What did you do to/with your 996 today?

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Re: What did you do to/with your 996 today?

Post by OceanBlue2000 » Thu Feb 27, 2020 10:22 am

5chn3ll wrote: ↑Thu Feb 27, 2020 10:07 am If I burn a few bucks and get a few "VarioCam just kicked in, yo" decals printed up, anyone else want one?


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I would! It would go right next to the PCA sticker. You might want to print a second sticker that says, "Unless the solenoid is not working"
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Re: What did you do to/with your 996 today?

Post by gnat » Thu Feb 27, 2020 10:35 am

Hmmm... There is an asshat Mustang driver around the corner with an illegal exhaust that likes to rip up and down the street late at night (but not regularly enough that the cops have caught them yet). If you get them made with "that shit ain't comin' off" glue, I might be interested in a couple... :twisted:
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Re: What did you do to/with your 996 today?

Post by 5chn3ll » Thu Feb 27, 2020 10:49 am

I was also considering "My other car is a flatbed" for the paranoid 996 crowd...

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: What did you do to/with your 996 today?

Post by Dr_Strangelove » Thu Feb 27, 2020 11:33 am

5chn3ll wrote: ↑Thu Feb 27, 2020 10:49 am I was also considering "My other car is a flatbed" for the paranoid 996 crowd...

LMFAO I knew a guy with a CL55 AMG that had a very similar sticker on his car. I think it said something like "Follow Me to the Tow Truck".
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Re: What did you do to/with your 996 today?

Post by 808Bill » Mon Mar 02, 2020 7:31 am

Finally finished my FEAL coil over installation. What a difference!
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Re: What did you do to/with your 996 today?

Post by 5chn3ll » Mon Mar 02, 2020 8:40 am

Swapped the starter out on Sunday. The 996 has had a crank delay issue for the past month or two (several second delay between twisting the key and the starter engaging). I was hoping it was the starter and not the immobilizer acting up.

Good news! Crank delay is gone, and the new Bosch unit is so much better than the remanufactured Bosch I installed the last time around. Hoping to be done with starters for the next couple of years.

The only negative fallout: The car threw a P0507 after about half an hour of driving, and it's also idling high. I'll pull the throttle body back off next weekend and check the plenum couplers to find the vacuum leak I introduced...

Bonus: The plastic coolant coupler next to the alternator is still intact despite years of my ham-fisted wrenching. I really ought to replace that before I break it.

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: What did you do to/with your 996 today?

Post by Dgi 07 » Tue Mar 03, 2020 5:53 am

The Rover had the dignity to throw a battery warning in in the driveway, instead of the drop off line at the kids school. Pulled it out of storage. Smiles for days...
5chn3ll wrote: ↑Fri Aug 24, 2018 10:48 am ...an eternity of being sodomized by a giant phallus made of crushed, reformed ghost peppers.
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Re: What did you do to/with your 996 today?

Post by 5chn3ll » Tue Mar 03, 2020 3:21 pm

Battery warning? That sounds positively civilized! The battery warning in every car I've owned to date is audible-only: you twist the key and hear click-click-click-click-click...

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: What did you do to/with your 996 today?

Post by Einsteiger » Tue Mar 03, 2020 3:27 pm

Newer cars give you the advance warning so you can start saving up for the trip to the dealership
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Re: What did you do to/with your 996 today?

Post by 5chn3ll » Tue Mar 03, 2020 3:30 pm

Can't go to the dealership - my religion prohibits sodomy.

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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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