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Old 03-15-2012, 07:22 AM   #1
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Green in either interior or exterior immediately drops 20% off the value of the car in most estimates I've seen.
Interesting, for a 911 GT3 a green exterior rather than hurting you can get you some extra $$$.
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Old 03-15-2012, 07:43 AM   #2
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Interesting, for a 911 GT3 a green exterior rather than hurting you can get you some extra $$$.
This Viper Green Boxster "RS" has been for sale forever. Aside from the horrific deviated seats and the RS side stripe, I think it's pretty cool. Not saying I'd buy it, but it's neat to see. I bet you could offer to swap somebody who has a late-model black car with all black interior for these black/tan seats and wind up with a full black interior, which would be such an improvement!

I'm also not big on "bringing the green inside," in the form of the vent rings and the shift pattern, but that's not a biggie either.

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Old 03-15-2012, 07:53 AM   #3
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You're right that car has been sitting a long while, I don't get the show winner appeal or especially the RS badge. What is RS about it? It's all cosmetics that boast of something greater but come up short. It's like that Cayman that Manthey built, the article says he put 20K in it. He claims 315 hp for the intake mods but at 20K more why not buy a Cayman R, get the performance cheaper and skip the Manthey hood badge?
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Old 03-15-2012, 08:29 AM   #4
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The Green Boxster was at the Mille 2011. I was not crazy about it in any of the pictures I have seen but in person it is gorgeous. It was parked next to a white Spyder and I was having a hard time deciding which I liked best (I think I decided on the Spyder). I agree it would be a lot better with a Black interior but I think the owner was going for something that was unique. It is a beautiful car but unfortunately the market is not there to get what he wants out of it with the new Boxster around the corner. It is a beautiful car and I wish him luck in selling it.
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Old 03-15-2012, 04:30 PM   #5
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Fugliest Boxster I've seen yet.

Green exterior with a tan and black interior? Huh???

I don't know I think maybe the green thing only works (quiet well) with Carreras.



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This Viper Green Boxster "RS" has been for sale forever. Aside from the horrific deviated seats and the RS side stripe, I think it's pretty cool. Not saying I'd buy it, but it's neat to see. I bet you could offer to swap somebody who has a late-model black car with all black interior for these black/tan seats and wind up with a full black interior, which would be such an improvement!

I'm also not big on "bringing the green inside," in the form of the vent rings and the shift pattern, but that's not a biggie either.

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Old 03-15-2012, 06:50 PM   #6
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Why, oh why did I drive an 03 Boxster S with 25k miles??? Yellow, Litronic, heated seats...and that wail when you're accelerating onto C-470!!!...They're asking $22,995 Which more than doubles my budget...now I just have to try and justify it to myself!
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