Trailering a 997s pdk
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Trailering a 997s pdk
Thinking about taking the car to a DE this weekend and was wondering if it was ok to trailer while in park. The owners manual has some instruction of how to get the car in neutral by removing the stash compartment cover and pushing some lever but that seems like a hassle. You cannot put the car in neutral unless the key is in the ignition and powered up. Just wondered if anyone with the pdk is just trailering in park with the brake on or releasing the tranny into neutral.
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The problem is that with the gear selector in Neutral you can't extract the key from the ignition and many on-board electrical systems remain active, creating a drain on the battery. I don't think you'd want to leave it that way for a long tow. As OP discovered, no reason not to leave the selector in Park instead of worring about putting it into Neutral at all.
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