zcacogp Posted January 27, 2020 Report Share Posted January 27, 2020 Nobbie, Jim O'Hara, Thanks .... it looks like my car has heated sports seats then! (Although given I didn't even know such things existed when I bought the car then I guess I can't be too excited about them.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ninesomething Posted January 28, 2020 Report Share Posted January 28, 2020 Went for a bit of a rip today. Heated seats - luxury..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobQ Posted January 28, 2020 Report Share Posted January 28, 2020 Heated seats a must! The other option that’s rare but looks great is the full leather interior. I waited ages for one to come up with the spec I wanted including full leather. Really lifts the interior imo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimmy p Posted January 28, 2020 Report Share Posted January 28, 2020 +1 for full leather which is dash, area around stereo and top of door cards Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveEFI Posted January 29, 2020 Report Share Posted January 29, 2020 On 1/27/2020 at 5:28 PM, zcacogp said: Nobbie, Jim O'Hara, Thanks .... it looks like my car has heated sports seats then! (Although given I didn't even know such things existed when I bought the car then I guess I can't be too excited about them.) My current 987.2 is the first car I've had with heated seats. And now love them, since it is used every day. And the heater is much slower to get going than just about any other car I've owned. Takes about 2 miles of normal town driving before you can feel it working - some time after the temp gauge shows normal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bally4563 Posted January 29, 2020 Report Share Posted January 29, 2020 These cars at that mileage are fine, bear in mind at that it is well below it’s annual mileage, and possibly a very good prospect as it will have been worked on, go for receipted work rather than stamps in a book in my opinion Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bagss2 Posted January 29, 2020 Report Share Posted January 29, 2020 5 minutes ago, bally4563 said: go for receipted work rather than stamps in a book in my opinion Or ideally both, for the very best examples. Cheers, Baggers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zcacogp Posted January 29, 2020 Report Share Posted January 29, 2020 16 hours ago, jimmy p said: +1 for full leather which is dash, area around stereo and top of door cards Ahhhh .... the Full Leather Dash Debate! Yes, it's much nicer than the standard one. Does it matter? If it matters to you then it matters. If it doesn't matter to you then it doesn't matter. It DID matter to me. A lot. Along with a number of other things, so I held out for one with a full leather dash. To be honest I've not sat in one without a full leather dash so I don't have a comparison, but I'm happy with mine! Digging that red centre console Jimmy. It REALLY lifts the boring standard black interior. How did you do it and what sort of paint was it done with? Have you seen the thread about red seat belts on here? Those would go nicely. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimmy p Posted January 29, 2020 Report Share Posted January 29, 2020 Red centre console was factory option, along with red seat belts! It's a very nicely specced car imo!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zcacogp Posted January 29, 2020 Report Share Posted January 29, 2020 Gosh, I didn't know they had offered such a thing. Is it just the centre console or did other bits go red as well? Any idea how much it cost the first owner? Is it done in paint or in the standard soft-touch plastic nonsense that goes all scruffy in half a nanosecond? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimmy p Posted January 29, 2020 Report Share Posted January 29, 2020 Fully painted gloss finish, can be retro painted but it can be a faff as have to strip the rubber coating off first. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lonewolfgjp Posted January 29, 2020 Report Share Posted January 29, 2020 3 hours ago, zcacogp said: Ahhhh .... the Full Leather Dash Debate! Yes, it's much nicer than the standard one. Does it matter? If it matters to you then it matters. If it doesn't matter to you then it doesn't matter. It DID matter to me. A lot. Along with a number of other things, so I held out for one with a full leather dash. To be honest I've not sat in one without a full leather dash so I don't have a comparison, but I'm happy with mine! Digging that red centre console Jimmy. It REALLY lifts the boring standard black interior. How did you do it and what sort of paint was it done with? Have you seen the thread about red seat belts on here? Those would go nicely. Having had both the plastic dash and the full leather, it does make a surprisingly big difference to how the interior feels. Cleaning wise it’s great as you can use the same stuff for the seats on the door cards and the dash 👍 Mine has a factory painted console and I will be upgrading the seats belts to red some time in the future. I did the seats and dash before I vacuumed the mats😂 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zcacogp Posted January 29, 2020 Report Share Posted January 29, 2020 5 hours ago, jimmy p said: Red centre console was factory option, along with red seat belts! It's a very nicely specced car imo!! I don't like red Porsches. And I don't like cars with a black interior. Although having seen the photo of yours I think I need to make an exception to BOTH rules! That does look like a properly handsome machine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zcacogp Posted January 29, 2020 Report Share Posted January 29, 2020 2 hours ago, Lonewolfgjp said: Having had both the plastic dash and the full leather, it does make a surprisingly big difference to how the interior feels. Cleaning wise it’s great as you can use the same stuff for the seats on the door cards and the dash 👍 Mine has a factory painted console and I will be upgrading the seats belts to red some time in the future. I did the seats and dash before I vacuumed the mats😂 Another one with the factory painted gloss centre console. I didn't know they even existed and then both you and JimmyP come along and show me photos of your cars! Interesting comments about full leather vs. not full leather. Thanks. What's the plaque on your dashboard? Now, please forgive me - I'm going down with coronavirus so you'll have to excuse me if I don't post here again for a while .... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lonewolfgjp Posted January 29, 2020 Report Share Posted January 29, 2020 The plaque on the glove box is the Black Edition build number, one of 987 world wide or one for ten on this forum 😂. A body shop would easily be able to paint your Center console if you wanted it doing. Plenty people have painted there own but the hard work is in removing the rubber coating 👍 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
detail1 Posted January 30, 2020 Report Share Posted January 30, 2020 Not got heated seats in mine, unusual because it has nearly every other option, however I've never thought at any point wish I had them... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cptspaulding Posted January 30, 2020 Report Share Posted January 30, 2020 On 1/26/2020 at 9:41 PM, jim o'hara said: not sure if the IMS is an issue on that year, someone will probably chip in and advise There's a pdf from Porsche kicking about in various threads on the site that lists engine numbers after which a larger more reliable IMS bearing was fitted. Mine is a May 2005 2.7 & after checking the number on my V5 against the Porsche document, my engine is about 1,800 in production numbers after the cut-off point. Forgive me not linking it as I read the doc, checked my V5, went "phew", & immediately forgot all about it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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