Newbie intro and question
Time to post as I've been lurking around these forums for a while now, so time to say "Hi". Last year we got our first Porsche - a new 987S. A few months later we added a fully loaded Cayenne S to replace our X5. But as there are three of us in the family and the Boxster was always in demand we decided to change it for something with enough seats for 2 adults and a small child. We settled on a slightly used 997 C4S Cab which was collected yesterday.
Spec as follows:
Slate Grey Metallic
Black Roof
# 19 inch CarreraClassic wheel
# Adaptive sports seats
# Automatically dimming interior and exterior mirrors with integrated rain sensor
# BOSE Surround Sound System
# CDC-4 six disc CD autochanger
# Door entry guards in stainless steel
# Extended navigation module
# Fire extinguisher
# Floor mats with leather edging
# Heated seats
# Leather interior in natural leather (dark grey)
# ParkAssist
# Porsche crest embossed on head restraints
# Vehicle Tracking System
# Rear section of center console in leather
# Side skirts
# Sport shifter
# Sports exhaust system
# Telephone module
# Three-spoke multi-function steering wheel in smooth leather
# Wheel centre set
Having a great time with it - the only downside at the moment is I am finding the sports shifter hard to live with, as it always seems to need "forcing" - even when warm. Its never as smooth as the standard gearshift I tried on a C4S hardtop demonstrator which almost felt like it slotted itself into the gear as soon as you started to move it.
This is an ex-demonstrator and has done 5k miles so it should be broken in. Anyone got any opinions on whether the sports shifter should be such a PITA?
Spec as follows:
Slate Grey Metallic
Black Roof
# 19 inch CarreraClassic wheel
# Adaptive sports seats
# Automatically dimming interior and exterior mirrors with integrated rain sensor
# BOSE Surround Sound System
# CDC-4 six disc CD autochanger
# Door entry guards in stainless steel
# Extended navigation module
# Fire extinguisher
# Floor mats with leather edging
# Heated seats
# Leather interior in natural leather (dark grey)
# ParkAssist
# Porsche crest embossed on head restraints
# Vehicle Tracking System
# Rear section of center console in leather
# Side skirts
# Sport shifter
# Sports exhaust system
# Telephone module
# Three-spoke multi-function steering wheel in smooth leather
# Wheel centre set
Having a great time with it - the only downside at the moment is I am finding the sports shifter hard to live with, as it always seems to need "forcing" - even when warm. Its never as smooth as the standard gearshift I tried on a C4S hardtop demonstrator which almost felt like it slotted itself into the gear as soon as you started to move it.
This is an ex-demonstrator and has done 5k miles so it should be broken in. Anyone got any opinions on whether the sports shifter should be such a PITA?
You have a few nice cars there. As it's a demo car they do seem to take a little stick when being demo'd. You might like to have the clutch checked out, it could be as simple as this needing adjustment.
) - but maybe that's just me 
Great looking baby!!! 
997 owner who might really want a "PITA" sport shifter. Installation only involves about 1 hour labor, at a guess.
