fokinel

Hi - I'd be interested in the numbers. I think they would look sharp on the car. What would you want for them?

Thanks,

Craig

Actually i had 3 sets made. If anyone else wants a set i can probably let one more go.

I changed my 05 987 to the Cayman side vents and had them painted to match. I was debating black v Guards Red, but I think this works... Let me know if you need more pix/different angle. Had the vents sent from Sunset Porsche. They are shipped in primer grey and all ready for a spray at your fave spray shop.

I just replaced my 2000 base w/ a 2007 S. Loved the 2000, but wow!

The '07 is Carmen Red. I plan to paint the roll bar to match (HBL Porsche estimate is $800), maybe add matching console from BumperPlugs, and paint the side vents. Any of you have photos you can post of a car (other than silver) w/ painted vents?

Thanks

Jef

My 05 now has 84500 KM on the clock... as LeftCoaster says - it was bought to drive not wash (but I wash it as well :)

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FWIW, if you are going to store it outside you should save/repurpose some cash and invest in winter tires instead. My spanking new Blizzak LM25s seem to work dandy in the light snow we've had so far - looking forward to a bit more snow to give them a good traction test...

Not the most 'green' solution out there... but here goes...

On my uncles farm our family stores things like trailers, snowmobiles, quads, in-progress auto projects, and various other sorts of things that mice like to chew on. Each fall my uncle tosses another few handfuls of grain heavily laced with pest killers - since he started doing this 25 years back he hasn't had any real problem with mice chewing wires, seats, or anything else mice like to chew on. It's pretty much impossible to mouse-proof the country, so sometimes the brute force approach works.

There are also ultrasonic options that I've read about - they will make a nose similar to fingernails on blackboard that is supposed to chase rodents away, but I'm not aware of anyone using these - it might work for you if you have green sensibilities?

Excellent suggestions all - I live in Calgary (5 hours north of Great Falls, Montana, 3 hours with radar, for you Southerners :), so the nearest alternate dealers are, umm, Edmonton (2.5 hours) and Vancouver (15 hours) - the joys of living in a lightly populated area. So... I did some searching and found this website: http://www.ohiolemonlaw.com/auto-manufacturer-phone-list.htm which lists North American contact information for all car manufacturers. I called the Porsche number and spoke with a nice lady who said 'I know who to send you to, one second'. I asked if this was the contact centre and she says 'no, but this will be the right person for you'. I wound up speaking with the managing VP of the contact centre, a very nice lady from Toronto but now based in Atlanta, who has many years with Porsche. She asked for all the details, was very helpful, and said 'this sounds like total confusion and we can help with this'. The only thing is she wants me to send the entire transaction in writing, and send it to Detlev vonPlaten, the new President and CEO of PCNA, formerly GM of Porsche France. The letter will land on her desk next, but she wants Detlev to be directly informed of some of the challenges that he gets to fix.

Westcoaster - I used your observation about the temperature variance in my 3 page letter (not attributed to anyone) - Calgary is a prime example of a -15c to +20c in 12 hours temperature change, and an excellent point.

Hopefully this works out - it seems a bit like using a sledgehammer to push a marshmallow through a keyhole, but maybe it will help things like this from happening to others in future.

Cheerio

PS - Detlev's bio can be found here: http://jalopnik.com/359587/porsche-announc...nister-of-bruce

Keep pushing, there is now way that is acceptable or normal, there are locations all over North America (and the world), where you could start off in the

morning at above zero temperatures and be caught in a snow storm, is this just cause to invalidate a warranty?

I agree with wvicary, go to another dealer! My local dealer replaced the center caps on my 2003 because they were faded and curling, I'll wager that this was due to being exposed to the 'weather', but hey, isn't that what the exterior of the car was designed for?

I know - a car designed in Germany, assembled in Finland, tested in Sweden, sold in North America with a North American warranty - valid in US and Canada - I checked. The only think I can think of now is to get the 'weather can invalidate warranty' clause in writing and get it run through the courts - a sad state of affairs, considering the part cost in total is under $300. That's $300 this time, and whatever else they decide is caused by 'weather' in future - which could be anything from a leaking valve stem cap to a rear main seal failure on the freeway.... Not that I *want* to do it this way - so if anyone has suggestions on alternate ways to deal with shash (not sure where that word came from, but it seems appropriate) such as this I'm all ears. I've never experienced anything like this whatsoever, and it's certainly put me off Porsche - a nice car, with a post-sales attitude that seems to not care about the next sale. This was my 2nd, and maybe last.

