Are PTS cars worth more?

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Resale value never factors into my decision process when buying a car. I always get my cars pecial ordered and usually order special paints. For my Taycan GTS ST I also have a PTS selected. I just like unique paints that you dont see on the road on a daily basis. Nothing more boring than a regular grey or silver car.
Absolutely! - Love to stand out in a long line of identical parked dull metallics

IMO - There are a growing number of more brightly coloured non-metallic cars on road in last 3-4 years. So, mebbies (no evidence) demand for the greys/blacks/whites/silverss and especially for metallics - may be reducing?

Not sure how I feel about this - I like to own brighter colours that stand out - mebbies my next car or the one after will need to be silver to stand out! ..... But for now - and for me - bright is best!

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Yep, that's really the core of it for me as well. You either spend the time yourself to find the right buyer and might be able to add a significant amount to the resale price, or you dump it on the dealer to do so, and effectively pay them for their time to do so.

Honestly, the thought of trying to manage a private sale for a car that valuable just sounds like a such a chore
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Paint to Sample certainly will make the second hand buyer market smaller for sure but amazingly I have found that similar to custom Ferrari colors, they tend to sell faster and for more money than say Ferrari “resale red”. As @smoothound mentioned is how my experience has been. I did one of the first uSa pTS turbo S cars in voodoo blue and it gets a ton of discussion/attention. I recently took the car for the software update and the advisor said they had a few inquiries about if from people at the dealership. Just don’t screw up the interior options/color as that’s what kills most pTS cars in the second hand market
 

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Paint to Sample certainly will make the second hand buyer market smaller for sure but amazingly I have found that similar to custom Ferrari colors, they tend to sell faster and for more money than say Ferrari “resale red”. As @smoothound mentioned is how my experience has been. I did one of the first uSa pTS turbo S cars in voodoo blue and it gets a ton of discussion/attention. I recently took the car for the software update and the advisor said they had a few inquiries about if from people at the dealership. Just don’t screw up the interior options/color as that’s what kills most pTS cars in the second hand market
Makes sense, what interior have you got on your turbo s pts?
 


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I've just had my first stonechip (yeah, I need to look again at PPF) so dug out my cosmetic damage insurance docs. Notable exclusion: Damage to specialist, non-standard and exclusive paint colours. Not sure if PTS would fall under that, and dealers differ in their choice of add-on insurance product providers and policies, but just something to check out before signing up.
 

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I've just had my first stonechip (yeah, I need to look again at PPF) so dug out my cosmetic damage insurance docs. Notable exclusion: Damage to specialist, non-standard and exclusive paint colours. Not sure if PTS would fall under that, and dealers differ in their choice of add-on insurance product providers and policies, but just something to check out before signing up.
It’s a good point. Would hope that Porsche has a good solution for PTS paint chips.

In the end, electric cars are appliances. Early examples with no/ultra low kms/miles may have higher residual values in terms of what they represent as a snap shot in time (in the same way that a really old iPhone would)…particularly in a interesting color.

I think you PTS only for yourself and roll the dice in terms of the economics. In this scenario, you’ll likely come out happy with your decision whether it makes money or not.
 

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“”… I fully expect it to cause my car to lose value when selling, and I'm 100% okay with that because I got the color I wanted. If I want to spend the time finding …””

Acid green definitely stands out!! Great color!

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Absolutely! - Love to stand out in a long line of identical parked dull metallics
I’m the opposite! Whilst I love seeing other people’s bright coloured cars, I’m much happier with a more understated colour that blends in. I don’t want to attract too much attention. That applies to a 911, Taycan or any other car.

I’m glad people like you exist so that I can enjoy looking at some brighter colours!
 

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“”… I fully expect it to cause my car to lose value when selling, and I'm 100% okay with that because I got the color I wanted. If I want to spend the time finding …””

Acid green definitely stands out!! Great color!

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And in case there was any doubt, yes, that is in fact my car. Must've been on my road trip a week or two ago, was that the charger in South Bend? I don't remember seeing any other Taycans on my trip, so you must've been quick in and out there while we were inside.

That does really highlight the difference that the paint has in direct sunlight vs indoors or shade though. It absolutely glows in direct light.
 

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And in case there was any doubt, yes, that is in fact my car. Must've been on my road trip a week or two ago, was that the charger in South Bend? I don't remember seeing any other Taycans on my trip, so you must've been quick in and out there while we were inside.

That does really highlight the difference that the paint has in direct sunlight vs indoors or shade though. It absolutely glows in direct light.

Yes.. SB last week!..
 

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I did all black with carbon fiber, neodyme accents and the Porsche design clock. It looks amazing imo.

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looking great! is it the olea black leather or the standard glad black?
 

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I did all black with carbon fiber, neodyme accents and the Porsche design clock. It looks amazing imo.

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indeed it's looking great, tnx for sharing! my current black/beige interior also has neodyme accents and that looks fantastic, basically am stuck between the olea black/meranti brown or blackberry / grey to go with the rubystar.
 

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As the resident crazy who ordered Acid Green PTS, I fully expect it to cause my car to lose value when selling, and I'm 100% okay with that because I got the color I wanted. If I want to spend the time finding the perfect buyer, I can probably get more for it, but I'd also be the one putting in several hours of time/effort to find that person, with that time being more valuable than the extra money in my mind at least.
Love that Acid Green, that would have been my first choice but as I bought the car mainly for my wife to drive as a daily, we went for Gulf Orange.
 

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As the resident crazy who ordered Acid Green PTS, I fully expect it to cause my car to lose value when selling, and I'm 100% okay with that because I got the color I wanted. If I want to spend the time finding the perfect buyer, I can probably get more for it, but I'd also be the one putting in several hours of time/effort to find that person, with that time being more valuable than the extra money in my mind at least.
Love the Acid green !!
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