QuoteBoxsterra though I prefer to keep my passengers wondering what gear I'm in I like the look of the pattern in the knob but also prefer whoever is driving the car (if not me) to know what gear is what. Lol.by CarreraLicious - Main Forum
That’s pretty cool. I like the look with the shift pattern on the knob though, so would probably add that.by CarreraLicious - Main Forum
QuoteBoxsterra I had a nice metal-knob shifter and found it often got too hot to touch (parked car, top up). I eventually tired of having to wrap a towel around it to get started and took it out. I hear ya. I also had an aluminum knob in my Boxster, and noticed it did get hot too at times when parked, but it didn’t bother me enough to remove it. I will live with it cause I like the look and feeby CarreraLicious - Main Forum
Thanks, I have a friend who has done the handbrake swap before already so he said he’d help me do it. I will wait til next spring probably. Will keep my driving gloves handy in the glove box in case it gets too hot. LOL.by CarreraLicious - Main Forum
I have a cab. I don’t usually park it with the top down so not that worried but I am a little worried about the handbrake handle as I usually rest my hand on that I’ve noticed. Not fully decided if I will install that part now though but probably will.by CarreraLicious - Main Forum
Quotefrogster don't wait. install the brake! otherwise it will be one of those nagging things that hangs over your head forever. i put a short shifter in my MY2000 boxster and loved it. maybe you should do that since it will spur you on to doing the brake handle. Thanks...yeh, I am still on the fence of installing the brake handle to be honest though because as nice as it looks, I’m not sureby CarreraLicious - Main Forum
Ha, thanks G. I guess gifts to myself don’t warrant one.by CarreraLicious - Main Forum
Been eying this X97 aluminum and leather shift knob for a while. It’s cheaper to buy it with the handbrake as a combo rather than getting the knob alone. Guess I’ll install the handbrake one day if I get a short shifter or have to replace my cables. Fits on 911, Boxster and Cayman with 6-speed. It’s heavier than the standard knob. What do ya think?by CarreraLicious - Main Forum
Glad to hear you got it fixed. Wish you many more years of enjoyment of your Porsche!by CarreraLicious - Main Forum
That’s a very nice and unique color. Nice pics!by CarreraLicious - Main Forum
n/tby CarreraLicious - 10 years of PB
QuoteSayle I have decided to have the local Porsche dealer solve this problem and I have an appointment this coming Wednesday. I hope they can get the trunk lid open. What an avoidable mess!!! I will let you folks know how things turn out. Thank you for your suggestions and a big thank you to Pedro. They will do exactly as we described so you won’t have to go thru any trouble or headache. Tby CarreraLicious - Main Forum
Yes, pull the left front wheel liner to access the pull chord. If you don’t have the security lock for the wheel bolt, you can borrow the dealership’s security bolt key (they have all of them), but you’d have to get your car to the dealer. Or, you can destroy it like Pedro said, to get it out.by CarreraLicious - Main Forum
The easiest thing to check first is your fuel pump fuse and fuel pump relay. If you open the cover to the fuse box (foot well near where your dead pedal is located), there should be a folded paper behind the cover which shows the fuse and relay locations. If those are good, then you have to investigate other items which could be a crankshaft position sensor, fuel pump, clogged fuel filter (rare),by CarreraLicious - Main Forum
QuoteCarreraLicious It all started for me when I was a kid and had this poster of a red 944 in my room with a pretty woman on it. I ended up getting that same 944 in 1986. In 2002, I got my Boxster and enjoyed it for 17 yrs until I got my 997S Cab. It’s been a great journey and many thanks to PPBB and Pedro’s Board for all the great memories! How it started for me: Of course, I had to getby CarreraLicious - 10 years of PB
It all started for me when I was a kid and had this poster of a red 944 in my room with a pretty woman on it. I ended up getting that same 944 in 1986. In 2002, I got my Boxster and enjoyed it for 17 yrs until I got my 997S Cab. It’s been a great journey and many thanks to PPBB and Pedro’s Board for all the great memories! How it started for me: Of course, I had to get the car: Then camby CarreraLicious - 10 years of PB
Door jam I think is for max load though. Normal for your model yr is 34 front 40 rear. See below;by CarreraLicious - Main Forum
Recommended is: 997.1 is 33 front 39 rear. 997.2 is 34 front 40 rear.by CarreraLicious - Main Forum
I saw him and that car (he drove it up to a meet up at Bear Mountain last December) that Magnus Walker organized. See pic below. I remember him explaining to Magnus about the car and what he did to it. Pretty nice set up. Magnus rolled up in that black 968.by CarreraLicious - Main Forum
Nice! Hey, you run your tire pressure high, no? I run mine 31 front and 39 rear.by CarreraLicious - Main Forum
QuoteSMILIN kinda quiet at this party. do you do the quickstep? He said.... “Get your story ready and post it on November 21st.” So you’re a little early posting your story and pics. Not that I mind though.by CarreraLicious - Main Forum
Have met and hang out with some really cool folks from this and the previous PPBB site. Many thanks to Pedro and the staff for keeping this site going.by CarreraLicious - Main Forum
Running out of top down days with the colder weather coming. Guess I’ll go top up...by CarreraLicious - Main Forum
Congrats on the milestone G. It was a top down day here as well. Hopefully not the last before the winter comes.by CarreraLicious - Main Forum
I think 7 gears is one too many for a manual. Too easy to miss a shift.by CarreraLicious - Main Forum
Nice....aqua or cobalt? I almost got a cobalt 997, but ended up with midnight.by CarreraLicious - Main Forum