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    Dec 22, 2006 8:44:47 AM

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    Front trunk temperature

    I actually have a very stupid question. I never bothered to look whether the front trunk of a 997S becomes really warm after say 3hours drive. Anybody with experiences to share?
    I need to carry today kilos of chocolate for Christmas ! - and it's not something I would have liked to do with the 986S in the back trunk
    Thanks

    Dec 22, 2006 9:53:36 AM

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    Re: Front trunk temperature

    There's one way to find out. Ask a gullible person to get in when you next take the car for a drive. Only joking

    Actually, there's even an emergency handle in the front boot so that anyone trapped in there can get out. Gosh, now I'm really proving that I bothered to read the whole manual from cover to cover...sad huh?

    Dec 22, 2006 9:56:36 AM

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    Re: Front trunk temperature

    This depends whether you have a car with AWD. In that case the front trunk gets somewhat warm.
    Of course, it will get extremely hot under the bonnet in direct sun light, depending on your car color.

    Chocolate in the front should be okay in winter time with low temperatures outside. In an AWD car, I would but it on top of something else.

    Dec 22, 2006 10:31:33 AM

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    Re: Front trunk temperature

    Why not just put it on the folded down rear seats and turn the a/c up!

    I must say - every week I put ice cream, chocolate, frozen vegetables, chilled fruit juices, milk, smoothies, fresh fish/seafood in my front boot and none of them ever get warm from the drive.

    I must be the first rennteamer with a Porsche 911 delivery van!

    I can just imagine it. All those 911s lined up in Zuffenhausen picking straws to see which one gets which kind of owner. One 911 picks an owner who will take it to the race track every few weeks (sergini). Another 911 gets an owner who will travel across continents taking majestic photos of lakes and mountains (Gnil). And then there's my poor 911 that was destined to be owned by the 'notorious grocery man'. My poor car has to go to the supermarket every week to do my grocery shopping. Can you imagine my 911 in a huge car park filled with 4X4s, minivans, estate cars, hatchbacks etc ? People look and people stare wondering what on earth a car like mine is doing in a place like that!

    BUT, rest assured, I do take it for plenty of fast drives too!

    Dec 22, 2006 11:59:06 AM

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    Re: Front trunk temperature

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    Why not just put it on the folded down rear seats and turn the a/c up!

    I must say - every week I put ice cream, chocolate, frozen vegetables, chilled fruit juices, milk, smoothies, fresh fish/seafood in my front boot and none of them ever get warm from the drive.

    I must be the first rennteamer with a Porsche 911 delivery van!

    I can just imagine it. All those 911s lined up in Zuffenhausen picking straws to see which one gets which kind of owner. One 911 picks an owner who will take it to the race track every few weeks (sergini). Another 911 gets an owner who will travel across continents taking majestic photos of lakes and mountains (Gnil). And then there's my poor 911 that was destined to be owned by the 'notorious grocery man'. My poor car has to go to the supermarket every week to do my grocery shopping. Can you imagine my 911 in a huge car park filled with 4X4s, minivans, estate cars, hatchbacks etc ? People look and people stare wondering what on earth a car like mine is doing in a place like that!

    BUT, rest assured, I do take it for plenty of fast drives too!



    Mine does go to the supermarket too.. and the front trunk sees many groceries bag

    Dec 22, 2006 12:36:03 PM

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    Re: Front trunk temperature

    its no where near the engine so shouldn't get warm in there unless the sun is beating down on the bonnet

    Dec 22, 2006 1:01:35 PM

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    Re: Front trunk temperature

    I'm wondering why no one thought about placing a simple thermometer in the trunk. Some even tells you what the lowest/highest temperature was.


    That said, if you do that, don't be surprised your girl/wife has left you when you wake up the next morning. Taht's taking car love to the ultimate level of craziness.

    Dec 22, 2006 3:33:06 PM

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    Re: Front trunk temperature

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    I'm wondering why no one thought about placing a simple thermometer in the trunk. Some even tells you what the lowest/highest temperature was.

    +1 for what amazon said. A simple thermometer with a maximum and minimum temperature setting should tell the story.