That's BS, as you well know.

Does driving your car to canada invalidate the warranty? Does snow invalidate it?

My advice is to not let up the pressure to replace it under warranty.

The pictures are high-res, and as such don't fit into the 'upload' limit.

Full resolution photos are uploaded here - http://picasaweb.google.com/craig.forsberg...illightCrazing#

Remember that by viewing these photos you will know more about the problem than PCNA does - their 1-800-por-sche call centre has not asked for any sort of info, they just sat on the request for weeks and then responded with a 'weather invalidates warranty'. I'm waiting on the mailed response for proof...

From what I have seen on the message boards it has been an ongoing battle with a Canadian warranty claim on an imported vehicle.

Would like to see pictures as this is a new one.

Howdy,

As some of you are aware I purchased a lovely 18 month old Boxster from Houston and had it shipped to Calgary. A couple of days (3?) after it arrived I took the car into the local shop as the taillights had some internal crazing - running your hand on the outside of the lights reveals no defects - it's all internal. The local shop took a couple of pictures,and said 'we need to send this to Porsche as we've never heard of this before'. Weeks went by and I heard nothing, so I went back in to be told 'Porsche hasn't called us back yet', so I raised a call with PCNA. Imagine my surprise to get a voicemail back from them stating 'this is due to temperature change, and as such isn't covered by the new car warranty'. I just received this message today. To recap no one, other than a local service manager, has actually seen the issue in real life, and he stated 'this is weird - I wonder what it is. We'll be in touch'. My next question - what else on my vehicle isn't covered by temperature change? How many people reading this forum live in an area where the temperature never changes? Has anyone else experienced issue with taillights crazing from the inside? To buy a new set of taillights is a couple of hundred dollars, and not a bit deal (and the new ones are all red, which will go well with the Guards Red on the car). I am, however, concerned that they will now start blaming any old thing that goes wrong with the car on weather changes - in my opinion that is total shash, and will certainly have an impact on my next vehicle purchase. In all truth I really do like my Boxster, and it's one of the best vehicles I've ever owned. But my wife has a BMW - while it isn't as fun and exhilarating to drive their service is stellar, and this will certainly be a deciding factor on my next purchase. BMW have offered a reasonable trade-in value if I get the taillights fixed. The local dealer will give me a good bump on the next purchase as well, but life really is too short to live with substandard service and after purchase support.

Has anyone have answers on which is the best gas company to use for better gas mileage in Canada.

I have been using Husky gas with Ethenol 94 octaine since I imported my Boxster for the last month and My gas mileage seems to be dropping and thats not city driving as I am in a rural area and lots of hwy driving. Has any one else had this problem.

what about Chevron with techron.

secuuda

I tried a few fills with the Husky 94 Ethanol blend and found I get slightly reduced mileage according to the trip computer. I still use it for track days, but have been using other premiums for daily driving - a fair bit of city, some highway jaunts whenever I can fit one it. I don't tend to stick with any one brand for the normal fills. Some Petro-Canada stations also have 94, but it's also an ethanol blend.

The 'plastic gizmos' are indeed sucky - I had one fall out last week, but kept diligently poking at the wee metal ears and finally got one side to come out just that little bit that made the other side also come out - it was a good while of pushing and pulling the Pecker CD24 before it finally came, but it did come out easily once it started moving. As Nickusa says don't forget the one bolt on the RH side of the unit. Once the deck is out of the way it's all smooth sailing - the only thing I would recommend is ensuring that you have some zip ties or velcro handy to secure the modulator - there is lots of room for it, but mot much for anchor points, and if you don't anchor it it will likely wind up underfoot.

I picked up a male and female ISO-FAKRA adapter from a shop in the UK (was tricky to source in North America) to install an IPlug RDS unit for my 987 -

If you scroll down to the 3rd picture at this link you can see the male and female FAKRA adapters... http://www.revozport.com/iplug-rds.htm

I sourced the IPlug and FAKRA adapters from Auto Comfort in the UK for a better price than Revozport, and much more responsive - Revozport/IPlug has yet to respond to my request for a final price, and Auto Comfort's unit arrived a week after I ordered it...

