Iggypop

As I browse this forum I've noticed that there seem to be some very important tidbits about the 928 that every owner should know. Pretty much every day I read something that I should make sure to do or not to do that I had no idea about before. I've read the "Before you post" thread, but it seems to me like that thread is more focused on posting etiquette and cool knickknacks than vital, need-to-know information specifically about the car itself and caring for it well. I think if there was one main (stickied?) thread that some of our more knowledgeable members could add to it would be a big help for new owners. Hell, I know every time a new owner posts they almost always say something to the order of "is there anything specific I need to know?" A thread like this would eliminate that and almost definitely be more thorough than the one or two responses people get.

SO, if you guys feel this is a worthy undertaking, then post away with those informative bits of knowledge! If it gets good enough, maybe we'll get a sticky. And if I'm shooting in the dark here, well, it's not that hard to let a thread die.

Bret928

Best atvice I've ever gotten had to be to take pictures before you take anything apart.

911Dave

1. Clean the ground points regularly. All of them.
2. Buy and learn to use a digital multimeter.

goliver

Don't leave the only keys to the shark in it when it is running or you might be locked out. Really sucks. Also keep spare relays with you along with a printout of the fusebox and relays from 928gt.com in the glovebox along with a fuel pump relay jumper cable and a multimeter.

mnotz

Get a shop manual, either in print or on CD...ummm...wait...I still need that too! Wasn't there someone on the list who had them available? Anyone knows who and for how much?

Bret928

LOL! Yes it do! I always carry my spare keys with me to the “hand car wash”. Learned that one the hard way when one of the attendants left the key in the car and it locked him out. Brining the entire car wash to a screeching halt when they couldn’t get into my car! But luckily I lived right around the corner and the manager ran me home.

But boy was everybody pissed off when I got back.

Randy V

Sure sounds like you haven't read thru that whole thread.

Most of it is 928-specific.

the flyin' scotsman

Read this forum.

Search this forum for specifics.

Buy Jim Moorhouse's CD collection and read and read and read.

Drive the car; she'll let you know what she needs..............have fun.

Mike Frye

+1 Malcolm

also:

PM stands for Preventive Maintenance

It's the only kind of maintenance for a car like this. Once you get ahead of the maintenance the car will always get you home.

Giovanni

"search the forum"............"search the forum"................

H2

On LONG TRIPS, take basic tools and extra "key" parts. For a few cars, this may require a small trailer. And enough money to get trailered back home. Once you gain confidence and get most of the gremlins worked out, you can skip most items. Rather than carry a spare fuel pump, I just install new ones, etc. But I still carry a spare MAF, Kempf tool, and halon fire extinguisher anyway...and maybe a few brains...and....and... and... The rear seats are too small for people anyway.

H2

DG84S

Every time you open the hood check that the circlips are attached to the headlight actuator levers. It can save you replacing a very expensive radiator.