dutchcrunch

hello,

if anyone is interested suncoast porsche is selling factory pet cd for 14.95. look under weekly specials on their web site.

splattergasted

Just rec'd mine (ordered before Dutch’s post). Felt guilty from Adrian's warnings about counterfeits; but, I guessed a Porsche shop would be more legit than not. Either it's authentic or someone did a really great forgery/copy...professionally printed cd and cd cover. No inkjet/dye sub home jobs here.

Has schematics for every car from 1950 356 to the 2004 Cayenne & GT including special sections on tequipment, seats, and remanufactured parts.

Got mine from Suncoast via e-bay. Same price plus $8.xx shipping.

If anyone needs a part #...lemmie know (but give me some time to figure it out...it's 500 megs)

Michael Delaney

Dutch, Does this Pet require a certain size screen resolution. I have one of these and my monitor is too small to view it.

Bill Gregory

I belive what Porsche is currently selling relies on PDF documents accessed through the web, as opposed to what the dealer gets, which is contained entirely on the PC, and requires 1280x1024 screen resolution.

splattergasted

What I got was a bunch of pdf's on cd driven by html menus. Very easy to navigate and cleanly put together.

I was running it on an older laptop running 1024xwhatever resolution on a 13" monitor. You don't need to be connected to the internet when using it; but, you do need some sort of PDF reader (I was using the free version from Adobe). There were no specific hardware requirements. As long as you can load a pdf, you'll probably be fine. Tonight, I'll reduce the resolution and see if it still works.

It is definately not CAD. The pdf is a scan of the schematic with actual text bullets and descriptions. Translated, you can zoom in and scroll around if your screen resolution isn't fine.

The actual diagrams are of lower quality (they look like actual scans of hardcopies ... not as high quality as say, your owners manual); but, the text is actual text and therefore zooms nicely.

Unfortunately, I haven't found an easy way to navigate or search if you don't already know the part #. The menus take you most of the way there; but, for a specific part, you have to scroll through the pages until you see a diagram that's familiar

Also, the PDF is locked down so you can't copy the text (you can print or take a screen print).

Is it worth it? I'd say it was a good gamble for $23.

I'd post a sample; but, I don't want to violate any copyrights. If anyone wants more info, feel free to PM me.

MadHungarian

Keithart:

From whom/where did you obtain the dealer PET, and for how much, if your please. Thank you.

jimq

I got the $15 version and if anything its a help in figuring out what order things go back together and what they are called! Also i would think that even tho its a 1994 model year a majority of the parts would be the same numbers. May not have my cab info but is pretty detailed in most other area from what i can see in the short time I have looked at it and pretty good quality when blown up. Was worth the money to me.

Bill Gregory

The dealer electronic catalog is not available through Porsche. Individuals have broken the 'electronic' lock and sell it. A few years ago, the software company that wrote the software was going after people for distributing it without their consent.

JerryW

Yes but the "PDF Crap" is the only legal avenue for us enthusiasts. I'm just greatful that they came out with a legal version for us, rather then the ripped off copies of delear programs .

ttAmerica RoadsterAWD

Keithart.....I second the question above....how do we acquire a dealer PET and how much???

Jaime

JasonAndreas

edit: Discussion on breaking copyright laws doesn't belong here, s'il vous plait

williamreinecke

Does anyone know if it will work on a Mac?

Schuey

I thought you could only color on a Mac?



But seriously, I don't think it'll work on a Mac...

chancecasey

You know, this whole subject of lack of good parts and repair info, particularly on the 964s, really bothers me. I have the new PET cd and yeah I can usually dig around and find stuff but it's a PITA. Searching only seems to search the bookmarks, not the pages themselves. They are incomplete to some degree also. The "shop manual", which thank God I didn't have to pay $1200 for, is also extremely poor - guess I'll have to look for previous ones to supplement.

I guess the shop manual part isn't a huge deal - most of us can figure it out as we go along - but it would be really nice to have the "right way to do it" on hand, without having to spend thousands of bucks on many, many books.

So, has anyone ever thought about making a proposal to Porsche to release this stuff, like open-source software? I think it would be in their best interest to release the PET programs, shop manuals, and everything else maintenance/repair-related they have, at least on cars greater than 5 years old. These materials are at best a nosehair on the hairy profit beast, so lost revenue isn't an issue.

It would keep their cars on the road longer and running better (brand awareness, quality perception)

It would make enthusiasts like us much happier (brand loyalty)

I know there are quite a few software guys here like myself who could take the raw materials and make something really kick *** out of this, with relatively little efffort, and serve it up to everyone for free.

Any attorneys or marketing/sales pros out there agree/disagree? Where's the hole in my logic? Does this sound feasible, from the "convincing the 800 pound gorilla" perspective?