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You have to remember that all diagnostic scanners, regardless of origin or price, function more like a compass than a GPS unit; they can point you in the right direction, but you still have to apply basic diagnostic logic and experience to arrive at the correct answer to a problem. Well said! Thanks. I occasionally do have moments of lucidity............. :eek:[/quote Not me.

We have them here also but you guys must make them taller. Penis envy I guess. The best I can find is about $200. Not sure what that is in euros. Probably about 2 or 3 and if our president keeps spending money like a drunken sailer we won't be able to give dollars away. No big deal. As you scrape the black chin spoiler the edge gets rough and hairy. It cleans up nicely with a sharp block plane. I can keep a chin spoiler going nicely for about a year or so. It is very hard to damage the bumper proper. We have the same stupid people here also. Here they like to text while they are driving. We have a bill in congress which puts them in charge of medical insurance web sites. Pretty soon we will all be swimming back to England.

Complexity is always an issue for me. More stuff to break. But, the decoupling routine and ride improvement are compelling. I have a month to make up my mind. My dealer has a 991 Turbo S on the floor. I may go up there in jeans and have a look under. Too bad I can't drive it. The roads are all salted up here now. Life in the rust belt.

I think the AeroKit spoiler looks great. But you should not do it without doing the nose also. Porsche says the additional down force has to be balanced or the car will not handle correctly. Both ends are easy bolt on. The big issue is getting them painted. You can get the kit at suncoastparts.com for $5000. The only warning I have is that the noses ground clearance sucks. It does not mater how careful you are. You will scrape it. The black chin spoiler is easily replaceable. It costs about $200. I keep a spare handy. When it gets crappy looking enough I just pop a new one on.

I have never driven a car with PDCC. Is it worth 2 large? How complex is it in the 991 series? Any one know how it works? Will it be a maintenance problem as the car ages?

Hey Api sorry I'm late. Wrong approach all together. I'm in NH. Most of your driving will be on dry winter roads. Stick with 19" wheels and go with 235s up front and 295s in rear. Only Pirelli makes the right tires for this set up, Sottozero Series 2. They are N rated. The car will handle much better in 95% of the driving you will do. I also have a C4S and it does great with this set up in all conditions except heavy slush when you might as well waterski. The 265s might do marginally better but you are still going to have a really loose *** end. 18 inch wheels are harder to re sell and I think the feel is a little .. soggy for lack of a better term. I have the wheels on now. Since you are in the area you are welcome to come give the car a spin if you like. This picture was taken at Saddleback Mountain in Maine. This is a Porsche snow plow ;-}

Hey 529plan, I live right up the road from you in Southern NH. The Vredersteins are the nuts. I wish they made them in my size. The car will do fine in the Winter with two caveats. If the rear starts to slide add a little gas and the front will dig right in and bring you around. Do not drive the car in heavy slush. You might as well be on water skis. Otherwise you are good to go. I take my car skiing. It is never a good idea to continuously swap tires on rims. You risk damaging the bead which can result in a catastrophic tire failure. Save up over the Winter and get a new set of rims in the Spring for your Summer tires. OZ rims are easily the best for the money.

Putting any muffler in quiet mode is as simple as turning up the music ;-}

Binger, as in Kevin's case above it was PCNA that made the decision to cover the PCM module not the dealer. Certainly, the dealer can help by presenting the case correctly. But, most dealers would never eat $4800 to make a customer happy unless it was Donald Trump. Kevin, the Tooki had nothing to do with the problem. That is typical dealer BS. They will now give you a refurbished unit which I would ditch at the soonest opportunity just as I did. The two best aftermarket units are the Kenwood and the Alpine. I have an Alpine INE W927HD.

Binger, it does not work quite this way. Yes, there is a CSI. In a dispute over a part warranty the dealer always wins unless the dealer has lied about speaking to Porsche about the problem which would be stupid. It was Porsche who declared the PCM Kevin's responsibility. This is why you get these cars certified. Having said this, This version of The PCM sucks. The sound is awful, the NAV is worse, there is no iPod integration, there is no BlueTooth, and the interface with the car is fragile and dangerous. My car was under warranty when the PCM electrocuted it. After the dealer replaced the faulty PCM and the instrument cluster, gateway module and PASM computer it destroyed I ditched the PCM and could not be happier. Kevin, save up your money and get yourself a nice X-mas present.

