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Originally Posted by MNBoxster
Hi,
Basically I agree. I also find it a bit profiteering of Porsche to have offered the Auto as Standard (US Market ONLY - supposedly to create better value/price) for the 986 and to pull it back on the 987 - AMAZING!
As you said, I suspect that 90% of the cars will have this option, primarily due to Dealer Orders, and some Nazi decendant is gonna make a € Bonus because he figured out how to make an additional $550/Unit Sold for basically nothing!
Someone said "more back to basics" - BS! I doubt the Auto system weighs 1 pound more than the standard one and doesn't affect performance 1 iota...
Happy Motoring!... Jim'99
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Perhaps. perhaps not. You can also look at it this way: By not making the auto-climate standard on 987 they are actually offering more: the option not to have it if you find its cost unjustifiable (which I did). On 986 that option wasn't available so you paid for it (via the base price) whether you wanted it or not. Due to production line issues it may have been more cost efficient for Porsche NOT to offer the optionality on the auto-climate for 986 but to simply include it in all cars. For 987 they may have figured out a cost efficient way to INCLUDE that option, which they did. I don't see how allowing more choices is bad for the buyer.
I never understood "standard" vs "option" arguments saying: "I can't believe this is not standard in this day and age.". It's all the same money. You can either pay it through the base price (if it's standard) or as a separate option. Heck, I wouldn't mind having wheels being optional. Why get the OEMs if I don't really like them and am planning to switch them anyway. Japanese cars (especially Lexus) like to guess what one needs so they package everything standard or offer these mega-packages with options packed and linked together. I prefer freedom to decide for myself, i.e. a la carte.
So I'm happy that the auto-climate wasn't standard, thus making the base price $500 cheaper.
Z.