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Here are the options: 1.- I you don't want (or not feel particularly handy to deal with a flat tire fix on the road); the easiest way is to call your Road Assistance from your car's insurance, wait on the side of the road and flat bed your car to a tire shop or dealer. Obviously this option sometimes won't be the most faster, safer or practical. 2.- Use the OE sealant and compressor that comes with the car and see if the air hold up to safe drive the car. Later you should bring the car to a tire shop/dealer for proper cleaning inside and proper fixing of the tire puncture. Your TPMS system should be checked too. 3.- As an extra option -as was suggested previously above by Uwon-, is to get a tubeless tire repair kit. If you can identify/find out the puncture location in the tire, and is reparable with the kit, you can do it on the spot and use the air compressor to inflate the tire, then you're back on the road. This smart choice doesn't use too much space in your "frunk", and provides an extra tool to fix a flat tire (aside from the sealant). 4.- Another alternative: I bough on eBay an spare tire with the Porsche OE jack kit (from an 996) and I placed (fitted) in my frunk, together with a HF torque wrench, rubber globes, small foam knee pads and some rags. Be aware that for the 997S (with 19" wheels and bigger brake calipers), you will need to add also a 5 mm spacer (for front wheel) and a set of longer bolt lugs, so the spare tire won't rub brake calipers. I tested it in my 997.1 C2S cabriolet and it worked fine. Of course, with this option, frunk space is almost gone, but for the occasional trips that I do with my wife, the back seats are then used for small luggage below/above the folded backseats, and was enough for our weekend trips to nearer cities. Be aware that if this option is used, you will end up with a huge wheel in your backseat (as won't fit in the frunk), so luggage must be moved there to make space behind the seats for the replaced wheel/tire. An extra item: add a garbage plastic bag to cover the wheel in that case so dirt won't land in your carpet or seats.

I always like to check the oil level stone cold; if it needs just a bit, I add some, and then leave it alone until it has been run and completely cooled down again. I also never fill these cars to the max level, I always like to leave them a bit down, maybe half a quart. Over the years, we noticed fewer smokey starts and AOS issues when the oil level is slightly low.

Good afternoon Dean, I think this could be an issue with your actuators or your pump. I would check your hyd fluid level in your pump. After that, I would check your the inner wheel well of your rears to see if hyd fluid is leaking. If this is the case, then its an actuator that is failed. Thanks, Jim

Yes, just open the bleed valve on top of the coolant tank. You can drive around with it that way and it will help purge air out of the system. Just check the level every few days and add coolant/water until it stops going down. Then close the bleed valve.