I stand corrected. Actually JFP, whenever a tire loses its grip on the pavement in whatever direction that would be a loss of traction. Yes, it does a lot more than just modulate the brakes. Whatever, it works great!

$4600?? How many threads does everybody see on screwed up PCMs? Mine electrocuted my car to the tune of $9000.00. Kevin, for $2500 you can have either a Kenood or Alpine Nav installed with a NAV TV MOST head unit replacement module and it will look absolutely factory. You will get state of the art Nav with NO STUPID DVD, Bluetooth for your cell and flawless iPod integration. I have had my system in the car for over a year and it has been flawless. Everything else in the car works as advertised. Thousands of 997 owners are ditching their PCMs so any good installer has done a zillion of these installs. Just look for the guys that do the high end cars. They should know immediately that a NAV TV unit will be required to use the car's stock amps and speakers. If they try to sell you a whole system, amps speakers and such, run away.

Hi Lyn, If you are an untrained driver and you drive like I do you best keep the PSM (Porsche speak for traction control) on. It will save your a-- if you screw up. It might also interfere with your fun if you are trained and know what you are doing. Most of us unfortunately, are not trained and we do reflexive things like hitting the brakes in a skid then over correcting and hook spinning the car, a very expensive mistake. IMHO all 911 drivers should go to a driving school like Skip Barber and learn to handle a car under extreme conditions. Then take your 911 to a large open space or a track where you have plenty of run out and learn what your car AND TIRES do. If you change tire brands or type your car's handling will change. About once a year when my tires are down to 3/32" I go to this huge parking lot at dawn on a Sunday and play Ayrton Senna. They run autocross at this lot and the track markings are refreshed yearly. Some guys like to track their cars but you either have to belong to a group like PCA or spend a lot of money. The parking lot is free and I can go there any Sunday I like. It is a blast after it snows. Go to your favorite driving spot after you get yourself trained and turn the PCM off and see what happens. It is most definitely harder to spin the car with the PCM on but it is also harder to get the back end around smoothly which is what 911s are great at. Great way to ruin a set of tires which is why I wait until they are almost worn out. On public roads I always keep the PSM on. Even though you may know every rut and pot hole on a road, road conditions can change dramatically and unexpectedly. An oil spill, wet leaves in the fall, or just a light rain. The price of a mistake on public roads is too high and the PSM is great insurance particularly if your reflexes are getting old like mine.

Correct. It is oil and water condencing on the cold surface of the oil filler tube. It is worse in the winter because the surface of the oil filler tube is colder. I drive my car in the winter also and it got pretty messy. Interestingly, It has not happened since I switched to Millers Oil CFS 5W 50. I can only theorize why this might be the case. The oil and water vapors condence together on the cold surface forming an emulsion (the white stuff.) This traps the water. The emulsion has a much lower vapor pressure than water alone thus in order to get rid of it you have to heat it to a higher temp. Higher than the surface of the oil filler tube ever gets. So, the stuff just collects. My guess is that the Millers has a lower vapor pressure than Mobil 1 0W 40 thus only water vapor gets up into the filler tube, an emulsion does not form and the plain water condensate can evaporate with just a little heat. No white stuff. I am headed into another winter with the Millers so, we shall see what happens.

6 speed is the only way to fly. What color are the top and the interior? Do you have the Bose system?

That is interesting. The 997.1 has to be off for at least 5 minutes and it will give you a reading cold.

Hi Bolobar, you certainly can not check the oil with the car idling. The timer will not allow you to do this. It accounts for the time needed for the oil to drain back into the sump. First thing in the morning with a cold car, keep your feet off the clutch anc brake pedals and switch the ignition on. The oil measurement bar should come up in the display. I am not 100% sure but I think the system is the same in the 997.2 0356kid, very smart service guy you have there ;-}

I'm sure they are including brake pads also. That is pretty much the works. If your brakes feel good, no pulsation or noise, and there is plenty of pad left then the brakes do not need to be done now. I also have an 06 C4S , barrel of fun. Next round of tires get Michelin Pilot Super Sports. You'll feel like Aryton Senna on the grid.

Hi. One other fellow had exactly the same problem and it turned out a cable to the DVD drive in the trunk was loose.

Nice score. Color? Options? 6 speed? Let's hear it!!