+44 1706822084

info@autocomfort.co.uk

Mine is an 05 987 base - not after the HP, just after more of that lovely noise. Exhaust is next - or is it front sway bar... decisions, decisions (or suggestions - it's all good :)

A guy name Bisi did back to back on his Dynapack, result was dyno proven 5hp and 3ft/lbs or torque gain on his desnorkled 986.

I'm just wondering any 987 owners has performed this?

FWIW, and I realize the last post in here was over a year ago, I just took the baffle out of my 05. The top came out pretty easily, the middle was a bit of a pain, but it suddenly came free, making the bottom one much looser. I broke one tab removing the baffle plate, which is now hanging on the wall of the garage in case it ever goes back in. All told it took maybe 15 minutes, including running back upstairs to the PC to ensure I had the right tabs slated for removal. I used parietta's idea of gutterguard and tiewraps and took it for a quick burn down the street - can hear a slight difference from inside, but a friend did this on his last year and it does sound substantially more throaty from the outside (on his - I need someone to do a drive-by for me - maybe at the Porsche AutoX on Thursday...)

Thanks to all for the detailed directions, hints and pictures!

:renntech:

I can't get the silver vent off at all! Top bit came loose but the middle won't budge! I tried attacking the plastic black tabs visible under the vent but no luck :(

So walking out to my (05) 987 this afternoon I noticed 'the string'. As it will be a few days before I can get this to the dealer is it safe to operate the convertible top with the fold placer like this?

Thanks!

Maurice

It is the "fold placer" and it is part # 987 561 773 01. I pulled one side of the string and the plastic crimp was there, just missing the other string. I bring it to the dealer this morning for the repair.

All thanks for your replies. If any other issues are found on the top, I will post for the record. Jay

So what MY is this schema for? I'm looking for a schema for an MY05 - is this it? Alternate question - ant recommendations on which circuit would be preferred to hardwire the Escort radar detector to? Thanks!

:welcome:

It would be very helpful (in the future) to give the model year of car when asking questions.

It's definitely a bit of a pain. PCNA hasn't responded to the last question as yet, but I think I have a plan... I am going to work out whats been serviced recently, combine that with the CPO warranty inspection, and the local dealership can perform whatever inspections are outstanding to complete the 40k mile service. Having said that does anyone know how one might be able to escalate a call into '1-800-POR-SCHE, Option 3' beyond the first level call answerer? So far they keep apologizing profusely and telling me that someone will be in touch, but so far this 'someone' person has been quiet...

I do have to get an 'out of province' inspection performed, but am having that done at a local shop who will also replace the brake fluid prior to next weeks 'advanced driving school' weekend - the first with the new wheels - I'm giddy as a schoolgirl (a 6'3" schoolgirl with a beard :) )

I also received, in todays mail, a 'Welcome to PCNA with your CPO vehicle' welcome kit - a shiny new chrome keyring and a luggage tag, as well as a joint Porsche/AutoCheck Assured Warranty for 'buyback protection'. Wonder if this will help keep the local dealership sated?

North America, in PCNA terms, doesn't include Mexico, but Canada is certainly listed.

Cheers,

Craig

This kind of stuff has been going on for a long time. Canadian dealers were not honoring the factory warranty on imported vehicles. Then Porsche forced them to. So now they are still giving owners a hard time by this inspection thing. The Canadian dealers want you to buy from them.

A North American warrany is a North American warranty. I think Canada is still part of North America....

Thanks egs - appreciate the feedback. I've been leaning along that way myself - I want to get something from PCNA that says they will honour the CPO 'valid in North America' warranty regardless of what the local dealer says (the only dealer within a 3 hour drive), but in the interests of 'playing ball' I might give them the 'minor service' checklist and say this is what they can do, and anything else they do is at their own cost and expense - which should be fair enough for them and doesn't get me paying for fluff that they just wanna do...

I drove the car back from Vancouver last Wed/Thurs - have had the car for almost a week now - what a great car! It's almost due for another trip across the Rockies just for the twisties and the smell of the trees with the roof down :)

Sounds as if they want to double check that the US vehicle conforms to Canadian PCW parameters after it crosses the border and to get an easy cash grab. There are variances between dealerships to a certain extent as each dealership is independently owned and operated. That is why PNA has only so much jurisdiction - they want to help you, but clearly understand that the dealers sell their cars. Their loyalty to which party is obvious. The dealers will probably require an additional DME download to confirm that the vehicle has not been "abused" and that the ECU has not been tampered with. It appears that Canada does not want to import US cars due to pricing discrepancies and this is a political issue that other manufacturers also have to deal with. In some instances, certain US vehicles I understand are denied entry outright.

