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Twinfan said:
I can't believe you'd turn a car down based on nav, given you can add Maps/Waze/Garmin etc but each to their own 
The wrong gearbox I could understand...
Just used to it now, I realise phone apps are better but I don't want a tacky mobile holder and wires trailing around.The wrong gearbox I could understand...
Also great for Europe as you have maps already loaded and don't need data.
Advert for the manual says it has the full GTS interior package - with silver stitching.
Car on the photos doesn't - has standard interior with silver inlays and no silver stitching.
No idea if it has PCM as it states 'PCM touchscreen navigation' and 'Audio system CDR plus' - both of which are head units.
Not very good attention to detail.
Car on the photos doesn't - has standard interior with silver inlays and no silver stitching.
No idea if it has PCM as it states 'PCM touchscreen navigation' and 'Audio system CDR plus' - both of which are head units.
Not very good attention to detail.
As a slight aside, I was watching a video of a brand new GT3 on Youtube last night when my OH walked in. After a few moments she said, "Your car sounded better than that".
I didn't want to get into the whole thing about how the car might have been mic'd up (or not), but once I'd stopped crying with sellers remorse it just made me smile that even a non-petrolhead appreciated the CGTS for that simple detail alone. Perhaps I have just trained her well over the years.
I didn't want to get into the whole thing about how the car might have been mic'd up (or not), but once I'd stopped crying with sellers remorse it just made me smile that even a non-petrolhead appreciated the CGTS for that simple detail alone. Perhaps I have just trained her well over the years.
Yeah...That would do it all right! 
I have a 981 Boxster GTS, just over 2 years old, 25k miles.
Started it up the other day and it sounded rough, deeper louder sound. Great you might think, but I just knew something was wrong.
Took it out for a drive (no warning lights) and it felt slightly down on power. Turned it off and back on again (I work in IT, reboot fixes most things ) in the hope it would reset, but no, same sound.
So called Porsche assist Sunday morning, the AA (prestige guys) were out within the hour, he plugged the computer in, not a single error logged. I told him I thought it was a exhaust issue, and I had a theory based on my last car, had a similar issue. He said it didn’t sound right, but nothing he could do there, so we needed to take it to a dealer. Reading is closest, so he followed me there, they weren’t open so left keys with security, parked next to a lovely purple GT3RS. They got me an E-class merc taxi home, and then arranged for a prestige car to be delivered to Home by enterprise, really impressed by Porsche assist, first class service!
Anyway Reading didn’t look at my car until Tuesday (knew that would be the case, even though I was told as it was booked in as a breakdown it would get priority and jump the queue. At first they told me they didn’t have the car and I was mistaken, I asked them to look harder as I had parked it there myself!) but they confirmed my thought, that it was the exhaust flap, the actuator had seized.
They said they had a GT3RS in with the same issue and Germany had asked them to replace the silencer instead of freeing the flap, as it would probably just happen again (which was refreshing, as that’s what happened with my SLK55 AMG, they kept repairing it and it kept breaking). So part is due tomorrow and I’m in the hire car until it’s fixed.
The point of this post is that if anyone has a similar issue, they have a good idea of what it might be.
Started it up the other day and it sounded rough, deeper louder sound. Great you might think, but I just knew something was wrong.
Took it out for a drive (no warning lights) and it felt slightly down on power. Turned it off and back on again (I work in IT, reboot fixes most things
) in the hope it would reset, but no, same sound. So called Porsche assist Sunday morning, the AA (prestige guys) were out within the hour, he plugged the computer in, not a single error logged. I told him I thought it was a exhaust issue, and I had a theory based on my last car, had a similar issue. He said it didn’t sound right, but nothing he could do there, so we needed to take it to a dealer. Reading is closest, so he followed me there, they weren’t open so left keys with security, parked next to a lovely purple GT3RS. They got me an E-class merc taxi home, and then arranged for a prestige car to be delivered to Home by enterprise, really impressed by Porsche assist, first class service!
Anyway Reading didn’t look at my car until Tuesday (knew that would be the case, even though I was told as it was booked in as a breakdown it would get priority and jump the queue. At first they told me they didn’t have the car and I was mistaken, I asked them to look harder as I had parked it there myself!) but they confirmed my thought, that it was the exhaust flap, the actuator had seized.
They said they had a GT3RS in with the same issue and Germany had asked them to replace the silencer instead of freeing the flap, as it would probably just happen again (which was refreshing, as that’s what happened with my SLK55 AMG, they kept repairing it and it kept breaking). So part is due tomorrow and I’m in the hire car until it’s fixed.
The point of this post is that if anyone has a similar issue, they have a good idea of what it might be.
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