Thanx JFP, When I have to replace the clutch I'll revisit the subject and modify the car accordingly. Hopefully, that will not be for another 100 K miles. At that point it will be my " remember what it use to be like to shift" car so I will be able to have it apart for prolonged periods. If you only do this stuff once I a while it never helps to rush things.

Thanx JFP. Excuse me for being dim witted. But, wouldn't that be the front seal? Isn't the oil on the other side? SilverTT, I'm all for G-forces and Turbos have spoiled me on that regard. I lost my 993 TT due to financial stress and having recovered ordered the 996 TT without much thought. Speed yellow, brown natural leather, big stereo. It was very fast and very competent but I guess what I was expecting was more on the lines of the 993. It was relatively sedate and I could not get use to the head lights. I unloaded it fast and for all the reasons you mention that was a good move as these cars have not held their value well. Which does make them a good deal if all you want are those little wizards spinning under the exhaust manifold. But, there is more to a car than thrust. Ever drive a circa 1984 Turbo? Talking about nuts. That was a little over the edge. The 1992-4 car was the first Turbo a doctor could drive but still a bit more lag than one would like ideally. But, that 993 TT was brilliant. You had to think about it to detect the lag and that car was alive. Now my current 997 C4S AeroKit car was unintentional. I had already put a deposit down on the 991 TT which would not be around until after my kids graduated college ( sort of intentional) I was up getting my Audi serviced and this thing was in the parking lot stealing the show. I have a weakness for Yellow cars. It had arrived on consignment 20 minutes before I got there. Didn't last long. It has more of that 911ness dialed in, enough to put the smile back on my face. The 991 TT makes me a bit nervous. I would have gotten a manual if they had offered it. I like lively steering and the electric rig makes me nervous. I drove a 991 C2S and did not like it. They are supposed to have improved it in the Turbo but you never know until you drive the car. I like the aggressiveness of my AeroKit. I think the new GT3 is stunning. Pictures of the new Turbo leave me a bit flat but they say it is better looking in person. If I like the car I can always mod it out. It will have a good start. Guards red and black with black headlights, black wheels, clear tail lights, red stitching, red belts, red dials, carbon trim, leather seat backs and rear tunnel, Burmester surround system, get out of jail free card. Cars are a personal thing and we tend to invest our egos in them. If you love your car that is all that counts. That is why Howard Johnson made 28 flavors.

It was not the engine. It was the car. Having come from a 993 TT the 996 was more like driving a Toyota Supra. No craziness. The 997 C4S handles better than a 996 TT and it has more of that endearing craziness factor. Plus it has round headlights, IMHO and that of thousands of others, nothing else works. It is not how fast you go but rather how you go fast. Otherwise, the Metzger engine is wonderful. If I had not decided to go for a 991 TT I would have seriously considered getting one wrapped in 997 livery. Silver TT, I love working on my car and I would have hated having to pay for a Homelink module, a PCM, a Yellow Instrument cluster, a PASM computer, a Gateway Module, a wheel carrier, a hub, and three, that's right count em, one two three rear wheel bearings. JFP, how do you get to that seal?

Silver TT I owned a 2001 911TT and I got rid of it after 10,000 miles because it was BORING and it had silly Boxter headlights. I currently have a 2006 C4S which is a better car in every respect accept acceleration. For 99.99 % of us the IMS bearing will never be an issue before the engine needs a rebuild anyway. A34735 I'm not a cab guy but if you love the car go for it. Forget about the IMS bearing. Worry about hitting another deer. GET THE CAR CERTIFIED!! JFP, what is the reasoning behind removing the IMS bearing seal?

I hate comparisons between 911s and Cayman/Boxters. The 911 is a better car. Try stuffing your wife and all hers and your luggage plus two bikes for a weeks vacation in a Cayman or a Boxter or any other Super car. Read December MotorTrend. The 911 stomps the Cayman. 911s are relatively limited production cars. The cost of development and manufacture has to be amortized over fewer vehicles. This also makes them depreciate slower than other cars not to mention that there is no substitute for the 911. It is the greatest road tool of all time. If you do not want to pony up go get yourself a Miata. If you are buying a used 911 because you are cheep you are going to be in for a rude surprise when something breaks. Jeff, forget about price. Find the car that you absolutely have to have. Love at first site. Window shop. Check out the colors and the interiors. Then wait and watch for the car that fits the bill. GET IT CERTIFIED!