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Question for the Crew... I have not been able to find a really easy to follow video on youtube (Which Shocked me).... I just purchased the Li-Battery Maintainer from Porsche, and I also got the Clamp attachment, as I understand the 992T does not function with the Cigarette Lighter version.
So here is my question. I have the car in an underground garage for the winter, and I have it under an indoor car cover because they are doing a lot of minor construction projects in my building that have been kicking up tons of concrete dust...
My plan is to connect the trickle charger directly to the battery under the frunk (again because I was told the cigarette function does work on the Li/Rear Axle Steer cars...
How do I go about using the clamp adapter, running the cord out of the hood, latching the hood and locking the car so I can cover fully for the winter?
Mostly looking for photo/video tips on how I attach the clamps, how I route the wire, and how I do so in a way that is safe to latch the hood closed to lock the car and cover it.
The clamps that come directly from Porsche Seem like they might be too large to keep the plastic battery compartment cover in place, unless I'm missing something?
Thank you for any and all help with this.
I don’t have a Porsche branded charger but should work similarly. I decided to connect my tender using a cable adapter with eyelet terminals (instead of clamps). Wanted easy connect/disconnect without ever having to open frunk. Only have one photo from car on phone and just stock eyelet cable photo. In Manhattan and away from T presently. But maybe others here done similar already with more pics…if necessary?
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How do I go about using the clamp adapter, running the cord out of the hood, latching the hood and locking the car so I can cover fully for the winter?
Mostly looking for photo/video tips on how I attach the clamps, how I route the wire, and how I do so in a way that is safe to latch the hood closed to lock the car and cover it.
The clamps that come directly from Porsche Seem like they might be too large to keep the plastic battery compartment cover in place, unless I'm missing something?
Thank you for any and all help with this.
I use the ctek charger. Once you open the battery cover it's pretty easy to figure out. Place the clamps on fairly flat and the cover won't touch them. I route the cable out through a small trim gap, near the passenger side of the windshield, and it hangs down the passenger side of the car. No issues closing the frunk and locking. FYI I did have to pull the positive and negative clamp wires a bit apart, so they would stretch across to reach each terminal under the batter cover.
I don’t have a Porsche branded charger but should work similarly. I decided to connect my tender using a cable adapter with eyelet terminals (instead of clamps). Wanted easy connect/disconnect without ever having to open frunk. Only have one photo from car on phone and just stock eyelet cable photo. In Manhattan and away from T presently. But maybe others here done similar already with more pics…if necessary?
Thank you! I have seen a lot of this type of direct connect solution and agree that makes a lot of sense. Since I already bought the clamp style, figured I would give it a shot/take advice from anyone on here that bought the Porsche Branded solution as well. If clamps prove to not work well will switch to this...
I use the ctek charger. Once you open the battery cover it's pretty easy to figure out. Place the clamps on fairly flat and the cover won't touch them. I route the cable out through a small trim gap, near the passenger side of the windshield, and it hangs down the passenger side of the car. No issues closing the frunk and locking. FYI I did have to pull the positive and negative clamp wires a bit apart, so they would stretch across to reach each terminal under the batter cover.
Awesome thank you... Helpful to know that the clamps will fit under the plastic trim cover without issue... I'm sure I was overthinking it, but I was afraid if there was contact there might be melting or fire risk etc... but sounds like shouldn't be a problem.... I just took a walk out to the car and I see a gap on both passenger and driver side. Looks like I could route up next to the Washer filler cap area on driver side too since the garage wall plug is right at that corner of the car...
California is a different market. NorCal dealers prefer to sell to clients in region and same with SoCal. Many dealers outside of California don’t want to sell out of state and prefer clients closer to their dealership (speaking from first hand experience).
I’ve seen on RL folks get very philosophical about how it should be done. What one has to realize is that the US is made up of many markets with each region facing its own set of challenges and advantages. Note that 1.1M households in California are millionaires (source).
Despite the recent tech layoffs, the amount of tech money is keeping many dealers oversubscribed. Yes ADMs are smaller than before but they still exist. Everyone would love to pay at MSRP, folks aren’t paying higher because they lack common sense or have too much money to throw around.
Hopefully the market in CA gets to MSRP in the near future.
Even in California, the ADM situation depends on which dealer you're working with. I paid MSRP.
I’ve seen on RL folks get very philosophical about how it should be done. What one has to realize is that the US is made up of many markets with each region facing its own set of challenges and advantages. Note that 1.1M households in California are millionaires (source).
@stonekutter
Are you sure about those stats? I thought California was a rich state?!
1.1m households (out of 37m) are millionaires doesn’t sound right.
London has 1m millionaire households out of 10m.
I’ve seen on RL folks get very philosophical about how it should be done. What one has to realize is that the US is made up of many markets with each region facing its own set of challenges and advantages. Note that 1.1M households in California are millionaires (source).
