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Old 08-12-2009, 11:17 PM
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Default learned 2 new things tonight (for 997.2 and might apply to 997.1)

turn your mirror adjustment to "passenger" and if you have power/memory seats when you go into reverse your mirrors will tilt down like with BMW's/etc.


when you lower and notice your headlights arent adjusted up/down like they used to be, u can pop out the clip on right and left inside the frunk and turn the **** to raise and lower headlight beams..
Old 08-13-2009, 03:34 AM
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Mirror tilt also applies to 996s
The amount of tilt is also memorized in the key by selecting reverse (foot on the brake) and entering in key memory.
Old 08-13-2009, 03:42 AM
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Originally Posted by rijowysock
turn your mirror adjustment to "passenger" and if you have power/memory seats when you go into reverse your mirrors will tilt down like with BMW's/etc.
And you can program the downward tilt amount/position to your key as described in the manual on p. 34.
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wait... so i put the car in reverse and push em down and click memory+1 and then it sets there? thats sick!

just looked at page 34=so cool..
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anyone know any other cool things that one doesnt notice unless reading manual? kinda like the diengaging the front axle by clicking one click on the Ebrake on PDK?
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I always thought the Owner's Manual was a feature...
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Originally Posted by Bijan
Mirror tilt also applies to 996s
The amount of tilt is also memorized in the key by selecting reverse (foot on the brake) and entering in key memory.
I tried this today - not exactly as stated in the manual. I had to call my dealer because I remembered him explaining it as a much more convoluted process - seems he is right.

I had to:

1 Start the car
2 Engage E-brake
3 Select Reverse
4 Select Rt Mirror
5 Adjust the Mirror
7 Store the settings (M+1key)
--- that's where the manual leaves off---
6 Turn off the car
7 Exit, and lock the door
8 Wait 30 seconds before unlocking - well actually I went into Home Depot for 20 minutes or so.

Upon returning to my car and starting it up, now in Reverse, my settings were recalled correctly.
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Hey Steve, You are right I dramatically shortened the procedure
To be honest I forgot exactly how I did it, some trial and error involved and we don't have Home Depot here
One thing I remember is that the mirror seemed to behave differently once memorised by the key, ie the mirror did not flip up immediately D was selected, the car has to move forward or the morror selection button has to be moved away from the passenger position setting.
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Originally Posted by Bijan
ie the mirror did not flip up immediately D was selected, the car has to move forward or the morror selection button has to be moved away from the passenger position setting.
Yes, that's how it works.
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Originally Posted by rijowysock
turn your mirror adjustment to "passenger" and if you have power/memory seats when you go into reverse your mirrors will tilt down like with BMW's/etc.


when you lower and notice your headlights arent adjusted up/down like they used to be, u can pop out the clip on right and left inside the frunk and turn the **** to raise and lower headlight beams..
Why are your headlights not adjusted like they used to be? Something is wrong there. You shouldn't have to manually adjust your headlights.
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Originally Posted by JW911
Why are your headlights not adjusted like they used to be? Something is wrong there. You shouldn't have to manually adjust your headlights.
i lowered the car and the stance isnt identical to before after corner balancing.. so i needed to raise em up a bit to match the 2" down for every 24.6' forward ;-)



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