A dealer in the US may or may not know the exact criteria another dealer in Canada may require to validate a PCW and vice versa. If they do tell you they know, but you are denied coverage, you know who to go back to - unfortunately you will be in a different country trying to commence an action. Thus, it is always caveat emptor especially when purchasing a vehicle abroad.

Now that the deal is done, you have to play ball with the local P dealer. I would suggest that if you intend to use that dealer, play ball, otherwise go to another and try your luck there. Most urban areas have more than one dealer within a predetermined working area. Hopefully some of your confusion is alleviated. There apparently is the unfortunate possibility that you may have paid for a PCW that may not be enforceable. But think positive and you may be happy in the end.

Good luck and enjoy your Pcar when you get it! :)

Craig:

Contact "ABE EVRENS" through his e-mail on PPBB.COM. He recently went through the process and actually wrote up a comprehensive "how-to" on this very topic.

Regards, Maurice.

Hi Maurice,

Thanks for the pointer - I can never seem to find posts on PPBB, so emailed Abe directly (all us Canadians know each others email addresses ;) His direct thoughts are 'CPO is CPO, and if your local dealer is asking for more they are being p****s'. Now if I can just get someone from PCNA to say the same thing instead of waffling about like civil servants I'll be off to the races...

Cheers,

Craig

Hi guys,

Thanks for provoding tons of reading and advice while I waited ever so patiently for my 05 Boxster to make it to Vancouver from Houston! :renntech:

I was quite comfortable with my purchase from Down South knowing there was a CPO warranty attached to the vehicle, and that the CPO warranty is valid in both the US and Canada - makes the decision to move something across the border that much easier. Imagine my surprise when, on stopping by the local dealer to get some overpriced touchup paint that they want to 'inspect' my vehicle to 'baseline' it prior to 'honouring the CPO warranty'. I called and emailed PCNA who informed me, over the phone, that they had heard about some Canadian Independent dealers wanting to perform this inspection, but that it would in no way cause any challenges with the remaining CPO warranty. The inspection, which I was told takes a full day to complete, checks things like 'ensure the right transmission is associated with the vehilcle' and 'verify that the vehicle has never gone into an over-rev situation'. I wasn't actually provided with a checklist of what they would check.

In response to my email I received this: "Your warranty is a North American warranty and is valid throughout North America, if your local authorized Porsche dealer requires an inspection then the warranty will be valid once that inspection is completed. " which basically is saying that my North American warranty might not be valid without an additional inspection. :huh: The problem I have with an additional inspection being required is what if this inspection turns up something that wasn't found during the CPO inspection - will this obviate the existing warranty? If it doesn't impact the CPO warranty at all I can't see a reason for the additional inspection. If it does impact the warranty why did I pay extra for a vehicle with a CPO warranty that was valid in both the USA and Canada? At any rate this is a bit confusing - if anyone had pointers or suggestions, including a good person or team to contact within PCNA (not faultingt he people who answer the phone, but so far all I've got are apologies for not knowing the answers) I would be ever so appreciative.

Cheers, Craig

PS - here is a pic of the vehicle near the Kicking Horse Pass region of the Canadian Rocky Mountains - if anyone is looking for a good drive I'd recommend this one - weekly if possible :)

~500 beans to plug in a widget just seems a bit extreme, considering thats about all it does. I'm currently using a Monster fm modulator, but am waiting for this to arrive: http://www.revozport.com/iplug-rds.htm which will plug into the EU radio antenna lead. the next piece is this: http://www.diceelectronics.com/Merchant/me...=i-MOST-Porsche which is the charging cradle, which will be attached to this - http://www.kudausa.com/kuda_mount_and_hold...005-31-308.html KUDA Mount. The last piece might be this: http://sewelldirect.com/Scosche-iPod-Wirel...-Car-Remote.asp If all you are after is the aux inputs the Iplud RDS, or any other wired FM modulator that will hook up to the EU ISO/FAKRA antenna leads will do the trick...

