Anybody know how to remove the overhead console?

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Re: Anybody know how to remove the overhead console?

Post by gnat » Fri Aug 05, 2022 9:15 am

Einsteiger wrote: Fri Aug 05, 2022 8:02 am My 996 has the full monty leather interior
You got the leather covered vent slats?

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Re: Anybody know how to remove the overhead console?

Post by Einsteiger » Fri Aug 05, 2022 10:13 am

...and the leather toilet seat liner in the travel kit. ;)
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Re: Anybody know how to remove the overhead console?

Post by gnat » Fri Aug 05, 2022 10:15 am

Einsteiger wrote: Fri Aug 05, 2022 10:13 am ...and the leather toilet seat liner in the travel kit. ;)
Heh. That's about true with the "no that other full leather option isn't really full leather, THIS is FULL leather" option :lol:

After owning a 98 XK8 I always thought the interior of the 996 was rather meh given what all that leather cost. Then when I joined Rennlist (dammit) and started seeing all the interior complaints I couldn't figure out why they thought it was THAT terrible. Then in like 2013 I went to lunch with a co-worker who had driven his dad's stripper 996 that day. Then I understood what all the complaining was about.

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Re: Anybody know how to remove the overhead console?

Post by 32wildbilly » Fri Aug 05, 2022 10:52 am

gnat wrote: Fri Aug 05, 2022 10:15 am
Einsteiger wrote: Fri Aug 05, 2022 10:13 am ...and the leather toilet seat liner in the travel kit. ;)
Heh. That's about true with the "no that other full leather option isn't really full leather, THIS is FULL leather" option :lol:

After owning a 98 XK8 I always thought the interior of the 996 was rather meh given what all that leather cost. Then when I joined Rennlist (dammit) and started seeing all the interior complaints I couldn't figure out why they thought it was THAT terrible. Then in like 2013 I went to lunch with a co-worker who had driven his dad's stripper 996 that day. Then I understood what all the complaining was about.
Your co-worker's Dad had a stripper...?!
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Re: Anybody know how to remove the overhead console?

Post by Dr_Strangelove » Fri Aug 05, 2022 11:27 am

Einsteiger wrote: Fri Aug 05, 2022 8:02 am Thanks for the Pelican link. I now have the same problem with the wayward switch. My 996 has the full monty leather interior, so I'll be sure to wear white gloves while performing any repair attempt.

Sounds like it's time to wake up the gimp!

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Re: Anybody know how to remove the overhead console?

Post by FRUNKenstein » Fri Aug 05, 2022 12:54 pm

Dr_Strangelove (whew!) wrote: Fri Aug 05, 2022 11:27 am
Sounds like it's time to wake up the gimp!
Hey, let's stay on topic, here. OK, back to the strippers . . .
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Re: Anybody know how to remove the overhead console?

Post by 5chn3ll » Sun Aug 14, 2022 8:40 am

Well, this IS a Porsche forum, so hookers & blow are prerequisites.

Especially for attorneys who drive Porsches. Or so I've heard.




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Re: Anybody know how to remove the overhead console?

Post by Einsteiger » Sun Aug 14, 2022 9:46 am

Why do lawyers drive Porsches? So they can catch up to the ambulances faster. ;)

Sorry....never pass up a good straight line
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Re: Anybody know how to remove the overhead console?

Post by 32wildbilly » Sun Aug 14, 2022 10:47 am

Einsteiger wrote: Sun Aug 14, 2022 9:46 am Why do lawyers drive Porsches? So they can catch up to the ambulances faster. ;)

Sorry....never pass up a good straight line
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Re: Anybody know how to remove the overhead console?

Post by FRUNKenstein » Sun Aug 14, 2022 9:30 pm

Please, gentlemen, stop - my sides are hurting from laughing so much.

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Current:
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1988 BMW 325i Cabriolet, Alpin Weiss
1987 Bertone X1/9, Verde Chiaro
Gone but not forgotten: 1975 914 2.0, Laguna Blue; 1999 996 C4 Aerokit Black; 1990 964 C2 Guards Red; 2006 955S Arctic Silver

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