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  • Porsche Club
    PCA (Porsche Club of America)
  • Present cars
    1999 Porsche 996 Silver Coupe
  • Former cars
    1978 SC with 3.6 engine, many other upgrades
    1992 C2 coupe, Amazon Green
    1991 C2 Turbo
    1979 SC Euro coupe with 3.2 twin-plug
    etc, for maybe 7 to 8 more 911s, lots of 914s before the 911s.

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  1. I had intended to write in with this same question after I got my 1996 996 in December of 2003. The car had only 15K on the clock when I bought it. I noticed "the smell" which as best I can describe it, was (is) very much like the smell of burning rubber, like overheated electrical insulation, but not quite as pungent. Not like burning oil, I have owned many earlier 911s from '76s through the SCs, and know what oil on the heat exchangers smells like... The underside of my engine is dry as a bone, as far as I know there are no clutch issues, and I notice the smell from the driver's side wheel well nearly every time I drive the car. Not sure I can suggest anything to cause it unless it be the cosmoline. Just thought I'd chime in with another report to let the other posters know it does not seem to be an isolated problem. Jim
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