@stonekutter
Are you sure about those stats? I thought California was a rich state?!
1.1m households (out of 37m) are millionaires doesn’t sound right.
London has 1m millionaire households out of 10m.
10% of londoners are millionaires? That sounds nuts to me
I’ve seen on RL folks get very philosophical about how it should be done. What one has to realize is that the US is made up of many markets with each region facing its own set of challenges and advantages. Note that 1.1M households in California are millionaires (source).
@stonekutter
Are you sure about those stats? I thought California was a rich state?!
1.1m households (out of 37m) are millionaires doesn’t sound right.
London has 1m millionaire households out of 10m.
California is not a "rich" state. California has several concentrated pockets of wealth, but the state as a whole is rather agriculture based and the vast majority of the population lives outside of the aforementioned pockets.
Your 10% of London households statistic sounds suspect to me...even if we consider there are many ways to set the standard of what is a millionaire.
California is not a "rich" state. California has several concentrated pockets of wealth, but the state as a whole is rather agriculture based and the vast majority of the population lives outside of the aforementioned pockets.
Your 10% of London households statistic sounds suspect to me...even if we consider there are many ways to set the standard of what is a millionaire.
California is not a "rich" state but really no state in the US is, however, California does have large concentration of millionaires per capita and is Porsche 5th largest market in the world (if it were a country). To the OP's original point....yes, the Porsche market varies across the US and the greedy dealerships in California are still charging ADMs because the demand is still there.
I use the ctek charger. Once you open the battery cover it's pretty easy to figure out. Place the clamps on fairly flat and the cover won't touch them. I route the cable out through a small trim gap, near the passenger side of the windshield, and it hangs down the passenger side of the car. No issues closing the frunk and locking. FYI I did have to pull the positive and negative clamp wires a bit apart, so they would stretch across to reach each terminal under the batter cover.
California is not a "rich" state. California has several concentrated pockets of wealth, but the state as a whole is rather agriculture based and the vast majority of the population lives outside of the aforementioned pockets.
Your 10% of London households statistic sounds suspect to me...even if we consider there are many ways to set the standard of what is a millionaire.
The stats are readily available - feel free to check them out. One in ten London homes is worth more than £1m.
£1m = $1.26m so if you use $$’s it’s even more than one in ten.
China is world’s biggest market for Porsches, followed by USA and Germany. UK is 4th biggest with a population somewhat smaller than China and USA😄
Honestly Taffy. The wheels were the hardest decision. The standard wheels in many respect define the T. Yet, I always adored the ED's. In the end, I just went for it, making sure I kept all the other T attributes. My view was, I'd easily pick up a set of CS wheels and refinish them in if I wasn't happy. But I am pleased with how it's worked out! They look stunning. And the platinum paint within the spokes of the diamond cut surface matches the T stripes perfectly. All quite understated..I am a boring Suffolk chap...so that works for me!
So because of all the RAS discussion I decided to ask Pivot and Uhu to come to Apeldoorn so we could make a comparison of all three cars and settle this discussion once and for all.
Of course they both agreed and took the drive to the Netherlands.
I drove Uhus car with RAS and was much much quicker in the corners. Uhu drove my car without RAS but he immediately missed the synthetic feel his car had. Pivot drove his own car because he was busy finally making pictures of it, but we lost him somewhere cause his car without RAS wasn’t able to make a proper U-turn and we never saw him back again…
The stats are readily available - feel free to check them out. One in ten London homes is worth more than £1m.
£1m = $1.26m so if you use $$’s it’s even more than one in ten.
China is world’s biggest market for Porsches, followed by USA and Germany. UK is 4th biggest with a population somewhat smaller than China and USA😄
At least within the US housing prices alone do not make a homeowner a millionaire. Many that own a million dollar+ home have a mortgage on the house. A millionaire is somebody whose assets minus their liabilities are greater than $1M. Only one's equity in a home is an asset, the mortgage is a liability.
According to this article there are 258K millionaires in London, 285K in Bay Area (NorCal), and 205K in Los Angeles (SoCal). Note that California is huge and many people (and millionaires) live outside these two metro areas, hence the total 1.1M millionaires cited on Wikipedia.
London population is ~9M, so about 2.86% of Londoners are millionaires.
Last edited by stonekutter; 12-21-2023 at 08:38 AM.
One in 10 Londoners hold assets worth more than £720,000 as Covid crisis makes the rich richer.
London has overtaken New York as home to the highest concentration of dollar millionaires in the world, according to a report that reveals how much money the very richest people in the world have made during the coronavirus pandemic.
Nearly 875,000 Londoners are dollar millionaires (denoting assets worth more than £720,000), according to an annual study of the fortunes of the world’s wealthiest people by the property consultants Knight Frank.
12-20-2023 | 11:30 PM
