Am I right, or am I wrong? (updated)

[drybeer]

Hello.

Used to have a C5 for years, and before that a B6 S4 and earlier a B5 S4.

Been away from RS246 for around 2 years as I was without a dog I didn't need an extra Avant on days off, so I decided to buy another Porsche 911... And that's been really good fun, more involving driving experience and if I'm honest - more reasonable running costs and so on.

More recently I've bought another dog so am considering buying a C6.

Luckily I work at an Audi centre so I'm more confident than most when it comes to servicing and repairs - so my question is:

Am I right to love this car because the colour is unique and dare I say it... suits the car? Probably the only UK car so specified?

OR:

Am I wrong, in a new level of wrongness even compared to most people on this forum, and the colour is batshit awful?

Answers gratefully accepted below!

(sorry - edited to add link to advertisement. I did say I'd been away for 2 years...)

https://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified ... romSA=true

[Fatneck73]

Not my cuppa tbh

[discostu49]

I personally love it, it's crying out for tan leather rear tints and carbon inlays

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[drybeer]

Carbon - I’m with you - or possibly Piano lacquer.

Tan leather - not so much...

[Brooner]

the colour is fine im starting to have a hankering for a green RS4
as above carbon inlays and de chrome and darken the wheels and it would look great
there was a C5 RS6 in that colour de chromed it look good

[Pau1]

Am I right to love this car because the colour is unique and dare I say it... suits the car? Probably the only UK car so specified?

OR:

Am I wrong, in a new level of wrongness even compared to most people on this forum, and the colour is batshit awful?

Answers gratefully accepted below!

(sorry - edited to add link to advertisement. I did say I'd been away for 2 years...)

https://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified ... romSA=true

I love it, add to basket and check out! Every time I sell a C6 I end up looking for one again a few months later, they're one of the best cars ever and that green is a lovely rare colour to have.

[drybeer]

I love it, add to basket and check out! Every time I sell a C6 I end up looking for one again a few months later, they're one of the best cars ever and that green is a lovely rare colour to have.

Thanks Paul - good to have the encouragement of another owner.

[drybeer]

the colour is fine im starting to have a hankering for a green RS4
as above carbon inlays and de chrome and darken the wheels and it would look great
there was a C5 RS6 in that colour de chromed it look good

Cheers Brooner...

The interior inlays I would deffo prioritise to change as and when OEM replacements crop up second hand, but the wheels / chrome I hadn't planned changing as I prize originality.

Wheels are an easy job to source - even plastidip is possible - but has anyone seen a good job done of coating the mat alu trims in gloss black? I'd be concerned with a paint job it would leave them unable to return to standard... (I accept changing to brand new parts is the perfect way to do it - but at some expense - grill our of bumper, headlining dropped to get at the captive nuts for the roof rails and side rear windows out for the trim strips)

[marc1]

^ wrap the trim. Internal and external. Job done, cheap, reversible and good results.

The green looks great on most fast Avant a. Go for it if everything else stacks up.

[drybeer]

^ wrap the trim. Internal and external. Job done, cheap, reversible and good results.

Thanks - good tip.

[P300]

I like it! You're right about the 'old man wood' inlays. Hydro dipping could also be an option?

[drybeer]

I like it! You're right about the 'old man wood' inlays. Hydro dipping could also be an option?

I thought about that too - but wasn’t sure how to keep the metalwork around the edges of the interior trim and also the Quattro badge unaffected.

[douglas96]

Hi drybeer,

If you are thinking about this Monterrey Green RS 6, then be sure to have a good look at it (I'm sure you will anyway) as I am positive that the same car was on AutoTrader back in August as I remember noticing it on the AutoTrader website. It was originally listed, I think for £23,500 or possibly £24,000 (put it this way - a lot less than what it is listed at now) and it sat for ages and the price kept going down. I'm positive I saw it listed at £23,000 last month and now it has appeared again (I think at a different dealer?) for £26,000. It sounds to me that it's possible that it has had it's coolant pipes replaced and oil pump seal replaced - hence the reason for it sitting so long and then the increase in price.

But as I said I am only guessing. Perhaps it sat so long because of the combination of the colour and the nutmeg trim . I stopped checking as regularly after I got my RS 6 in August.

Good luck in your search!

[drybeer]

Thanks Douglas. I am still sitting on the fence and tbh after a quick drive in the Porsche today I don’t think I can be forced to part with it.

[huntersmob]

get an c6 much more useful than porka

I love mine