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    Midnight blue with cocoa leather... anyone?

    Hello 987's!
    I'm thinking about a 987 in midnight blue with cocoa leather... any opinions about it? pictures would be great, I haven't found any Porsche spec'd accordingly.

    TIA
    zz

    Re: Midnight blue with cocoa leather... anyone?

    You mean really Midnight Blue with Cocoa?
    IMHO this is not how to say it-the best possible combo...
    Cocoa goes excellent with GT Silver Metallic(contrast I guess), Midnight Blue with Sand Beige or Stone Grey.
    Both Midnight Blue and Cocoa are dark colors, they will not go well together.
    This combo most likely do not exist on used market in Europe!

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    KresoF1 said:
    You mean really Midnight Blue with Cocoa?
    IMHO this is not how to say it-the best possible combo...
    Cocoa goes excellent with GT Silver Metallic(contrast I guess), Midnight Blue with Sand Beige or Stone Grey.
    Both Midnight Blue and Cocoa are dark colors, they will not go well together.
    This combo most likely do not exist on used market in Europe!



    I share your concerns but I've never seen cocoa in reality and thought, it may could work out nicely. It doesn't look too bad in the configurator -- but beige is probably the better choice.

    Re: Midnight blue with cocoa leather... anyone?

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    zzboba said:
    Hello 987's!
    I'm thinking about a 987 in midnight blue with cocoa leather... any opinions about it? pictures would be great, I haven't found any Porsche spec'd accordingly.

    TIA
    zz



    At the risk of upsetting a Rennteam Moderator, not the best combination I've heard of.

    Sand beige looks really classy with midnight.

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    dreamcar said:
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    zzboba said:
    Hello 987's!
    I'm thinking about a 987 in midnight blue with cocoa leather... any opinions about it? pictures would be great, I haven't found any Porsche spec'd accordingly.

    TIA
    zz



    At the risk of upsetting a Rennteam Moderator, not the best combination I've heard of.





    well, I'm a newbie in spec'ing a Boxster

    Re: Midnight blue with cocoa leather... anyone?

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    zzboba said:
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    dreamcar said:
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    zzboba said:
    Hello 987's!
    I'm thinking about a 987 in midnight blue with cocoa leather... any opinions about it? pictures would be great, I haven't found any Porsche spec'd accordingly.

    TIA
    zz



    At the risk of upsetting a Rennteam Moderator, not the best combination I've heard of.





    well, I'm a newbie in spec'ing a Boxster



    So you are thinking of trading your F430 F1 for a proper sports car, then?

    Re: Midnight blue with cocoa leather... anyone?

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    dreamcar said:

    So you are thinking of trading your F430 F1 for a proper sports car, then?



    zzboba finally is seeing the light
    Midengined sportscars rule anyway, F430 + 987 is the garage to have

    Would you mind to let us know what attracts you to get the 987 Of course we know the merits of this baby, but then - most of us don't have the F 430 as an alternative in the Garage.

    As for the color combo: I never saw midnight + cocoa and I think there might be some good reason for it's rarity.
    Forget the web-configurator - it's only useful to compute the purchase price of a P
    If your first choice is midnight blue I think black, stonegrey or sandbeige are a nice match
    If your first choice is cocoa, arctic, gt-silver, meteor, carrara (and for the rarity seekers: olivegreen) are nice.

    Even more rare in the future is this combo
    http://www.rennteam.com/showflat.php?Cat=0&Number=215552&page=1&fpart=1&vc=1

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    The only reason I didn't pick Midnight Blue was because I felt it really needed a lighter interior for contrast. I didn't like the idea of having an interior that would require a lot of maintenance (especially since Midnight Blue would require a lot of maintenance too!) and I also didn't like that there was no available cab top that matched.

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    Exactly the reasons why midnight disappeared from my shortlist when speccing my car, though midnight is a very nice color IMO

    Re: Midnight blue with cocoa leather... anyone?

    Here's my Midnight Blue with Natural Grey full leather. The natural grey is darker than stone grey and almost looks like black from a distance. It's also a softer leather than the standard one's.

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    My 986 is Lapis Blue / Sand Beige.
    My (not-quite-yet-delivered-shouldbe-next-week) 997 is Midnight Blue / Sand Beige.

