Congratulations - great find, great color!

 

Excellent choice to slip into your cool garage. Congrats!

 

Congratulations. I'm just a few days away now from my freeze point on a 2023 Boxster Base.

 

beautiful and very fast!

 

Stunning, looks like a very nice pad as well👍

 

That's lovely!.
It will suits the winter wheels perfectly!
Safe driving
Gerry 👍

 

Congratulations! Carmine looks so good on that car, enjoy it in good health.

 

Thanks for the kind comments folks!

@Moonshine - thanks Gerry! Yes, those winter wheels are going to look spot on 😃

 

Is this a deeper shade than Guards Red? Congrats!

 

Yes - Carmine is a much deeper red than Guards.

You have to see it in the flesh. It looks fantastic on a sunny day, but a little too deep/dull for my taste on a cloudy day.

 

It looks fantastic!

 

Carmine is a beautiful colour - it manages to look both understated yet striking at the same time.

 

My 718S was Carmine Red and it was 🚗❤❤❤

 

I chatted with a gentleman in the Porsche paddock of the last Caffeine and Octane in Jacksonville a couple of weeks ago who had a new Boxster GTS in Carmine Red and it was gorgeous. My wife had originally wanted a Macan in blue but changed her mind right then. It was parked next to a Guards Red Cayman and it was nice to see the difference in person in the same light.

 

FWIW, I think the guards red / carmine reds look super sports cars such as the Boxster and Caymans, even the 911, but I saw a Carmine Red Macan GTS in the Alps this summer and thought it was too much. I wasn't a fan of it - I think there is just too much body and it is not a sports car, so it struggles to carry off the bold colour.

I would prefer the Macan in a more muted colour such as blue / grey / crayon etc.

I think sports cars carry bold colours better

 

I agree that larger vehicles rate a more subdued color (I think Miami Blue really only works on smaller cars, there's a Miami Blue Macan in my area and it just doesn't work for me), but I do like the darker reds like the Carmine Red and whatever red Mazda uses on their vehicles. My daughter has a new Mazda CX-5 in their darker red and it looks amazing. Not sure I'd feel the same about Guards Red or Lava Orange though, it's too much.

 

A small upgrade!

 

Red cars go 5-10% faster too.

 

It ain't a 718, but I think it shows the color well in sun and shade - my 991.1 GTS. She won 3rd place in our region's PCA People's Choice event recently. There's my friend's Racing Yellow BGTS in the pic to make the post 718 compliant

 

Carmine Red is such a great colour. Nice find, and congrats!

 

I delivered a Miami Blue Macan GTS and although I might not order this combination I thought it looked really nice.

 

I get compliments on the color at every show and cars & coffee. Love the color. Very different in different lights.

 

Very pretty car.

 

Carmine is beautiful. Had the opportunity to see guards and carmine side by side. Carmine, in my humble opinion, is the classier of the two. Congrats!

 

Earlier this year, I had the opportunity to view a Macan outside of my local dealership in Carmine Red

when I saw the color in person...I was "sold" (getting over the hefty 'special color' charge)
- and it color shifts in lower light its darker, more ruby and in the bright sun its a brilliant vibrant red

Guards Red is another interesting color - lot of color shift as well. In lower light, looks red and in bright sun shifts to a Red-orange tone