Would you get your fingerprint printed on your 911?
 

Serious question, would you? Porsche has developed a direct printing method that allows you to add it to your 992-generation 911. Their reasoning behind a fingerprint is the showcase the technology that is capable in creating more detailed designs that aren't possible with conventional painting. Porsche says in the future, there will be other customer-specific designs available.

This option will be available in March for European customers and cost $8100 additional on top of the sticker price.


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I see April Fools Day got moved up a bit this year.

No.

I buy groceries at Aldi.

A fool and his money are soon parted.

How much extra to print your SSN on the doors? :D

No. This is some dumb scheiße.

There may be some interesting applications of this technology. Fingerprints are just a showcase as stated.

But I still get groceries at Aldi.

No to fingerprints. Holy cow who would do that?
If I sit on the copier and make a xerox of my bare ass could they put that on the hood? ‘Cause that would be awesome.

Yeah, I’m impressed by the technology, but to use it to display one’s fingerprint on their car is mighty dumb. Is this next?

[picture an inappropriate image of buttox]

Typed this while you were posting, wdi. Great minds...

Great asses! :D

"Good fingerprints but certainly not great fingerprints"

It appears I was bad. Mea culpa.

Can they put my entire gene sequence on there?

pay 7500 to have something that

- at a distance, looks like a strip of 80ies trimmed pubic hair on yer bonnet (with the crest/badge in there like some piece of bejazzle)
- reduces resale value
- gives your bio-metrics away to anybody who wants to take a picture
- just looks plain ugly

There's a sucker born every day

To quote the post:

The hood is removed, the biometric data is processed so that it can't be used illegally, and then a robot paints on the design. Finally, a clear coat is applied, and the hood is polished with a high-gloss finish.

Even so, no way I would spend a nickle to put that ugly thing on my car. It it were a sticker that could be removed and only 100 bucks I don't think I personally would want it on my car.

There are people that pay huge money for "art" like the bananas duct taped to a wall.

Imagine paying $120,000 for a banana duct taped to a wall.

https://news.artnet.com/market/maurizio-cattelan-banana-art-basel-miami-beach-1722516

My fingerprints are already all over my Targa... and I mean ALL over it!
Plus, they are life size.

But does the bonnet look like it has a bush?

I will never look at that car the same.

PS: Landing Strip is more appropriate

Maybe Porsche can upsell pre-scratched cars. Include life-like scratches and the correct paint to simulate hitting guard rails at any of the world’s famous racetracks. Customer chooses their favorite track. Great for barstool racers!

Landing strip.

I'm no pussy, if it was my car I'd snatch that bonnet off of there in a flat minute.

The fingerprint winning out in committee, I guess the scratch and sniff hood option will have to wait until next year.

Prints of various animals splattered on the hood?

It's a different idea of customization. More for the cup holder crowd.
Yer talking to a rouge bunch of hardy scoundrels. $8k is a new car to myself.

I do like the idea of making a product 'your own' though.
Something like that might catch on eventually. Who knows.
I personally dallied with the idea of an Urushi (japanese black lacquer) wood dash cover with interior trim at some point. Very unique and would be very expensive.

I like flames

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My fingerprints are already all over my car...

Whoever pays for this option deserves to be laughed and pointed at, loudly and in public.

why not paint your name on your car. then you can only sell it to people named after you. that might make the value go up

yeah, a finger print is a "good" idea

I think they’re intending this for people that actually intend to keep their cars - not worry about resale value. That said I don’t really get it either...

I guess that every nerd with a decent scanner and a vinyl cutter can make these, no?
(ok, it's not painted and clearcoated then, but OTOH, it is removable)

Must be nice having to show your finger to everybody to prove it really is based on your actual fingerprint....
I reckon that would annoy me really quick, especially if then you also have to defend your decision to pay for such BS...
:rolleyes:

So it is not even a correct image of the actual fingerprint?

I'm guessing "processing" means modifying so it is not a perfect match anymore (so it can not be mis-used in any way)

dude must have huge hands?

Coming soon, to isle #4 at Pep Boys . I don't get it either ?