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YOUR RESEARCHUK 996 Vs. USA 996
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Check instrumentation, the springs and shocks are 10 mm lower
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Outside of all the US DOT placards and stickers, check the instrumentation, the springs and shocks are 10 mm lower, check the tail, turn and markers too.
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Outside of all the US DOT placards and stickers, check the instrumentation, the springs and shocks are 10 mm lower, check the tail, turn and markers too.
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Check instrumentation, the springs and shocks are 10 mm lower
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Outside of all the US DOT placards and stickers, check the instrumentation, the springs and shocks are 10 mm lower, check the tail, turn and markers too.
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Outside of all the US DOT placards and stickers, check the instrumentation, the springs and shocks are 10 mm lower, check the tail, turn and markers too.
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Apart from the steering wheel on the right-hand side and the lights aimed to the left, are there any other differences between the US and UK 996's for 2002? I'm interested in those things which affect the export of the car from the US to the UK such as tail lamps, emission, etc.
Also, can the lights be re-directed or do they have to be replaced?
Thanks for the help.
Outside of all the US DOT placards and stickers, check the instrumentation, the springs and shocks are 10 mm lower, check the tail, turn and markers too. Typically not easy to move a car over here.
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2002/3 British specification includes Litronic headlamps with self-levelling as an option. There is no mandatory requirement.
On British spec'd cars the headlights can be adjusted for driving in Continental Europe (methodology described in handbook) so I presume yours will have the same facility in reverse.
Are you bringing the car to the UK or have you found a lemon sucker?
Things have calmed down with the car and it's exactly where it should be in terms of reliability. You must admit that if the roles were reversed you guys would be as p'd off as me. It's not fun running out of gas at midnight, have a non-starting car after a 9 hour flight knowing that your kid needs to go to the emergency room, and then when you do get the car back and taking a long drive the cruise control doesn't work. Anyway, enough said, and if it continues the way it's going I'm going to be a very happy camper. I'm happy now - it's working and boy when it works there's nothing quite like it.
Getting back into a M-B? Probably when my SL55 comes in I will. Had it on order for well over a year. Not saying I'll sell the 996, but I will get the SL for sure. Apart from the reliability issue I haven't really missed my CL500.
My question revolves around going back to the UK. Not to sure whether I will be or not but I want to have all my bases covered in terms of expense (i.e to ship or to sell). Looking at the pictures of the UK 996's the tail lamps look very similar - unlike many US v UK cars. Good to know the lights can be re-directed as that'll save some money and hassle.
I'm not sure how much I'd drive it in the UK as I'll buy a RHD car over there but I'd ship it over so that when I go to the continent I'll be all set.
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