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Old 06-24-2011, 01:34 PM
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Couple tips!

1. Passenger side window only goes up w/ one touch, after it's already half way up!
2. You close the "frunk" by pressing your fist on the Porsche emblem.
3. R on shifter stands for reverse!
4. Couldn't resist numer 3
Old 06-24-2011, 02:06 PM
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Actually, having owned a bunch of these front trunked wonders, recommend more that you close the front trunk by pressing a bit below the emblem now. With aluminum hoods, they can't take too much stress, and when once you closed the hood at around the emblem, you shouldn't do it anymore. Personally, I use my knee to close the lid just below the Porsche emblem. Works, and no fingerprints!
Old 06-24-2011, 02:21 PM
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Edgy is onto something... I use 2 microfiber towels, quartered; one in each hand and use the palm of my protected hands at the bottom to either side of the emblem. Push till it just clicks in a smooth motion.
Old 06-24-2011, 02:37 PM
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Yep - don't use the emblem to close the hood. Here's what the owner's manual says -
Push the lid closed with the palm of your hand
in the area of the lock.
See - something else you didn't know about the car.
Old 06-24-2011, 02:43 PM
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Originally Posted by jfk308
When you accidentally lock yourself in the trunk, there is a yellow handle in there that you can pull to let yourself out. It glows in the dark.
How do you know it grows in the dark? You were there before?
Old 06-25-2011, 02:03 AM
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If you don't have NAV, the car's clock magically slows time down by about 2 minutes per week. I think it has something to do relativity and driving quickly.
Old 06-25-2011, 05:50 AM
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The inverse: Having the factory navigation system provides for continuous dynamic updating of the clock without having to intervene. Otherwise, your bursts of speed approaching the speed of light causes the clock to slow down and lose time.
Old 06-25-2011, 10:52 AM
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Originally Posted by jhbrennan
Yep - don't use the emblem to close the hood. Here's what the owner's manual says -
Push the lid closed with the palm of your hand
in the area of the lock.
See - something else you didn't know about the car.
hmmmm - dealer told me to use one hand on either side out toward the edge of the frunk lid - plams down.
Old 06-25-2011, 11:24 AM
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Originally Posted by acao
If you don't have NAV, the car's clock magically slows time down by about 2 minutes per week. I think it has something to do relativity and driving quickly.
WTF. I have the same thing. The dealership replaced the unit under warranty and the second one does the same thing. I agree - it has to do with time shifting at high speeds of travel.
Old 06-25-2011, 11:30 AM
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You'll find if you brake as fast as you accelerate, that the clock will get back to the correct time.....
Old 06-25-2011, 12:21 PM
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Originally Posted by Spiffyjiff
hey now, hey now, let's give the guy a break - he hasn't been here long enough to endure the ridiculous epic threads. on that note, yes your spoiler will go up and down while you're driving even though you can't see it! it's magic!

Little known fact: You can mount the spoiler on the hood (or frunk iid) with special mounting bolts that are included so you can watch it going up and down while driving down the highway...
Old 06-25-2011, 01:10 PM
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Thanks for the sunroof tip. I was curious why it seemed not to open all the way, I didnt catch it in the manual. Is it in the manual?

I guess you could fit a small asian yogist in the frunk to try the emergency handle . . . might help with the understear.
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Originally Posted by Vjgtrybno1
hmmmm - dealer told me to use one hand on either side out toward the edge of the frunk lid - plams down.
Dealer never read the owner's manual either...and he doesn't care if he dents the hood - it's someone else's car.
Old 06-25-2011, 09:50 PM
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Originally Posted by Vjgtrybno1
hmmmm - dealer told me to use one hand on either side out toward the edge of the frunk lid - plams down.
Dealer's wrong.
Old 06-25-2011, 10:05 PM
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Originally Posted by jakes dad
Little known fact: You can mount the spoiler on the hood (or frunk iid) with special mounting bolts that are included so you can watch it going up and down while driving down the highway...
Please elaborate...never heard of this before. A spolier on the frunk???


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