What option would you not skimp out on?

[Joe B]

Originally Posted by BIGJake111

As for cruise control as an option, I have never used it and have never seen anyone else use it. Maybe it's just not a southern thing?

Cruise control's a lot more useful than yellow stitching !
I doubt it has anything to do with geography; maybe it's just not a BIGJake111 thing. I wouldn't own a car without it. Not useful in the twisties, but it is wonderful to have on any kind of longer trip with more or less straight roads (we do have some of those in the west), or where you want to maintain a steady speed. You should try using it, it's addicting, although you probably don't need it to drive from home to school and back. Where I live there are 9 stoplights in a 100 mile radius, all within a town 2 miles long (Jackson, WY). Maybe it is geography...

[dbear61]

1) Cruise control
2) PSM
3) S

I use my cruise control almost every day, and can't imagine owning any car without it. Two years ago I took a 17-day trip with my daughter, whose car didn't have cruise control. When I let her drive, she didn't use it. The speed was up, down; up, down. I couldn't stand it even as a passenger. But also having towed a boat with a truck, I can say that cruise control with an automatic while towing is a very bad idea, especially in hilly terrain.

PSM I felt was important for safety.

S was important not so much for the power as for the gearing ratio on the 6-speed vs. the 5-speed on the base.

DBear

[BIGJake111]

Originally Posted by Joe B

Cruise control's a lot more useful than yellow stitching !

I doubt it has anything to do with geography; maybe it's just not a BIGJake111 thing. I wouldn't own a car without it. Not useful in the twisties, but it is wonderful to have on any kind of longer trip with more or less straight roads (we do have some of those in the west), or where you want to maintain a steady speed. You should try using it, it's addicting, although you probably don't need it to drive from home to school and back. Where I live there are 9 stoplights in a 100 mile radius, all within a town 2 miles long (Jackson, WY). Maybe it is geography...

Trips to Atlanta or Charlotte get by well enough with the foot on the pedal. For me it's just an annoying stick near my right knee haha!

As another member mentioned psm, I can vouch for TC or PSM, definitely on an S, it may be hard to cut loose in a 986, but they give you the confidence to push your limits. The little blinking TC light is like a little slap on the wrist to calm down.

[Porsche9]

Cruise control = speeding ticket prevention

[j.fro]

S
Litronics
Limited slip diff

If it's a car I'll be sharing, then memory seats are a must have.

[Joe B]

[QUOTE=BIGJake111;437015]Trips to Atlanta or Charlotte get by well enough with the foot on the pedal. For me it's just an annoying stick near my right knee haha!
[QUOTE]

Of course you don't need it, but that's not the point. You don't need windshield wipers either, you can drive without them, but they sure are awfully nice to have! If you actually tried using cruise control for any length of time, you might learn something and change your mind .