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Re: Late Fall on the Blue Ridge Parkway - 4 years ago

It is a must. I found a dead bird in my center radiator! The front grills are from Zunsport. I didn’t like the Zunsport side grills because they fit outside the plastic intake surround. On the sides, I got them from RGS who is over on Rennlist.

LOL! - 4 years ago

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Re: Delivered! New Boxster GTS 4.0 - 4 years ago

Awesome Keith! This is about the only car that could tempt me out of my 2016 GTS. As enticing as the car is, I think I will stick with Godiva. Looking forward to seeing the car and you at BRBS in 2021 (fingers crossed). If you get bored with the roads in your area, we have lots and lots of amazing roads in the western part of the state - come on by for a visit!

Late Fall on the Blue Ridge Parkway - 4 years ago

Re: Anyone else have trouble with thermostats on their 981? - 4 years ago

Thanks Pedro. I picked up an extended warranty just before the car went out of the new car warranty and will use that to cover the thermostat replacement. I figured there were too many expensive electronic gizmos on the car, and that an extended warranty would be a good idea, especially as I plan to hang on to this car for a long time. Estimated cost from the dealer is in the $800 range for th

Anyone else have trouble with thermostats on their 981? - 4 years ago

My 2016 GTS is in the shop to replace the thermostat for the second time. The first one was replaced under warranty in 2018. And now that one is frozen in the open position and has to be replaced. So it did not even last 2 years. Interesting side note - since the first thermostat was replaced under warranty - it does not get the Porsche 2 year parts warranty - it was only warranted until the

Glad to see your forest green Boxster is still with you Rick! - 4 years ago

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Can’t help with your issue, however... - 5 years ago

When I did a Porsche factory tour several years ago I noted that when the upper chassis is married with the lower chassis with the suspension and engine, the overflow tank is already in place on the upper chassis. No wonder it is so hard to get at! Since that is how they manufacture the car, it is no problem for Porsche - at least until it needs to be replaced. Good luck!

Re: First really nice day of the year. - 5 years ago

Car is back from the body shop. Good as new! Final tally was $28K and it took 8 weeks! I have enjoyed a couple of nice spring drives in the WNC mountains and the BRP, and looking forward to many more.

Re: Insurance - 5 years ago

Right, it falls under your comprehensive coverage, not liability.

Re: Glad you're OK jg ... - 5 years ago

As Danny Sullivan said: There are two kinds of drivers - those that have hit a deer and those that will hit a deer.

Re: First really nice day of the year. - 5 years ago

Glad you are able to get out and that the weather is improving. Exactly a month ago, just before the stay-at-home orders went in place, I joined a group of PCA buddies for a drive on some Western NC mountain roads. The weather was nice and the top was down too. Unfortunately, I had a small deer run out in front of my car and I hit it and killed it. There was damage to the front bumper, dented

Re: Is it just me, or are car magazines getting more difficult to read? - 5 years ago

That plus eyes getting older. I had this complaint with the monthly SCCA magazine. They changed they artistic layout of the magazine and made the text size smaller with huge wide margins and photo captions were done with a light gray print on the white background. It made the whole thing almost impossible to read. I am not sure what artistic designers are thinking. Sure works to promote onli

Spark plug swap on 981 - 5 years ago

Social distancing is providing time to do some routine maintenance. On the 981, Porsche service schedule calls for changing spark plugs at 4 years or 40K miles. So it is time for new plugs for my 2016 981 Boxster GTS, even though it only has 10K miles. I got the plugs from Pelican Parts for $55 (this is the Bosch version that had a Porsche part number on the box, as opposed to the official Porsch

Re: Installed Back Up Camera on my Boxster 981 GTS - 5 years ago

Re: Cherahola Skyway in winter - 5 years ago

Did it last year! Got stuck behind a bunch of Harleys doing less that the speed limit for the majority of the run from Tellico Plains to Robbinsville.

Re: Installed Back Up Camera on my Boxster 981 GTS - 5 years ago

I fiddled around with my Durametric, and it does not do the coding. The MaxSpeed OBDII coding tool is quick, easy, and foolproof.

Re: Installed Back Up Camera on my Boxster 981 GTS - 5 years ago

I rented their tool. The programming step using their tool is very fast and very easy. It took me less than 5 minutes to do the programming. They only have a limited number of them, so I had to wait a couple of weeks to receive it, but the unit was programmed and camera installed in less than a week after I received it.

Installed Back Up Camera on my Boxster 981 GTS - 5 years ago

I installed a Back Up Camera on my 981 Boxster GTS over the last couple of days. The unit is from Maxspeed Motorsports in Florida. Total time for the installation was around 5 hours with me stopping frequently and testing to make sure that everything worked as I did the install. When I ordered my car in 2015, the only way to get a back up camera was to order the Park Assist option, which was at l

Re: A trip for Porschephiles - 5 years ago

Great trip Guenter. Did you manage to get a factory tour in? If not, you have a reason to go back!

Nice review of the Taycan by Dan Neil in the WSJ Saturday - 5 years ago

Here’s the link: His conclusion: The first round goes to the champion (Tesla), but it is going to be a long fight.

Re: So I have a question - 5 years ago

Had the same thought! The power of branding!

Here’s how to fix the HP issue..... - 5 years ago

Granted it is a Cayman, but should be possible on a Boxster.

Re: Cup holder - 6 years ago

I had a problem with sticking cup holders on my old 2002 S. I ended up buying a bunch of dashboard parts including cup holders from someone that was tearing into their upper console. I would suggest checking with some of the Porsche dismantlers and pick up the parts used.

Re: Bose cdr 220 question - 6 years ago

The leather covered side panels on the upper center console just pop straight out. I ran the wire out the front on the bottom of the upper center console right at the seam where the side panel meets the upper center console. I mounted a phone holder on the side panel too and the cable connects to the phone in the same area.

Congrats Pedro! Glad to see you are back in business! - 6 years ago

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Re: Perfectly Irrational - 6 years ago

Was with a 20 year Porsche salesperson at a PCA function last night. He had just run the configurator and ordered a GT4 for a customer. He was mentioning that there was no information out about the 2020 Boxster and Cayman, which caused some speculation about what the future holds for these models, particularly around electrification. He speculated that Porsche would be allowing more GT4’s an

Re: Bleeding tip - 6 years ago

The regulator is easy - have one of those on my compressor. More interested in the cap that screws on to the reservoir. What did you use? I can see that the air fitting was mounted to it. Nice hack!

Re: Bleeding tip - 6 years ago

That’s pretty cool. Where did you get it? Looks like the pressure was set pretty low, like 5 psi maybe?

Re: Bose cdr 220 question - 6 years ago

They are all over eBay and amazon.