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Re: I could have saved Porsche a ton of money ... - 4 months ago
Who is Earth.org and who is funding them? I suspect it is the crowd that drills into Earth and extracts petrochemicals. They are big on Earth.by TheFarmer - Main Forum
Re: Happy Anniversary ... - 7 months ago
Indeed! Thanks for keeping it up. My '05 is still running smoothly (albeit without anything on the PCM right now), and it is enjoyable to follow fellow members having good times.by TheFarmer - Main Forum
Re: Sad news... - 9 months ago
I don't feel qualified to comment, but I applaud your testimony. Thank you, Pedroby TheFarmer - Main Forum
Re: Debby - 10 months ago
That's good to hear. Hurricanes are very difficult to predict and impossible to stop, so having one miss you is the best and safest outcome. Apparently AI methods have now beaten some of the best classical numerical models - at least in a few tests. Keep up the good work of being lucky!by TheFarmer - Main Forum
Re: Engine just stopped running … - 11 months ago
I have had a crankshaft sensor go on my '05 Pathfinder, and the issue showed up similarly - a stutter and die at a light, but it restarted and I got to my mechanic's shop. It was not overly expensive. You should be good to go with a new one.by TheFarmer - Main Forum
Re: I think I'm done with Porsche ... - 11 months ago
I'm sorry, I misread your first message. On the subject of EV vs. hydrogen, I can agree that there is a serious question here. I believe that the car manufacturers find EV's so much simpler to implement and sell. The path forward in terms of charging stations vs hydrogen refueling seems a big factor. You do see heavy machinery with hydrogen power, but often on a small footprint (like shippinby TheFarmer - Main Forum
Re: I think I'm done with Porsche ... - 11 months ago
Just silly. Are we happy with the state of ocean temperatures and hurricanes??? Climate matters. Zero emissions matters. Hurricanes matter. So is this just electric vs. hydrogen? Do you need something to explode inside an engine? Do you question where the electricity comes from? But I am open to discussion of impacts of battery vs. hydrogen environmental impacts. I'm keeping my Boxsterby TheFarmer - Main Forum
Re: 981 PCM - 1 year ago
Let me know what you find. I just blew the fuse on my 2005 PCM - twice. So now it is dead, deceased, defunct... I had seen a unit on the Suncoast Parts site a few months ago that was a modern version packaged to replace the original. It had all the goodies, but I was looking for it today without luck. (Of course that would be big bucks). For now, I am doing with an iPhone mount.by TheFarmer - Main Forum
Re: From one problem to discover a new one! - 1 year ago
You are right!!! I happened on a YouTube battery install video this morning that reminded me that the terminals are toward the back. Put in the battery the right way and everything is fine!by TheFarmer - Main Forum
From one problem to discover a new one! - 1 year ago
Well, I got the front hood opened, and old battery out -- Yes the 5 year old battery was dead, very dead. So off to NAPA for another, no problem. Or so I thought... I get it in place and connect the positive terminal, but on starting to connect the negative, a spark flies. There is something wanting to pull power or a short somewhere. I suspect that it has something to do with the key releaseby TheFarmer - Main Forum
Re: Key won't come out of lock, can't start - 1 year ago
Success! I got the small jumpers today, and was able to clip onto the red + terminal in the fuse block and the black to the door latch bar on the drivers door. Pulled up on the hood release and POP! Well, it was not that easy... The rennlist article recommended clipping to a screw on the door hinge, but they had a different configuration. I clipped to the door latch loop at the back ofby TheFarmer - Main Forum
Re: Key won't come out of lock, can't start - 1 year ago
I saw in Rennlist a way to open the front hood. It involves putting 12V to the fuse block, which allows the hood latch to be activated. I'm now waiting on the small jumper cables I ordered from Amazon. I'll let you know how it goes.by TheFarmer - Main Forum
Re: Key won't come out of lock, can't start - 1 year ago
Thanks for the tip. I found the wire, and the hole under a small cover, but pushing it into the hole had no effect on being able to remove the key.by TheFarmer - Main Forum