    That said, if you do that, don't be surprised your girl/wife has left you when you wake up the next morning. Taht's taking car love to the ultimate level of craziness.

    Dec 22, 2006 5:26:05 PM

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    Re: Front trunk temperature

    I have not noticed in my 997C2S cab, but my GT3's front trunks definitely gets warm. I try not to put anything in there when I'm driving long distance.

    Dec 22, 2006 5:41:00 PM

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    Re: Front trunk temperature

    The front trunk does get very hot. There has to be some type of engine-related equipment close to it. I've carried soft-sided ice chests in it and the ice melts fairly quickly. Another note, definitely don't travel with your wines in there, they are nice and toasty when you arrive at your event.

    Dec 22, 2006 5:58:43 PM

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    Re: Front trunk temperature

    If you keep moving on a cloudy day the trunk will stay a little above ambient temp (I'm kinda guessing; never noticed a hot trunk in all the times I used it right after parking a hot car).

    If you stop the car after it is hot the trunk will heat up; the radiators for the engine are on both sides.

    Dec 22, 2006 9:04:08 PM

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    trip report: the chocolate is fine coz it travelled on the passenger seat thanks to the input of this board, but I got rear-ended by a girl who has her license for 3 months...

    Dec 22, 2006 9:10:35 PM

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    Re: Front trunk temperature

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    trip report: the chocolate is fine coz it travelled on the passenger seat thanks to the input of this board, but I got rear-ended by a girl who has her license for 3 months...



    Merde Bonne année

    Dec 22, 2006 9:12:30 PM

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    Re: Front trunk temperature

    ca commence mal....
    Merry Christmas to you too and thanks for the nice picture from the other post!

    Dec 22, 2006 9:39:53 PM

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    ca commence mal....




    C'est le cas de le dire. C'est grave ou pas?
    En plus ca va être les vacances, tu risques de te retrouver sans ta porsche pendant 1 moment.

    Bon courage et joyeux noel qd même !

    Dec 22, 2006 9:49:14 PM

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    bah je pense pas trop grave, le moteur n'a rien car j'ai pu rouler 100km sans problemes apres, mais quand meme il y a des travaux et comme tu le dis avec les vacances ca va prendre du temps! juste embetant...
    she was just asleep or something...

    Dec 22, 2006 9:59:25 PM

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    Re: Front trunk temperature

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    There's one way to find out. Ask a gullible person to get in when you next take the car for a drive. Only joking

    Actually, there's even an emergency handle in the front boot so that anyone trapped in there can get out. Gosh, now I'm really proving that I bothered to read the whole manual from cover to cover...sad huh?



    What's really sad is that you read the wrong manual.

    All cars sold in the USA have to have a mechanical trunk lid release lever inside the trunk. If you have an European Porsche then, like mine, it will not have this feature.

    Dec 22, 2006 10:45:30 PM

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    So you read both the American and the European manuals sufficiently well to be able to compare them both? Man, you're even sadder than I am!

    Dec 22, 2006 10:48:12 PM

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    That really sucks. I'm so sorry to hear of your accident. Hope it can be fixed easily and quickly. She should have taken a damn sight more care!

    Dec 22, 2006 11:03:47 PM

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    Re: Front trunk temperature

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    So you read both the American and the European manuals sufficiently well to be able to compare them both? Man, you're even sadder than I am!



    You're right, I must be.

    I'd feel sorry for myself if I had the time. But I'm too busy because of all those car manuals out there that I haven't read yet.

    Dec 23, 2006 5:17:52 AM

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    Re: Front trunk temperature

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    Quote:
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    So you read both the American and the European manuals sufficiently well to be able to compare them both? Man, you're even sadder than I am!



    You're right, I must be.

    I'd feel sorry for myself if I had the time. But I'm too busy because of all those car manuals out there that I haven't read yet.



    lol, fritz - now i know who to speak to when i have problems. i have never lifted a manual for a car in years

    Dec 23, 2006 7:14:40 AM

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    Re: Front trunk temperature

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    That really sucks. I'm so sorry to hear of your accident. Hope it can be fixed easily and quickly. She should have taken a damn sight more care!



