Bit the bullet and got a 997.2. Took a long time as vast, vast majority of cars are silver/grey/black.
Won't lie, a small front end collision brought this into my price range. I had the opportunity to see the original photos, look at the frame, get a copy of the invoices and speak to the shop who did the work so I was prepared to move forward if the price was right.
The colour was just what I wanted, it looks fantastic in the sun as it skews more cyan, in the shade/indoors the blue shifts a bit purple. The clincher for me was the miles, just 40,000 (63,000km) which is far, far less than I was expecting to have to tolerate. I then got the car on a hoist and it became clear it was never or rarely winter driven, at about 5,000km a year it was surely winter stored given not a bolt nor bracket shows any sign of rust. Vehicle was also inspected by Porsche, needs a few small things but otherwise a clean bill of health. They did me half price on a bore scope, which TBH is not really needed on these series 2 engines but why not? Cylinder walls are pristine.
Sadly the blue cars almost all come with grey not black interiors, so have to live with that but the interior is in amazing shape, even the driver bolster is not worn which is HIGHLY unusual. Button text for example, show zero wear. Steering wheel was quite ugly on these but this vehicle had it upgraded to a newer model which is MUCH nicer, it also has Sport+ that turns the car into a proper animal. These two items would cost about $3,500 to install and were changes I was planning to make so I accounted for this in the true net cost.
This is a REAL TOUGH market, I did about all I could outside of spending over 6 figures for a pristine example.
I may decide to throw these wheels under it as they really toughen the car up.
