Color Preference - 986 Forum - The Community for Porsche Boxster & Cayman Owners

jinijazz · 01-28-2007, 03:17 PM

For those who owned more than 2 Boxsters (or planning to), did(or will) you buy the same color? If not, what's the color you ended with? My favorite color on 986 and 987 is totally different, and just curious about others.

SRQ Boxster · 01-28-2007, 03:29 PM

My favorite color for the 986 is Seal Grey, I think the Cobalt Blue looks the best on the 987.

thenavarro · 01-28-2007, 03:33 PM

I own a Seal Grey 986 and its my favorite color by default. But, the next Porsche I get hopefully will either be Speed Yellow or a glossy style black. I really like the pictures of Speed Yellow ones I see on the forums. Really, the only color I've seen that I'm not too fond of is Guards Red, don't know why, just not my preference.

Mike

rebeltown · 01-28-2007, 04:07 PM

When I was looking for my first Boxster I was looking for White with tan interior. Ended up with Guards Red with black interior. Not sorry about the choice. I've always been a sucker for red. I still wish I had the tan interior though. There are only a few colors I would not buy...

Rodger · 01-28-2007, 04:55 PM

My first Boxster was silver with a red interior. When I went shopping last October I wanted a green with tan interior, but it had serious issues. On equal footing was a yellow '99, but it such low miles I was concerned about a possible bad engine. I settled on an ocean blue exterior with metropol blue interior. It helped that it was an S.

Rail26 · 01-28-2007, 05:00 PM

I love the Basalt Black...however, I would not have gone with a tan interior. It is too hard to keep clean..I would go with the grey or cocoa brown.

yellowboxster01 · 01-29-2007, 11:58 AM

I own a Speed Yellow Boxster and if I were to buy any other Porsche, it'd be Speed Yellow. My father owns 2 Porsches, a 996 Turbo and a 993 Techart CT3, both of which are speed yellow. He actually found my car for me and is a huge fan of yellow. He also owns a pearl yellow Gallardo and his garage is yellow and grey racedeck w/yellow and grey cabinets and garage doors.

This picture was taken before we left for Porsche Palooza 06'

Adam · 01-28-2007, 05:10 PM

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Originally Posted by rebeltown

When I was looking for my first Boxster I was looking for White with tan interior. Ended up with Guards Red with black interior. Not sorry about the choice. I've always been a sucker for red. I still wish I had the tan interior though. There are only a few colors I would not buy...

I'd say you made the right move with the black interior though. Savannah beige is not my cup of tea. It's just to yellowish looking or something.

husker boxster · 01-28-2007, 05:47 PM

I searched for 4 mo looking for a Lapis blue Boxster and as you can see, I found one. While I am not in the market for a 987, I saw an interesting colored Caymen at the Midlands International Auto Show this weekend. I'm kicking myself because I forgot to look at the name of the color (had looked at too many cars by then) but the best way I can describe it is cranberry metallic. Doesn't sound that appealing but boy was it nice. I'll definitely keep that color in mind when I'm shopping next time.

And I agree with the previous comment about the beige colored interior. Something is just a little off with the color.

rebeltown · 01-28-2007, 05:49 PM

"I love the Basalt Black...however, I would not have gone with a tan interior. It is too hard to keep clean..I would go with the grey or cocoa brown."

I always thought a black exterior was a hard color to keep clean, I never considered the tan interior as a problem...