Re: Possible factors: - 1 year ago
Thanks, I tried all that with no luck. Now its time to get the frunk open and recharge/replace the battery. Got to find the instructions for that - they are here at Pedros somewhere.by TheFarmer - Main Forum
Re: Look for a mechanical release on the ignition switch: - 1 year ago
OK, I found it, and could get the door open. With a jeweler's screwdriver I can push it in a bit, but can't get the key out. Is there a technique? (It does not help that I was in a dark garage with a phone for light... ) Thanks again, Paulby TheFarmer - Main Forum
Re: Look for a mechanical release on the ignition switch: - 1 year ago
I'll give it a try. Thanksby TheFarmer - Main Forum
Key won't come out of lock, can't start - 1 year ago
I went to take my '05 out for a drive today to find that I could not turn the key to start. Then I found that I could not get the key out of the starter switch. I thought that perhaps the battery had gone dead, and tried to re-connect the trickle charger (which I disconnected about a month ago), but it would not charge. I last drove the car a month ago and it was fine. I suspect that it has dby TheFarmer - Main Forum
Re: Yes, very sad. The words stupid & probably totally unnecessary also come to mind. - 1 year ago
No, I beg to disagree. The planet is being totally Fck..d. ICE has got to go. But there is nothing shoddy about the electric Boxters and Caymans...by TheFarmer - Main Forum
Re: Found a few more Fall colours in and out of the car - 1 year ago
Beautiful time of year up there. And a beautiful, well-cared for car. I grew up in western New York, and it feels so familiar.by TheFarmer - Main Forum
Hey Pedro, remember those add-on DRLs you sold 10 years ago? - 1 year ago
Mine stopped working on the left front a few months or so ago, and so I have finally removed both of them. They were great (or pretty good) for 10 years or more. I thank you for the effort and care you took to source them and send them. Enthusiasts get enthused, and you have continued a great tradition. Thanks for all you do.by TheFarmer - Main Forum
Re: Hard spots on leather seats... - 2 years ago
Are Leatherique still in business? It's ben a while since I used it on my car and horse saddles, but I was great.by TheFarmer - Main Forum
Re: Can you be more specific? - 2 years ago
Not at this time of the evening...by TheFarmer - Main Forum
Re: I can't speak for others - 2 years ago
Sorry for the late reply... I did think that your post was well thought out and done.by TheFarmer - Main Forum
Re: Electric cars substitute one problem for another.- that's a good thing - 2 years ago
I have been quite concerned that this thread is not about Boxsters, but about other (i.e. political) issues. My take is that fossil fuels have to go - they are a huge and avoidable part of our problem. The concerns about alternatives should not be dismissed, however. And one of the big issues might be lithium mining. It is not very environmentally friendly, should we say. But the research s fby TheFarmer - Main Forum
Re: The video is blocked for me... But.... - 2 years ago
Electric as we know it is a pretty good solution. We simply can not dump more CO2 into the atmosphere. But you are right that "electricity" is not an end-all. There are coal-fired electric plants, as well as natural gas and oil fired plants. But electric seems the best option for car energy at the moment. Solar is great: a coal fired electricity plant -- not so good. The point about cars iby TheFarmer - Main Forum
Re: Maybe Porsche should build an EV version of one of these . . . - 2 years ago
Great idea!!!by TheFarmer - Main Forum
Re: Thank you, frogster. I don't believe this is new information to those driving . . . - 2 years ago
Electric vehicles can be cheap! But of course the manufacturers want to get as much money out of the rich and famous as they can, so they only offer expensive versions of electric vehicles. This is simple piracy economics: build new products for the rich, then "trickle down". I can't say that this is anything other than sound business practice.. But when the East Antarctic Ice Sheet starts toby TheFarmer - Main Forum
Re: weather - 2 years ago
But the top of Mt. Washington was in the stratosphere for some of this time!!! (or should we say that the stratosphere fell onto Mt. Washington...)by TheFarmer - Main Forum