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Old 06-10-2016, 04:53 PM
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Originally Posted by Shockwave
I asked my dealer about enabling these functions on my car and they didnt have a clue... I will forward this thread to my SA.
It definitely can be done, my car came with the G Force Meter and Gear Assist function enabled and I don't have the SC option.

Funny thing is, I didn't even ask the dealer to enable those functions for me.
Old 06-11-2016, 02:20 AM
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Notes from my service visit. May provide some clue to other dealers on how to get this enabled. Again, my visit has nothing to do with enabling these functions but they were enabled by accident.



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Old 06-13-2016, 01:05 PM
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Delivery dealership refused to do this for me. They called the regional service manger said it was not allowed.
Old 06-13-2016, 01:18 PM
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Originally Posted by seapar
No Sports chrono; Have PCM

included receipt. Hope this helps. Had to reset personalized features and reset clock afterwards; frunk was open for the service FWIW
Good Luck.
Thank you for sharing, PM sent on which local dealer had done this
Based on RL comments I did not splurge for the pricey Sports Chrono but these features are wonderful to find out.

Sincerely,

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Old 06-13-2016, 01:57 PM
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No one has definitive instructions on how to enable this yet? Some dealer bribes are in order...
Old 06-13-2016, 02:10 PM
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I would bet it is done with the PIWIS Tester. Like in the 997/987 you can change lots of different functions through the coding options in each control module.

This one is likely done only through the instrument cluster coding and it is probably as simple as telling the car it has those 2 features. Once you tell the car that you reset the instrument cluster control module and it all comes to life.

I haven't tested this as of yet but that is how things were done on the 997/987/991/981 models.
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Originally Posted by Jimmy-D
I challenged their Tech guy that if he could activate these functions I would buy lunch for the dealership. It cost me $225 for Pizza Hut delivery
You will be treated like GOD from now on,
Old 06-13-2016, 07:10 PM
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Originally Posted by Aspen Autosports
I would bet it is done with the PIWIS Tester. Like in the 997/987 you can change lots of different functions through the coding options in each control module.

This one is likely done only through the instrument cluster coding and it is probably as simple as telling the car it has those 2 features. Once you tell the car that you reset the instrument cluster control module and it all comes to life.

I haven't tested this as of yet but that is how things were done on the 997/987/991/981 models.
If you figure it out, please update the community! A lot of use would be extremely excited to discover this.
Old 06-13-2016, 07:15 PM
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Originally Posted by Perimeter
Thank you for sharing, PM sent on which local dealer had done this
Based on RL comments I did not splurge for the pricey Sports Chrono but these features are wonderful to find out.

Sincerely,

Scott
Humm - is that your CWM? The $114k build that's FS?
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Originally Posted by blizzard24
It definitely can be done, my car came with the G Force Meter and Gear Assist function enabled and I don't have the SC option.

Funny thing is, I didn't even ask the dealer to enable those functions for me.
Originally Posted by electronspeeder
No one has definitive instructions on how to enable this yet? Some dealer bribes are in order...

This makes sense and likely the reasons dealerships who have enabled the features are reluctant to share the procedure.
Old 06-14-2016, 01:17 AM
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Enabling these functions is easy. You just tell the car via PIWIS that the car has sport chrono even if it doesn't. The gear shift assist is pretty useless in my opinion. The sport chrono on the GT4 looks very integrated into the dash and much better than the 911.
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Originally Posted by kyrocks
Enabling these functions is easy. You just tell the car via PIWIS that the car has sport chrono even if it doesn't.

The gear shift assist is pretty useless in my opinion.

The sport chrono on the GT4 looks very integrated into the dash and much better than the 911.
Useless? .... like having your wife along telling you how to drive?
This is hilarious stuff, jump to 2:00 if you want to see her start to get completly unhinged:


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Humm - is that your CWM? The $114k build that's FS?
Yes, ran out of garage space until our new house in 3+ months
Old 06-14-2016, 02:39 AM
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Originally Posted by Perimeter
Yes, ran out of garage space until our new house in 3+ months
I was trying to figure out why 'splurge and pricey' didn't match up with a $114k build. I left off SC on my cheapo $93k build.
Old 06-14-2016, 10:37 AM
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I had my car in for a 1k oil change and I asked the tech to poke around and see if he could enable these functions. They know are both in the menu and I do not have SC or PCM.
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Originally Posted by fifthspadz
I had my car in for a 1k oil change and I asked the tech to poke around and see if he could enable these functions. They know are both in the menu and I do not have SC or PCM.
Nice!


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