE worst one for me is painting the Macan badge black for £168!!
Only a small item but £25 on the interweb gets you the same thing unless somebody is going to tell me that will invalidate the warranty?! 😂😂
718 Boxster - lava orange (2019)
992 C2 racing yellow (2020)
https://configurator.porsche.com/porsche-code/PRIMAJB4
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Jon A wrote: Mon Dec 27, 2021 8:26 pm
BanZ wrote: Mon Dec 27, 2021 8:10 pm
Jon A wrote: Mon Dec 27, 2021 4:39 pm
Totally agree and actually getting wheels painted either in full, or in part isn’t that expensive in the scheme of things…
Tbf when you are buying a 60k-70k car most costs aren’t really particularly expensive relatively speaking :)
Agreed except perhaps for PSE which is £1,700 for a slightly different noise! 😳
That's my first box ticked every time and I've retrofitted it to a really high spec Cayman that didn't have it.
£1700 to be a teenager again is cheap in anyone's book.
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I met one of my best female friends brothers for the first time yesterday- I was in the Macan with PSE on and drove off like a boy racer apparently ! 😂
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hood69 wrote: Tue Dec 28, 2021 1:33 am
Jon A wrote: Mon Dec 27, 2021 8:26 pm
Agreed except perhaps for PSE which is £1,700 for a slightly different noise! 😳
That's my first box ticked every time and I've retrofitted it to a really high spec Cayman that didn't have it.
£1700 to be a teenager again is cheap in anyone's book.

Absolutely!
PSE should be an integral part of Porsche.
Stop/Start feature should be made optional!
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Jon A wrote: Sun Dec 26, 2021 3:53 pm Not yet although they have confirmed they can do it. I got a separate quote from a specialist wheel place in Derby at around £90 per wheel to powder coat in satin black. I would prefer OPC (if broadly comparable) to do it so I can collect complete rather than then having to drop off to a third party…

I pretty much guarantee that the OPC will not do the work themselves. I’ve just had my 20” wheels re-finished by a firm that was recommended to me in Tewkesbury. They do loads of work for Tewkesbury OPC. On a previous occasion, Swindon OPC recommended a Swindon wheel specialist to me.
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Wing Commander wrote: Wed Dec 29, 2021 12:50 pm
Jon A wrote: Sun Dec 26, 2021 3:53 pm Not yet although they have confirmed they can do it. I got a separate quote from a specialist wheel place in Derby at around £90 per wheel to powder coat in satin black. I would prefer OPC (if broadly comparable) to do it so I can collect complete rather than then having to drop off to a third party…

I pretty much guarantee that the OPC will not do the work themselves. I’ve just had my 20” wheels re-finished by a firm that was recommended to me in Tewkesbury. They do loads of work for Tewkesbury OPC. On a previous occasion, Swindon OPC recommended a Swindon wheel specialist to me.
Yes I just got back from an alloy wheels place in Derby who confirmed they can powder coat the RS Spyders in satin black for £300 the lot!
So not so bothered now whether OPC do it or not to be honest 😊
718 Boxster - lava orange (2019)
992 C2 racing yellow (2020)
https://configurator.porsche.com/porsche-code/PRIMAJB4
Ex - Macan S - Carmine (2022)
http://www.porsche-code.com/PNZVYTE0
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^^^ Excellent! :)
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Pivot wrote: Tue Dec 28, 2021 7:42 am
hood69 wrote: Tue Dec 28, 2021 1:33 am
Jon A wrote: Mon Dec 27, 2021 8:26 pm
Agreed except perhaps for PSE which is £1,700 for a slightly different noise! 😳
That's my first box ticked every time and I've retrofitted it to a really high spec Cayman that didn't have it.
£1700 to be a teenager again is cheap in anyone's book.

Absolutely!
PSE should be an integral part of Porsche.
Stop/Start feature should be made optional!
A tactical extra as I call it.

Something that yes, should be standard but isn’t and something a lot of people will spec. An easy way to make extra money for manufacturers imo.

Add a few of these together and it can easy make the car a few grand cheaper at list.
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