Can someone tell me how to determine the options my car came with from the VIN; i.e. LSD, etc, things that are not visibly obvious?

I know the car was purchased in Germany in 82 and brought to the US in '85 by looking at the stamped service records.

Thanks

 

Check the inside of the trunk hood. The factory attached a sticker there with the VIN and all of the 3-digit option codes listed. There is supposed to be a matching sticker inside of the Driver's Manual (although mine was missing).

If the sticker is on your car, search "Porsche option decoder" on the web and you should be able to determine how your car was originally delivered.

 

The sticker would look like this:

 

i am not sure if this had started in 82 ..you may be in tough .. N/A cars you can get a certificate of Authenticity but for an imported car I am not so sure

 

Porsche will also give you a COA for imported cars.

 

run the VIN thru pet 7 (will provide list of factory options for both n.amer & row)

 

hey i think i hav PET . I will have to try that for my 32 year old car .. I am sure it will work .

 

The importation of grey market cars into the USA from Germany was extremely popular in the mid-1980s time frame. The exchange rate was very favorable, and plenty of Germans were eager to dump their used cars on the USA. You cannot determine options from just reading the VIN. Submit for a cert. of authenticity from Porsche AG--but be prepared for errors.

 

Can someone explain what PET is and how to find it????Get to it ???? call it or whatever????? I'm fairly new to Porsches.....obviously......

 

I've only been driving Porsches for 36 years and don't know what "PET" is either.

 

the PET is the electronic parts catalog that is used by the dealer parts department. It has exploded axonometric diagrams of parts assemblies that are very helpful to see specific parts in relation to their neighboring parts as well as their #'s and names. Most of you have seen parts of the PET even if you did not know what it was called.

http://www.porsche.com/all/media/pdf...93_KATALOG.pdf

 

latest PET (version 7 & beyond ) are fully interactive with data bank allowing for specific VIN searches, determining original option codes, set-ups, and perhaps easier grouping for parts searching, ID's.

covers full range of p-cars.

i cannot link from PET downloads or screens to screen save or scan.....so here's photo's of an interactive session including VIN search of my car...........