Is Traction Control Standard on Boxster
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You don't have it as it wasn't available on the 2.5.
It's part of PSM (Porsche Stability management) and would be a PSM button on the dash.
It's part of PSM (Porsche Stability management) and would be a PSM button on the dash.
If there's snow this winter I'd leave it in the garage, or watch haplessly as rubber-band-tyred Fiestas overtake you.
You have ABS though, which is nice!
No but seriously, unless you're driving in the snow, 99% of the time the PSM will never kick in anyway on public roads, so don't worry about it The Boxster is an outstanding car, and it will feel like a real occasion every time you drive it, fantastic steering, awesome brakes, great gearbox, very chuckable and top down when the sun's out...what more could u ask for? [
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You have ABS though, which is nice!
No but seriously, unless you're driving in the snow, 99% of the time the PSM will never kick in anyway on public roads, so don't worry about it The Boxster is an outstanding car, and it will feel like a real occasion every time you drive it, fantastic steering, awesome brakes, great gearbox, very chuckable and top down when the sun's out...what more could u ask for? [
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Traction Control, pre-dating PSM, was an option on the 2.5.
There would be a switch on the centre console.
It's useful but not essential. PSM is a cleverer system, but if you really are driving in snow then you should invest in winter tyres and some relevant tuition. Neither PSM or ABS can stop you sliding off the road in really poor conditions.
There would be a switch on the centre console.
It's useful but not essential. PSM is a cleverer system, but if you really are driving in snow then you should invest in winter tyres and some relevant tuition. Neither PSM or ABS can stop you sliding off the road in really poor conditions.
Doh! I'll get my coat then
John,
I have a question for you. Does the Boxster MY2002 (my car, fitted with PSM) have a limited slip differential fitted? When I took my car for its last MOT at my local garage the mechanic asked me if my Boxster was fitted with a limited slip differential because he could not test the brakes on the rolling road brake tester if it had one as it could damage the mechanism. I told him I did not know so as a precaution he took it out on the road and tested the brakes with the Tapley Brake testing meter. I think he was keen to drive it anyway!
regards,
JCB..
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ORIGINAL: Rodney Naghar
If there's snow this winter I'd leave it in the garage, or watch haplessly as rubber-band-tyred Fiestas overtake you.
You have ABS though, which is nice!
No but seriously, unless you're driving in the snow, 99% of the time the PSM will never kick in anyway on public roads, so don't worry about it The Boxster is an outstanding car, and it will feel like a real occasion every time you drive it, fantastic steering, awesome brakes, great gearbox, very chuckable and top down when the sun's out...what more could u ask for? [
Don't listen to him! [
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Last time it was snowing in my area, I was trying to make it up a fairly steep hill in my 986 2.5 and I was all over the shop, a 20yr old Fiat Panda overtook me, and I just couldn't look at the driver, he must have had a good laugh []
Having said that, a mate experienced the same in his 325CIS except his engine kept cutting out because his DSC(?) kept kicking in, so he was bunny hopping all over the shop![]
]Having said that, a mate experienced the same in his 325CIS except his engine kept cutting out because his DSC(?) kept kicking in, so he was bunny hopping all over the shop![
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