CT - why don't you use the power of the board - write down for us what the ideal combination of colors and option would be for you and how much each of the two cars you have in mind are - I am very sure that withing a day or so you will have 30+ people looking for 'your' car in your color and option combination at a great price....

 

Go with the red.. Black is a royal pain the A$$ to keep clean and it sounds like the red is more of what you want anyway. Good luck!

 

I'm not sure if your recommendation would work. I'm looking for a deeply discounted new leftover 2009 C4S and I have a trade. That keeps me in around 250 mile radious. I have combed through all the dealerships over the last few weeks.

Thanks everyone. Please keep your comments coming. I'm leaning towards the red car, I think.

 

Agree that you should get the car that gives you a bigger grin as you approach it, and makes you turn back for a glance as you walk away. The options lists aren't much different esp if you don't care about Nav- and if you don't, I'd take full leather over the dyn lights and self-dim mirrors. Plus, Guards Red is def more striking!

 

if you like Guards, don't hesitate! I've had 4 Guards red cars and think the color is terrific, with no ill effects from LEOs either

 

Red. Full leather and sport seats. Get a Garmin Nuvi if you need nav.

 

Between those two, I like #1.

 

I like car 1 more even though my first color choice is black . Ventilated seats don't thrill me and I dislike Nav.

In your case --you even liked car 1 more and that's what really counts.
As for red and visibility -- That's up to you too. It's such a personal choice and you do have feel comfortable with it.

It may boil down to neither car being "the one" . Just be sure before you buy it because once you do .. changing would be very expensive.

 

black = washing it every day...go with the red....as far as the nav goes...porsche's nav system is horrible (imho) so you're not missing anything

 

Nav is no big deal, had it on every car and used it maybe twice. To me it is the biggest gimmick option. Although it is sort after at auction

As far as the car. I have black as a daily driver and unless you don't car about appearance..skip it. It is a royal PITA. I know it looks great when clean but it lasts about 5 minutes after you wash it then start driving. Only exception is if it is a garage queen...even then it will build up dust immediately.

 

flip a coin ................no matter you still win its going to be a porsche.

 

Another vote for red. A red porsche is fairly rare in my area, and a nice distinction from the blacks and silvers. Plus, as btapp stated, keeping a black car looking good is a lot of work. I used to have a black care that needed to be washed at least twice a week.

 

Thanks for everyone's input! I see that most of you agree with my bias towards the guards red car. That's the one I have decided to get.