Ultimately this setup will gove me a wired FM Modulator with RDS (displays track info on the radio face) while charging the Ipod, provides a drop-in base unit, attached to a widget holder, and then gets a wireless remote unit that can attach to the steering wheel. All of which came as standard on a buddy's new Ford Ranger 1/4 ton pickup... it's easy to fogure out whicjh is most fun to drive, but why is the Ipod option so much easier for everyone else? Gadz :)

Let us know how you make out - you might have the perfect solution rattling around in there somewhere...

Is there an iPod solution for a non-MOST 996TT? I don't think the $500 Dension is a valuable purchase for non-MOST cars. Also, I am hoping to integrate Sirius and three Best Buys I've been to haven't been able to help. Any suggestions are greatly appreciated.

Regards,

Ryan

For a fellow Calgarian, waiting for 977 delivery that will be used as daily driver all year, your post are encouraging. Have you had any trouble with sliding sideways due to large rear tires, or stopping?

Thanks and keep drivin'.

I'm waiting for my 987 to arrive, and in all truth I'm kinda glad it's not here (also Calgary) this weekend! ~40 cm on top of a layer of ice had made it a mess for pretty much anyone, let alone a sporty car with a set of jaunty Houston-style winter tires (summer tires anywhere else). I'm making do by taking the wife's 325i to Mount Royal parking lot and letting it do some drifts for cheap entertainment (between finishing basement renos...)

What are your plans for winterizing the 977? I'm hoping to find a set of cheap 17s and narrowish tires for the snowy season, and maybe bump up to 19s for the summer - it will all be played by ear tho. I did find someone selling a set of mismatched 17 rims and 'fairly decent' tires (although they won't say what kind they are) - not sure I really trust mismatched, plus it seems just a bit o the 'eurgh' side...

Cheers,

Craig

Thats a cute car, and it seems like a good deal. I test drove a speed yellow S a couple of years back and it was the closest thing to driving a police car with the lights on - traffic continuously pulled over to let me pass... I could get used to that ;)

Ah, well, it seems there are no tirekickers in Houston. I wound up purchasing the car anyways - a good price, tons of warranty left, and should be here soon. My other car sold to the first test pilot, so the bad news is I now have no car, but the good news is no more dealing with the local Audi weasels! At any rate I'm getting a bit twitchy - been downloading Youtube videos of running Boxsters, reading the manuals, and in short getting myself overhyped for putting my own plate on the car and driving it back from the West Coast...

I've been searching around for a few items to make the car just that much more palatable on trips - do any of you long time Boxsterites have any suggestions on 'must have' add ons? I'm considering the Dension ICELink, but $500 seems a bit much to add Ipod capability to a stereo that will likely not get a ton of use. I'm also looking at finding a set of 17' winter rims and tires so the car won't have to spend the entire winter in the garage as this area doesn't get a ton of snow here, but it does get chilly.

Cheers,.

Craig

Hi Ashley,

I found an 05 base with the options I was after (outside of colour - it's Guards Red, brighter than my usual selection), CPO with loads of warranty, for around 32k. I've never imported a purchased car before, but have brought leased ones into Canada when returning from extended trips into the US. My experiences with Porsche include a lovely 89 944 that I enjoyed for a couple of seasons, as well as about 1000 test drives of 986 models in various parts of the world. Any pointers or tips you would care to share would be most appreciated.

Cheers, Craig

I'm in Calgary too and looking to buy a 987 in the next 8 weeks or so. I currently have a 2000 986 S that I'm selling for $30,000.

I'm hoping to pay around $33,000 for a base 2005 or around $40,000 for an 'S'. Do you have a lot of experience with Porsche, importing etc?

I do, so if you need a hand just let me know....what's goes around comes around...and the guys on this forum have certainly saved me a lot of money over time. At $33,000 US...you're looking at around $38-$39,000 CAD by the time you fly down, pay duty, gst, RIV, daytime running lights (DRL) and drive back.

Good luck...keep me posted on your progress.

Ashley

So, on a whim after finishing off a bit of a gruelling exam I decided to get the 987 that I've been considering for some time now. I found what seems to be a pretty good deal - not my colour but everything else is good. I was wondering if anyone in the Houston area might want to drop by the vendor and have a look at it and let me know if it's worthwhile or a pass. I'm in Calgary, so a bit of a long trip for a tirekick, so if anyone has time I would be most appreciative to get some knowledgeable feedback, and next time I'm in Houston dinner is my treat. PM me if you have some spare time. Cheers - Craig