Jan 6, 2006 10:33:59 PM
- 997 Carrera
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Jan 6, 2006 10:33:59 PM
Jan 6, 2006 10:37:26 PM
Jan 6, 2006 10:38:18 PM
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997 Carrera said:
I'm traveling for three weeks and will have to leave my car in the garage. I bought the Porsche battery maintainer. Any other issues I should take care of or consider before leaving town?
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997 Carrera said:
I'm traveling for three weeks and will have to leave my car in the garage. I bought the Porsche battery maintainer. Any other issues I should take care of or consider before leaving town?
I just came back from a 3 week holiday to the states. When I got home, I climbed in and it started first try Shouldn't be a problem.
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997 Carrera said:
I'm traveling for three weeks and will have to leave my car in the garage. I bought the Porsche battery maintainer. Any other issues I should take care of or consider before leaving town?
I just came back from a 3 week holiday to the states. When I got home, I climbed in and it started first try Shouldn't be a problem.
I did the same thing. Car started right up after 2.5 weeks of sitting. For as much money as the car cost it better start up!
Jan 7, 2006 10:30:24 AM
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Mike S said:
I just came back from a 3 week holiday to the states. When I got home, I climbed in and it started first try Shouldn't be a problem.
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sdy284 said:
for as much money you'd think the car would come with xenons as well as other things...
You guys get it lucky - you have a four year warranty. We only get two!
And we pay more for the damn car!!
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JamesC said:
You guys get it lucky - you have a four year warranty. We only get two!
And we pay more for the damn car!!
We get a 5 year warranty but we pay x2 what you pay. Rough car taxes here. 997 S coupe costs 155,000 US Dollars here.
Jan 9, 2006 1:19:47 PM
Jan 9, 2006 3:22:35 PM
Jan 9, 2006 3:44:38 PM
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JamesC said:
You guys get it lucky - you have a four year warranty. We only get two!
And we pay more for the damn car!!
We get a 5 year warranty but we pay x2 what you pay. Rough car taxes here. 997 S coupe costs 155,000 US Dollars here.
consder yourselves lucky... where i am, we only get 2yrs warranty; an average optioned 997C2 goes for > US$270k, while 9an average optioned 97C2S goes for > US$300k!!
Jan 9, 2006 4:02:27 PM
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JamesC said:
Honestly, people!
Do you really think that any modern car - from a Hyundai to a Porsche - would have any trouble at all with starting after three weeks?
Please.
Just park the car, lock the doors and enjoy your holiday.
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JamesC said:
Honestly, people!
Do you really think that any modern car - from a Hyundai to a Porsche - would have any trouble at all with starting after three weeks?
Jan 10, 2006 10:17:34 PM
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JamesC said:
Honestly, people!
Do you really think that any modern car - from a Hyundai to a Porsche - would have any trouble at all with starting after three weeks?
Please.
Just park the car, lock the doors and enjoy your holiday.
Exactly, 3 weeks is simply NOTHING. You don't even need to bother hooking up the battery maintainer. I've left my 997S for over a month, started like it was just left overnight.
I've got over 150 cars that sit for years at a time (now THAT involves some steps to be taken), so this worrying about 3 weeks and hooking up trickle chargers makes me chuckle a bit. Same with the tires. They'll be a bit choppy for the first 5 miles, then they'll warm up, and that's it... Don't worry about the fuel. The gas coming out of the pumps at the station has already been sitting around for months. Gas only starts to become a real issue in damp storage as you close in on a year. Never use "Sta-Bil" in your Porsche, trust me on that. I've replaced enough fuel systems from the tank to the carb on cars that used Sta Bil, that I know...