@#$& horn!

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Re: @#$& horn!

Post by 5chn3ll » Wed Apr 24, 2019 12:02 pm

It sure is nice to have a '99.

Understeer: You will hit the wall with the front end.
Oversteer: You will hit the wall with the rear end.
Horsepower: How hard you will hit the wall.
Torque: How far you will move the wall.

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Re: @#$& horn!

Post by Einsteiger » Wed Apr 24, 2019 12:07 pm

Indeed it is. Neither key fob works for mine, but I don't care. Unlocking / locking with a key is just fine. Manual cable releases are just fine...unless they break. :P
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Re: @#$& horn!

Post by OceanBlue2000 » Thu Apr 25, 2019 2:27 pm

Not sure if you solved the horn issue, but my horn sounds when I brake hard (common worn bushings issue in the frame).

I pulled the fuse at B3, now no more horn.
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Re: @#$& horn!

Post by 5chn3ll » Wed May 15, 2019 9:18 am

Gnat, you ever fix this, or did you just torch the car?

Understeer: You will hit the wall with the front end.
Oversteer: You will hit the wall with the rear end.
Horsepower: How hard you will hit the wall.
Torque: How far you will move the wall.

Gone hunting with Alec Baldwin and Dick Cheney. Back soon.

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Re: @#$& horn!

Post by gnat » Wed May 15, 2019 9:30 am

Neither, but I really should get it resolved. I noticed last night that spiders have built a nice nest in the rear passenger wheel :o

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Re: @#$& horn!

Post by 32wildbilly » Wed May 15, 2019 11:56 am

gnat wrote: Wed May 15, 2019 9:30 am Neither, but I really should get it resolved. I noticed last night that spiders have built a nice nest in the rear passenger wheel :o
Are you getting closer to selling it as a roller, yet? I bet the wife is thrilled!!
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Post by gnat » Wed May 15, 2019 12:24 pm

32wildbilly wrote: Wed May 15, 2019 11:56 am
gnat wrote: Wed May 15, 2019 9:30 am Neither, but I really should get it resolved. I noticed last night that spiders have built a nice nest in the rear passenger wheel :o
Are you getting closer to selling it as a roller, yet? I bet the wife is thrilled!!
It's her car!

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Re: @#$& horn!

Post by 32wildbilly » Wed May 15, 2019 2:28 pm

gnat wrote: Wed May 15, 2019 12:24 pm
32wildbilly wrote: Wed May 15, 2019 11:56 am

Are you getting closer to selling it as a roller, yet? I bet the wife is thrilled!!
It's her car!
I know. That's why figured she might be pissed off at it sitting unable to be used!
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Re: @#$& horn!

Post by gnat » Wed May 15, 2019 3:15 pm

32wildbilly wrote: Wed May 15, 2019 2:28 pm
gnat wrote: Wed May 15, 2019 12:24 pm
It's her car!
I know. That's why figured she might be pissed off at it sitting unable to be used!
If she wants to drive it so bad she knows where the tool box and/or AAA card are :lol:

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Re: @#$& horn!

Post by gnat » Tue May 28, 2019 9:17 am

1.5 months later I've finally done something about the damn thing. Finally got AAA to come get it and take it to the shop.

Funny thing. If you can't get into the frunk to fix your dead battery, you also can't get into the frunk to get your tow hook :( Similarly frustrating, the 958's hook has too wide of a flare to fit through the hole in the bumper and the BMW's (I didn't expect, but it would have been nice) was too small. Luckily the shop is only a couple miles away, the tow truck driver was nice and willing to wait, and the shop had a 987 Cayman with a tow hook that worked (they had another 996 there, but it didn't have it's tool bag).

So I'm going to find a way to keep the hook in the cabin from now on just in case access to the frunk is ever forbidden again.

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