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1. What type of oil should I use in the 996?
2. Why does my coolant look brown colored?
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4. I just bought a 996 from a local used car dealership, and started to drive it home and heard a loud boom sound. It won't start and I'm getting all the lights showing. I'm stuck at an intersection. Help!
5. Just changed my oil for the first time and I noticed lots of metal and plastic parts. Maybe I should use a different filter next time? Why would there be plastic in my filter?
6. I left my convertible top down and a storm flooded my car. It won't start and the alarm goes off. I'm currently hand-cuffed in the back of a police car. Help!
7. Was about to install a new radio and bought some new Craftsman wire clippers from Sears. I started clipping all those cute colorful wires and couldn't stop! Clip, clip, clip... it felt so good. But now the car is silent. Doesn't do anything. Can someone help? I think I may have clipped the wrong wiring harness
8. I just filled up my tank with some powerful 87 octane from Walmart, but the car is smoking like a freight train. I think my oil separator is going bad and so I ordered one from China. Can someone help me through the steps to replace?
9. I want to put some 20 inch Panamera wheels on my car. Will they work on the 996?
10. IMS failure - is this a serious problem, really?
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the 996 is a relatively small car, when they're painted silver it can be
very difficult to be seen
if my car is a little dirty, it just blends into the asphalt
parking lots require heightened awareness, Yukons at Target just don't see
911's
forget the idea of ever 'stopping in' at a Walmart or warehouse club
the first dent I ever got on a luxury car was at a Costco, cart just traveling 'on it's own'
Walmart is worst place to park any decent car, but the 911s sit very low which gives the wal-rats a higher probability of damaging your car. I get so frustrated driving the car on interstate expressways... trucks are always changing lane without seeing me.
I get so frustrated driving the car on interstate expressways... trucks are always changing lane without seeing me.
This conclusion is ... false. Having driven a vehicle with the same mirror setup (and overall length) as a semi trailer, there is no difference in the ability to see a 911 as there is a Camry or really even a midsize SUV.
If trucks keep cutting you off you either are driving too fast for the conditions and you think you are getting cut off or you live in that one magical place where everyone says they live but no one does -- that place where the drivers are worse than everywhere else.
This conclusion is ... false. Having driven a vehicle with the same mirror setup (and overall length) as a semi trailer, there is no difference in the ability to see a 911 as there is a Camry or really even a midsize SUV.
If trucks keep cutting you off you either are driving too fast for the conditions and you think you are getting cut off or you live in that one magical place where everyone says they live but no one does -- that place where the drivers are worse than everywhere else.
Have you ever rode with a woman that likes to drive and fumble around with a cell phone? They're everywhere these days and they mostly drive big SUVs. They swiftly change lanes and in my experience, about plow all over me in those Suburbans and Expeditions. I wasn't speaking of semi trucks, but of course, I didn't clarify either. I did however, work at a truck stop during my college years and one of the most consistent things I heard was how smaller cars would hover in their trucker's blind spot. Most of the truckers were good guys, but grumpy and short on patiences with the little dogs nippin' at their rear wheels. I listened to many stories of how they would change lanes and then hear a blast of horns in sudden panic.
And...
Who says I drive too fast for conditions and how did YOU know I went to Disney huh?
11-14-2016, 11:17 AM
