DavidL
Active member
So new to me 03 996t.
Going to peruse the manual but went to the garage today having not used the car since Thursday and fob doesn't work. Opened the car with the key and duly set the alarm off but the car would then lock and unlock using the fob. Now I know there is some sort of sleep mode but after 5 days?
Sunroof rattles when closed and its annoying. Its something within the mechanism but all appears to work. I have occasionally had issues closing it as the button closes but if you leave your finger on too long it opens again. Equally its possible to leave the roof just not closed in this situation. I have noticed with the roof closed that the seal doesn't always sit equally around the roof - a 6" segment sits a bit low. It can be moved manually so it does sit flush.
Its a bit rattly - from the window seals etc. Certainly more than I expected and especially on poor surfaces. Overpainted white lines (old hatched areas etc) that you can't really see it really doesn't like. The inspection showed the coffin arms could do with attention but the ride once going is very good. Damping seem fine its the springs that are very hard.
I find it very hard to get a change from 1st to 2nd without quite a thump when 2nd is engaged especially when its cold. Clutch is only 20k old so bites low. Do they all do that? Although I've had manuals for 20 years this is the only car where more often than I'd like I hear a brief flare of revs when changing gear meaning I'm putting my foot on the gas before the clutch is fully disengaged.
Just me being a camel?
It is due a service and I'll get a big one done as its due that too. They can look at the niggles for me too. 04 model is still on the 12k interval isn't it?
So far I'm a little underwhelmed which is sad as I've wanted one for ages. My old 944t is easier to drive and still here just in case.
Once moving on open roads its sublime and devastatingly fast but very little driving is like that so its showing a few flaws. Hopefully a good service and fettle will sort it out. I hope so as for the money I expected better and if this is as good as it gets it won't last long.
Going to peruse the manual but went to the garage today having not used the car since Thursday and fob doesn't work. Opened the car with the key and duly set the alarm off but the car would then lock and unlock using the fob. Now I know there is some sort of sleep mode but after 5 days?
Sunroof rattles when closed and its annoying. Its something within the mechanism but all appears to work. I have occasionally had issues closing it as the button closes but if you leave your finger on too long it opens again. Equally its possible to leave the roof just not closed in this situation. I have noticed with the roof closed that the seal doesn't always sit equally around the roof - a 6" segment sits a bit low. It can be moved manually so it does sit flush.
Its a bit rattly - from the window seals etc. Certainly more than I expected and especially on poor surfaces. Overpainted white lines (old hatched areas etc) that you can't really see it really doesn't like. The inspection showed the coffin arms could do with attention but the ride once going is very good. Damping seem fine its the springs that are very hard.
I find it very hard to get a change from 1st to 2nd without quite a thump when 2nd is engaged especially when its cold. Clutch is only 20k old so bites low. Do they all do that? Although I've had manuals for 20 years this is the only car where more often than I'd like I hear a brief flare of revs when changing gear meaning I'm putting my foot on the gas before the clutch is fully disengaged.
Just me being a camel?
It is due a service and I'll get a big one done as its due that too. They can look at the niggles for me too. 04 model is still on the 12k interval isn't it?
So far I'm a little underwhelmed which is sad as I've wanted one for ages. My old 944t is easier to drive and still here just in case.
Once moving on open roads its sublime and devastatingly fast but very little driving is like that so its showing a few flaws. Hopefully a good service and fettle will sort it out. I hope so as for the money I expected better and if this is as good as it gets it won't last long.