When I had my 996 it was always said that if your car is going to sit in the garage for a week or so its best to lock the door because there is less battery drain due to more systems being shut down or going to sleep. Is this the same with the 997?

 

Absolutely. Also, if it sits for a long time, you may have to use the key in the door lock to "wake it up".

 

You can also pull and release the drivers side handle (not sure about passenger side) and then use the remote to unlock the car.

 

Personally I always lock my cars in the garage every night.

 

Lock it with 2 clicks yielding a long hazards light signal (instead of the normal 2 blips). This way it locks the doors but disables the cabin motion alarm.

 

Locked. Under video, sound and motion surveillance. All doors to garage alarmed.

Lastly, a heavily armed and highly trained response within seconds.

It's how we do things in Texas y'all.

 

Amen. Here in Texas forget about the alarm. Beware of owner. It’s a great place to live, except the humidity.

 

 

Interesting. Does anyone have details on locked vs unlocked and battery drain? My car is never locked with he key in the ignition, pulled out just enough not to chime... usually on a trickle charger as it's not driven as much as it should be. (no worry about theft as it's not easy to get in to the garage and it is well protected)

 

I leave mine unlocked but they're always on a battery tender when parked since I never know how long one will sit between drives - sometimes it's a day and sometimes a fee weeks.

Keys are nowhere near the cars.

 

I wanted to clarify a little - I'm not one of those guys that wear a Glock shirt, open-carries, has a giant HK decal on the back of my pickup, or even advertises any gun ownership in any way under everyday circumstances.

My opinion is let's say your in a 7/11 and along comes comes an armed robber. These people aren't the brightest bulbs on the billboard but they might just be smart enough to single out the guy in the HK or Glock shirt to suspect he might be an intervening threat and as a result mitigate that threat as a preemptive strategy.

AFAIK this works across the board. Police probably respond differently to a car with this bumper sticker and a giant Glock decal on the back (something you see in Texas on a near daily basis)

Home intruders and those pesky no knock warrants (also a Texas problem) would approach a house differently and more aggressively if you have one of these on the front door .

I doubt such a sign is a deterrent if the intruders are motivated.

To me it just says "come in shooting". (a local friend of mine has a neighbor with such a sign) Texas, y'all.



Lastly, Pete bring's up a good point, not a problem for me now but I will probably have a locking and hidden key box at some point soon.

When I travel out of the country I do this ridiculous routine of hiding keys all over the house and by the time I get back forget where I put them.

Nothing like having to search the entire place for a few days before I can drive my car. It happened once. (sigh)

Maybe it's why these Ferrari's are 40 years old and only have 3,000 miles - owner forgot where he hid the keys.

Could have saved Cameron's dad a lot of trouble.

 

Thanks for the confirmation on this guys. Car will be locked and loaded.

 

Did not know this thanks.

 

I don't lock my car in the garage. Sometimes it can sit for up to 6 weeks at a time when I am out of the country. Cranks right up every time.

 

I lock mine in the garage and really anytime I exit because my keyed seat position is set for easy entry. So when I get back in the seat is scooted back a bit. Then I start the car, hold position #2 button and then we are ready to go!

Cw