    Indeed...and she was like "it's no big deal, will not cost much"...hinting we should not do anything paperwise...but my whole bumper is dead...it needs to be entirely replaced, and I do not see this being cheap. Anyway, I am mostly annoyed because of the trouble going to the garage etc, and because the lovely butt of my car is not as sexy as it should be

    Dec 23, 2006 8:48:27 AM

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    Re: Front trunk temperature

    Quote:
    Jeannot said:
    Quote:
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    That really sucks. I'm so sorry to hear of your accident. Hope it can be fixed easily and quickly. She should have taken a damn sight more care!



    Indeed...and she was like "it's no big deal, will not cost much"...hinting we should not do anything paperwise...but my whole bumper is dead...it needs to be entirely replaced, and I do not see this being cheap. Anyway, I am mostly annoyed because of the trouble going to the garage etc, and because the lovely butt of my car is not as sexy as it should be



    Sorry to hear that Jean !!
    Was she at least pretty ?

    The replacement of the front bumper + paint costs CHF 1600.. that should give you an idea. I have been front ended by a car reversing last summer....

    Dec 23, 2006 9:48:34 AM

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    ...but on the back you have the sensors for reverse gear detection (whatever the proper name of this is...cannot remember!)...so I guess a bit more...
    and not she was not pretty... :-)

    Dec 23, 2006 10:18:40 AM

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    Re: Front trunk temperature

    Now on these cold days, whenever I open the trunk to take my sports bag out, the bag itself and the clothes are cold
    I haven't driven the car in summer yet, but in winter, I'm very confident to leave a bar of chocalate in the trunk

    Dec 23, 2006 11:06:40 AM

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    Re: Front trunk temperature

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    lol, fritz - now i know who to speak to when i have problems. i have never lifted a manual for a car in years



    If you had to read all your car manuals it'd take you a year. And as you get cars like I get writable CDs, you'd be reading manuals till the end of time.

    Come to think of it, there's one exception in your case: Maybe you can find the LP640's manual on the web, you have plenty of time to read it till delivery.

    On some days, I'm pure evil

    Dec 23, 2006 10:35:08 PM

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    Re: Front trunk temperature

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    Quote:
    fritz said:
    Quote:
    easy_rider911 said:
    So you read both the American and the European manuals sufficiently well to be able to compare them both? Man, you're even sadder than I am!



    You're right, I must be.

    I'd feel sorry for myself if I had the time. But I'm too busy because of all those car manuals out there that I haven't read yet.



    lol, fritz - now i know who to speak to when i have problems. i have never lifted a manual for a car in years


    Don't rely on me, Mike, I just wrote that to go along with easy_rider911's joke at my expense.

    I don't make a hobby of reading car manuals, as easy rider thought. I just knew that there is a legal requirement for all cars currently sold in the USA to be fitted with a trunk release lever inside the trunk.

    Dec 27, 2006 12:16:49 PM

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    Re: Front trunk temperature

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    amazon said:
    I'm wondering why no one thought about placing a simple thermometer in the trunk. Some even tells you what the lowest/highest temperature was.

    That said, if you do that, don't be surprised your girl/wife has left you when you wake up the next morning. Taht's taking car love to the ultimate level of craziness.



    As long as you place a nice peace of jewelery inside the trunk the very next time, it should be fine.

    Dec 27, 2006 12:17:37 PM

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    Re: Front trunk temperature

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    The front trunk does get very hot. There has to be some type of engine-related equipment close to it. I've carried soft-sided ice chests in it and the ice melts fairly quickly. Another note, definitely don't travel with your wines in there, they are nice and toasty when you arrive at your event.



    Yeah, the radiators are just in front.

    Dec 27, 2006 12:18:48 PM

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    Re: Front trunk temperature

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    trip report: the chocolate is fine coz it travelled on the passenger seat thanks to the input of this board, but I got rear-ended by a girl who has her license for 3 months...



    Stupid chick! Sad to hear, but it all could've been much worse...
     
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