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09981 which you also have on your sticker means during the assembly process your car was diverted to the Werks 1 building for customer-specified options that were not able to be installed on the regular assembly line.
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09981 which you also have on your sticker means during the assembly process your car was diverted to the Werks 1 building for customer-specified options that were not able to be installed on the regular assembly line.
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Thanks, great looking ride you have there yourself!
09991 means the car was assembled with customer-specified options (Special Wishes or "Sonderwunsch" in German) that were available for installation on the regular assembly line as the car was making it's way through the factory.
09981 which you also have on your sticker means during the assembly process your car was diverted to the Werks 1 building for customer-specified options that were not able to be installed on the regular assembly line.
We have some similar options, rear wiper, wheel caps, Hi-Fi sound, Aerokit, & Aluminum/chrome. I'm guessing out of those the special one is the Aerokit that went to Werks 1 to get fitted, I am basing this on absolutely nothing as I didn't even know this was a thing 5 min ago lol.
Special Wishes options are most likely your 3-digit numeric codes and Y codes on your list as these could be installed on the regular assembly line with a quick parts swap. Your X codes (specifically XAA) is likely why your car was diverted to Werks 1 for additional assembly. My limited research suggests 996.1 cars ordered with XAA went to Werks 1 for the Aerokit installation. By the time 996.2 production commenced the regular assembly line was capable of fitting the Aerokit.
I have seen 00501 a few times now but do not have a solid description for this one. Some sources indicate special paint. Out of curosity, what are the paint & interior codes listed on your sticker?
Yep, we had one specific guy who ordered all the Porsches for our Dealership and he was very good at specking out very "cool cars'" with the most wanted options/deletes..
We always had out of state dealers trying to "Dealer Trade" base models/lightly optioned models + cash for the cars he spec'ed out..lol...
I am not aware of any description for 011 in the 996 series, but it is a possiblity the dealer used this code to indicate a TSB or recall had been performed on a vehicle. I have seen similar hand-written numbers on other makes where the dealer tags the vehicle for repairs completed.
Great thread, discovered my car is also 0991. Wondering about codes 00501, did anyone figure this out?
Also I noticed the engine code was different,... I am driving a 996.2 TIP, motor code: m9603 -662 A9610-10 ....any ideas?
M96.03 is the correct engine code for your car. Early cars (98-99 - cable throttle) were M96.01, then M96.02 (2000 - Egas), Then M96.04 for 1 year (USA Only - to meet emissions), and finally M96.03 (3.6L) for 2002 onwards until the 997 (M97 engine code).