    Obviously there's something in that combination that appeals to me.

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    Porsche-Jeck said:
    Even more rare in the future is this combo
    http://www.rennteam.com/showflat.php?Cat=0&Number=215552&page=1&fpart=1&vc=1



    A rare combination that works, however. Just a shame you can't order it any more, now that seal grey is gone.

    Re: Midnight blue with cocoa leather... anyone?

    Midnight is a great exterior colour and works with a lot of interior colour schemes - sand beige,light grey, natural grey, ocean blue, black.

    Terracotta might even work, but i don't think cocoa works.

    But hell, its your car, buy what you want

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    Thank you all for your feedback!

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    Would you mind to let us know what attracts you to get the 987 Of course we know the merits of this baby, but then - most of us don't have the F 430 as an alternative in the Garage.



    Well, I probably was a little bit imprecise... the car I was talking about won't be my future car -- my girlfriend is thinking about ordering a SLK or a Boxster. And the latter one is preferred by me, as you can imagine.

    Re: Midnight blue with cocoa leather... anyone?

    You might get by with natural leather if you want to spend the bucks, but cocoa with the blue will be especially tough when you sell the car. I have the sand beige partial leather. It doesn't show much dirt and is easy to keep clean (probably because of all the synthetic surfaces. )

    If you want something that's really different, try Midnight and Terracotta. I believe you'll find a combination something like that on the old 356 cabs. I went with seal/sand because you often see a silver or gray with tan interior on some of the older cars. I liked the retro look of it, and it's a combination that's rarely seen.

    Re: Midnight blue with cocoa leather... anyone?

    No-one has suggested Natural Brown.
    I don't know if it would go, but it might be worth considering???

    Re: Midnight blue with cocoa leather... anyone?

    Actually, natural brown and midnight with the metropol top could be the perfect combination. On its website, RUF has the only picture of that combo I've ever seen:



    Re: Midnight blue with cocoa leather... anyone?

    It's all a matter of personal taste, but not my choice.

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    Just an update: Boxster is ordered, spec'ed "true blue" -- midnight blue with metropole blue roof and ocean blue full leather interior.
    Delivery end of october if nothing goes wrong.

    Re: Midnight blue with cocoa leather... anyone?

    Holy crap that is a lot of blue.

    Re: Midnight blue with cocoa leather... anyone?

    You like blue, then

    Re: Midnight blue with cocoa leather... anyone?

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    zzboba said:
    Just an update: Boxster is ordered, spec'ed "true blue" --



    Congrats on ordering the Boxster Unless you're girlfriend doesn't feel blue with her new car and is true blue herself instead, it's a good choice
    How come that lead time is less than 2 months

    Re: Midnight blue with cocoa leather... anyone?

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    Porsche-Jeck said:
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    zzboba said:
    Just an update: Boxster is ordered, spec'ed "true blue" --



    Congrats on ordering the Boxster Unless you're girlfriend doesn't feel blue with her new car and is true blue herself instead, it's a good choice
    How come that lead time is less than 2 months



    Thanks.

    She ordered it about two weeks ago and AFAIK the dealership re-specced a 987 they already had on order for the showroom.

    Re: Midnight blue with cocoa leather... anyone?

    Same as my car, a pre-ordered slot, also two months from order to delivery

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    dreamcar said:
    Same as my car, a pre-ordered slot, also two months from order to delivery




    Re: Midnight blue with cocoa leather... anyone?

    Here are some pics of midnight blue / metropol / sand beige on my 997.

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    Another ...

    Re: Midnight blue with cocoa leather... anyone?

    Midnight / sand beige is a beautiful combination, I wasn't quite so sure about cobalt with sand beige so I went with ocean blue.

    Factory collection @ Zuffenhausen, now confirmed for two weeks tomorrow, 29th Sept.

    Re: Midnight blue with cocoa leather... anyone?

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    Scotty A said:
    Here are some pics of midnight blue / metropol / sand beige on my 997.



    Beautiful!

    Re: Midnight blue with cocoa leather... anyone?

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    Scotty A said:
    Here are some pics of midnight blue / metropol / sand beige on my 997.



    Very classy combo I like it very much and it was on my short list when speccing my 987 S. Finally I didn't go for it because I have been afraid of having such a light interior in a cab

     
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