Good Week @ 996Outpost.com

[JayG]

The “Politics” subforum is gone. Good riddance.

It was my mistake to create it; the error has been rectified.

We’re here for the 996. If you need something else, there’s a whole internet out there.

Good call Schnelly.

JayG is our newest mod. Don’t piss him off, as I am hoping to freeload for the next F1 race @ COTA.

What in the name of bribery, coercion, and other salacious acts is going on here!?


I mean hooray!

And the CRM114 discriminator is armed

[5chn3ll]

I know you're new to this admin stuff - but we have decided to use OCP's ED-209 for rule enforcement henceforth.

Never mess with "Dick" Jones (see what I did there?)...

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[Dr_Strangelove]

I said HOORAY!

S.....SOMEBODY TELL THE ROBOT I SAID 'HOORAY'!

[32wildbilly]

Tell the robot I said
(I've been watching the folks in Ukraine do it...so far so good...)

I said HOORAY!

S.....SOMEBODY TELL THE ROBOT I SAID 'HOORAY'!

[Hatchetf15]

That robot is American iron and has no place on a Porsche forum. Duck!

[32wildbilly]

That robot is American iron and has no place on a Porsche forum. Duck!

[5chn3ll]

I've been driving the Grand Cherokee exclusively for a couple of weeks now, trying to troubleshoot a charging system issue.

Today, I had to be at work early to deal with an "emergency" - so I took the 996 instead.

It's easy to forget how quickly the 996 accelerates...and how much fun it is to rev-match downshifts and other stuff that accentuates a high-revving engine (compared to a Jeep product). And, of course, there's the icing on the cake - the guy with the AMG who normally parks in the back lot just HAD to back his Mercedes into the spot next to the 996.

A 996 can inject a LOT of goodness into an otherwise kind-of-bleak morning.

[Dr_Strangelove]

Taking a multi-week break from the car makes it feel like new again, that's for sure. People seem to let their guard down a lot more around classic sports cars than new ones so I enjoy those interactions a lot.

You're still trying to figure out the charging issue after the dealer fix huh Schnell?

[5chn3ll]

The dealer replaced the aux battery - but it's not charging properly unless I drive it for 200+ miles. It's also idling rough, which I initially suspected was a vacuum leak, but now I think is due to the alternator working too hard at idle.

I've been meaning to run a ground from chassis to the batteries - ground issues seem common on the WK2 Grand Cherokee - but I just haven't felt like dicking with it yet. The dealership is still weeks behind and understaffed ("because COVID") - and if the service writer mentions "drive cycle" one more time, I'm going to wind up in prison.

[32wildbilly]

The dealer replaced the aux battery - but it's not charging properly unless I drive it for 200+ miles. It's also idling rough, which I initially suspected was a vacuum leak, but now I think is due to the alternator working too hard at idle.

I've been meaning to run a ground from chassis to the batteries - ground issues seem common on the WK2 Grand Cherokee - but I just haven't felt like dicking with it yet. The dealership is still weeks behind and understaffed ("because COVID") - and if the service writer mentions "drive cycle" one more time, I'm going to wind up in prison.

I forget: Did the dealer qualify the alternator/voltage regulator properly i.e. load test it? Did they check the car for excessive demand while running? Do they have a clue?

"Aux battery" is that the one for restarting the engine after shutdown at a stop light? if so I found a way to help that situation in the Volvo...turn the shutdown system off!