Boxster (981) Picture Thread
Discussion
anniesdad said:
I meant to ask what you thought of the car?
Absolutely loved it, noticed the difference being the 2.7 compared to my 3.4 but it was a fantastic drive and a lot of fun at lower speeds, not really into convertibles but at least I had the sunshine whilst I had it lol. Problem now is that I have had a brand new C2S for the day today and well, it leaves the boxster miles behind but then so does the price.
anniesdad said:
Here's an image of a 981 I wasn't expecting to see quite so soon.
Looks like a gremlin as it sorted itself out with a reboot. Anybody else seen this?
I understand that VW EPB's have a real hisory of playing up like this - and i suspect what we have are VW parts??
AndyBrew said:
Ozzie Osmond said:
melvster said:
Has anyone in the UK ordered their Boxster with a manual ?
I was wondering the same thing looking at the pics in this thread!
- Any idea what if anything the SPORT button does? ** The manual says it adds "greater emotionality", which is very helpful! I reckon it just switches on a light...
Ozzie Osmond said:
So presumably you share the annoyance of being unble to reach the radio volume control because the gear lever is always in the way!! They never switch it round for RHD.
That is very true, even in a manual- Any idea what if anything the SPORT button does? ** The manual says it adds "greater emotionality", which is very helpful! I reckon it just switches on a light...
Mrs a bit annoyed that she doesn't have steering wheel buttons because we have the sport wheel with paddles
I had a mustang last week in that was a nice wheel, not dissimilar to look at to our wheel and yet managed to get buttons for everything on there, in place of the stupid bits that say sport, sport plus and launch control!
Nody31 said:
My 2.7 has done it a number of times - the EPB appears to get confused - and then it will be ok??
I understand that VW EPB's have a real hisory of playing up like this - and i suspect what we have are VW parts??
Well it's happened every day for the last few days and it's getting annoying. I know what will happen though OPC will be unable to diagnose fault and we'll get stuck with it...probably. I understand that VW EPB's have a real hisory of playing up like this - and i suspect what we have are VW parts??
anniesdad said:
Well it's happened every day for the last few days and it's getting annoying. I know what will happen though OPC will be unable to diagnose fault and we'll get stuck with it...probably.
Try this, as it seems to have cleared the problem up - before you go out sit in the car and before you drive off - just put the hand break on and off in a slow sequence several times (6/8)- you can hear the electric motors winding in an out within the rear hubs - im guessing that the mechenism sticks slightly (as its new), and the car registers a fault even though there is none.if you try this before a number of trips you might just find that the problem
disapears..
Nody31 said:
anniesdad said:
Well it's happened every day for the last few days and it's getting annoying. I know what will happen though OPC will be unable to diagnose fault and we'll get stuck with it...probably.
Try this, as it seems to have cleared the problem up - before you go out sit in the car and before you drive off - just put the hand break on and off in a slow sequence several times (6/8)- you can hear the electric motors winding in an out within the rear hubs - im guessing that the mechenism sticks slightly (as its new), and the car registers a fault even though there is none.if you try this before a number of trips you might just find that the problem
disapears..
Is there a pattern emerging?
guys, thanks for the advice and the link to the guys problems. Yes, it sounds exactly like the issues we've been having and indeed his mention that it appears to have sorted out hill hold and some other stuff rings true as looking back I've not seen hill hold come on for sometime despite thinking that it might well have done. I believe the car has to be at a certain angle for the system to recognise that hill hold might be required. I took it into OPC Bolton, they found a couple of errors logged (it's actually occurred more than twice) and that they were unrelated. One was suggestion that it was the clutch part. As they were unrelated they wanted to clear the codes and then send me on my way to see if the error came back on. So far I've not seen it. We'll see.
It looks like the clutch part might well have sorted out the guy on planet-9...hard to believe that Porsche have released a car with such faults. Don't they test these things extensively all over the world in lots of different conditions?!
It looks like the clutch part might well have sorted out the guy on planet-9...hard to believe that Porsche have released a car with such faults. Don't they test these things extensively all over the world in lots of different conditions?!
anniesdad said:
guys, thanks for the advice and the link to the guys problems. Yes, it sounds exactly like the issues we've been having and indeed his mention that it appears to have sorted out hill hold and some other stuff rings true as looking back I've not seen hill hold come on for sometime despite thinking that it might well have done. I believe the car has to be at a certain angle for the system to recognise that hill hold might be required. I took it into OPC Bolton, they found a couple of errors logged (it's actually occurred more than twice) and that they were unrelated. One was suggestion that it was the clutch part. As they were unrelated they wanted to clear the codes and then send me on my way to see if the error came back on. So far I've not seen it. We'll see.
It looks like the clutch part might well have sorted out the guy on planet-9...hard to believe that Porsche have released a car with such faults. Don't they test these things extensively all over the world in lots of different conditions?!
Hill hold very rarely came on when I had your car, I did wonder why funny enough!It looks like the clutch part might well have sorted out the guy on planet-9...hard to believe that Porsche have released a car with such faults. Don't they test these things extensively all over the world in lots of different conditions?!
Hill hold is pathetic. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't, so it might as well not be there at all. And when it doesn't you can't just pull up the handbrake you have to lean forward and fumble under the dashboard trying to remember whether it's pull to apply like every other handbrake on the planet or push to apply just to be different.
Do PDK cars have the same problem?
What were they thinking with this whole electric brake garbage....
Do PDK cars have the same problem?
What were they thinking with this whole electric brake garbage....
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