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Originally Posted by shadrach74
The fit and finish of our 05 MCS is better than the Boxters he is considering...and by a large margin. The MCS is my GF's DD, with 80K it looks 10 years newer than the interior on my my 02 S with 58K (though that will change after I finish my interior project).
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The Tequipment and factory interior options for this car are very expensive but without them the car will look dated and barebones. With the options it's the EXACT same interior found in the top of the line GT2. Remember this is a Carrera interior (986/996 were designed simultaneously) and Porsche deliberately make their money forcing customers to pay up for every little item. I'm always surprised to see what was a $90K 9Carrera 4S without the chrome bezel rings in the dash or plain looking standard 986 shifter while some of those options no found are in my much less expensive Boxster S. The 986/996 interior was not intended to be sold with a sea of matte black interior trim but customers went that way to keep the costs down.
A well optioned 996/986 Boxster or Carrera interior was a nice middle ground between an air-cooled no frills Carrera interior and the 997/987 interior that is more of an Audi/VW interior with almost no resemblance to the air-cooled 911's.