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I don't think Porsche has changed the material since then.
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If you think the car is happy, it seems to magically run better.
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The 996 new owner video clearly shows how you should close the trunk, by using your finger tips, both hands, on either side of the emblem.
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Get older and go bald so that you can use your hair brush for other things like fluffing the cars carpet
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Caught myself the other day closing the door by holding and pushing the window to close the door. I figure that is doing nothing but giving the tracks, rivets, glues and what not a chance to fail and cost time and money to repair.
The I recalled when I first joined the forum and a the topic of the front hood emblem needing replacement and how closing the hood by pushing on the emblem is the wrong answer. I quit doing that trick after reading how the emblems aren't easy to get and attach............
So I'm just wondering what else have guys found is what not to do.
Might as well add don't use strong rim cleaners since it takes the protective coat off and the metal is prone to corrode.
getting in with the door partially open invariably involves kicking the door panel if you are in a hurray, and I have cracked the door speaker grill once...
(I will stop pushing down on the emblem to close the boot - promise)
i never push on the emblem or any other place with my hand to close. instead i use my forearm placed at the edge of the lower lip of the hood and lightly press till it clicks. i'm sure everybody's got there own way.
Which reminds me I've been meaning to put a small piece of clear 3m vinyl to the upper right corner of the door handle as that's where I push to close the door. I have a black car so fingerprints are always noticeable there.
I always sit in the driver seat carefully then swing my legs in so I don't slide on the seat edge and also put extra pressure on the seams. I also ask my occasional passengers to do the same.
I can see how pushing on the hood emblem would eventually cause wear.
I always check out my passengers so they don't have any metal zippers, sharp metal buttons/clips of any sort on their pants or specifically jeans. It happened in my old bmw and every time the guy would slide in the seat I would hear a ripping type sound. The second time he did it I looked and he scratched the whole seat with a zipper type pocket...
Also when getting out of the car, I don't hold on to the seam of the seat...
I watch what shoes I wear, and if they are very grippy I would take the clutch shoe off so that I don't make a hole in my mats...
I have two old hood emblems, from a 1970 and 1972, that are bent like a potato chip from folks pushing on them to close the boot. I replaced them when I bought the cars. They are only gussied up pot metal. I don't think Porsche has changed the material since then. Except for the new ones on the GT3RS? that are decals.
The emblem is attached by a single mounting stud and screw. The stud is attached to the emblem in the center and doesn't have much area of contact. The contact area can become weak if there is any play when pushing on the emblem.
Eventually the contact area will weaken enough for the emblem to come off. I know I've lost 1 emblem as it flew off my hood driving at speed and another one later when washing the car.
I don't really even close it by the emblem but I imagine doing it would put more stress on it and cause it to fall off sooner.
Yeah, I have no idea if it is actually necessary but it makes me feel better, and I've found the "happy feeling" usually prevents about 90% of problems with cars. If you think the car is happy, it seems to magically run better.
LOL! I'll be sure and ask my wife to do that the next time she gets in it.... not!
It's cheaper to just have the seats recovered every couple of years as opposed to having her pissed at me for treating my car better than I treat her.
I've closed the door on my Boxster and my Turbo this way since day one for both cars with no harm. 'course I am gentle. I used this technique once when I closed the door of my sister's BMW and she I didn't like it. So I stopped using this technique with her car and would probably not use when closing someone else's car door unless I observed the same technique being used.
Close the trunk lid by pressing down on where the latch catch is attached. This the area that receives the resistance when closing the trunk lid.
Sincerely,
Macster.
I was pretty good at that till the big bill for the porsche rebuilt engine. Happened at 122k miles so eh. Kind of seems the repalcement engine doesn't have the kick in the pants but its only got maybe 1k on it so far.
I tried non porsche wiper blades only once and they didn't do very good. Sadly last porsche pair cast $65 up 100% in price. So for now going non porsche blades seems the wrong thing to do except for price wise.
When I first got my car those handles had already taken abuse.
I do make an attempt when getting into the car to sit down and bang my shoes together to get the debri off the shoes before getting in. It's just a little attempt to keep stuff out that gets in anyway but slower than it could of been.
I make a concerted effort not to pour sand or water into my gas tank.
By that I mean that I am very picky about where I stop to put gas in the tank. A few pennies a gallon saved somewhere cheap (and perhaps undermaintenanced) is not worth the price of a new engine. This also applies to gas stations that have substantial standing water puddles after each rain.
Rear seats, seldom used, so I generally keep them in the "closed' position with the backrests down. maybe fooling myself, but i figure it protects them from the sun.
There are TWO straight metal studs brazed to the bottom of the emblem, the retaining nuts spiral onto the studs through friction, there are no threads on the studs, they are smooth.
Pressing on the emblem with one's palm to close the hood shouldn't put any undue stress on the emblem IMHO.
On other cars I've owned, I could always close the hood by just letting it drop from 6" or "help" it a bit while closing the hood, the 996 is the only car I actually have press on any part of the hood to close it, since letting the hood drop from 6" just doesn't work.
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My nephew visiting a long time ago asked if he could have my wood hair brush.
His sales technique was I don't need it anymore. Real nice kid right. Lives in NYC now the fricking little punk WITH MY BRUSH
Don't turn the rear defroster on if you have window tinting back there.
It makes the plastic foggy
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