Agree with Mark, The car has a 16pin obd connector but the cars hardware is not obd compliant.,only usa spec 993 are obd compliant and all turbo models(need to be bosch digital motor electronics 5.2), this suggested tool would work fine on a 996 but would in my opinion be of no use for the 993 . Far better to purchase the tore-b code reader for 964/993 (with appropriate adapters) or a genuine or Chinese clone durametric. Genuine and clone ones will work on any number of pre 996 models without vehicle limit and have good functionality for all models. A genuine pro spec durametric would keep an indie going for a while with free genuine updates and extensive model coverage and no vin specific three vehicle id limit. 993 and older do not record vin on dme control unit so the tool has no way of knowing how many different ones it's being connected to! so as long as you stick to 993 and older even an enthusiast kit will work on unlimited cars.
Warning do not attempt to update via durametric a clone interface, it will ruin it! ask me how i know.
for my money i would buy an old ibm laptop and obtain the genuine software ,a kts pcmcia interface card and buy a lead and have full limitless up to 2005 porsche dealer spec software and capability, unless you need to talk to post 05 cars in which case the durametric is the best budget tool around..............
Christian.........................
