Forgot to mention that I pulled my venerable Valentine 1 out of storage and hooked it up this afternoon. It felt right. It needed a new home. Ithooks upquite nicely in the socket on the right hand side of the console under the glove box. So much so that its not enough of a distraction that I feel compelled to hard wire it in. I 'm feeling my way around in the car discovering all these neat little hidy holes and such. I honestly haven't taken the time to read the manual yet, just the quick reference guide. I've been to busy driving. I'll have a little over 300 miles under my belt when I tuck her in for the night. I love this car!
kbs911 - I sense you are letting out all that pent-up emotion from waiting......
Santa Fe,
It's that obvious huh? OK I admit it. I'd post more but I'm off for my final ride of the day! /fckeditor/editor/images/smiley/MWPX/regular_smile.gif
It's true. I'm normally a techno junkie and would have finished reading the PCM manual the first night, but 1 week and 500 miles later, I have yet to crack open that book.
Gotta love the V1,
Definitely saved me from a few tickets during my cross country trip last year. In particular through parts of Montanna and Colorado.
JP
amro,
Right there with you. No excuses, I should be reading the manual instead of typing this, but i get such good info here. 356 miles this weekend, my first. Right now I'm trying to make a decision on what brand of wax to use, already ordered my microfiber towels from autotopia, and look up the jacking points so i can remove my wheels and clean and apply the wheel wax and extreme black tire dressing I found on this site. So many things to do.....so little time!
KBS911, almost 400 miles this weekend. You did good! When you remove the wheels a soft socket helps protect the wheel bolts and of course the wheel hanger is really needed to re-mount the wheel without damage to the brakes or the back..
KBS
How about a walkthrough of the installation for us who aren't so handy? Would be appreciated
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The wheel hanger bolt can be purchased from Porsche (I got mine overnight) or from Boothe.A singlesoft socket also can be purchased from Boothe or a complete set from
www.
griots
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By the way I passed on wheel spacers for a couple of reasons; most racers I talked tocould not offer any benefit but did not like the increased weight and the ones(5mm) Porsche sells didn't seem to offer any appearence benefits.
