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  1. What have you done to your 981 today?

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    Just now, daz05 said:

    Nice one, I am working on my install video, it's very long as you can imagine and looks like I'm doing a yoga session running the cables ! 

    I'll be having someone else do it - if I can break something reasonably sturdy like the locking wheel nut tool, I'd be paying out for a whole new stereo if I got my fingers in there... or do those motherboard screws not need to be tightened to 160Nm??

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  5. What have you done to your 981 today?

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    Just got my summer 20s back from being refurbed and was about to change them when I realised my jack doesn't quite fit under with the slightly smaller winters on, so bought a lower profile jack, got halfway through swapping the wheels over and the locking wheel nut thing has broken! Aaaagh.

    I'm going to have to buy a new one, then I'm going to replace the things with normal bolts.

    And why are the wheels torqued all the way to 160Nm? Seems a bit excessive to me.

  9. What have you done to your 981 today?

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    Posted · Edited by Rob™
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    It was a V8 Vantage... I'd always promised myself an Aston when I was younger but had been put off by the costs involved - I used to have a fairly high annual mileage and the thought of spending all that money just on fuel to go to work put me off. Now, the work can be done from home and I'm expecting infrequent trips into the office so I thought why not...? It didn't help that a neighbour has gone and bought a DB11 Volante! Beautiful! 

    Anyway, the Vantage is a great looking car, and they sound utterly awesome and if someone were to give me one I'd happily accept, but the Boxster just felt like a better all round car. Perhaps because mine is a bit newer, and I' m used to it, and all that, maybe if I was going from the 987. then I dunno... the 981 just felt a better place to be. And with the added bonus of being a cabriolet and I think I'd miss that. 

    The reviews back me up too - the Porsche get the better driving reviews whereas the Aston gets the exclusivity.

  11. Boxster 981s - Thoughts on value & alternatives?

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    On 3/6/2021 at 9:02 AM, hj04 said:

    R8 V10 - These do really interest me and they are becoming more 'affordable, I would certainly like to try one so Daz if you have I would be fascinated to hear a comparison with a 981s. 

    I know someone who sold his GT3 and picked up an R8 V10 a couple of days ago... seems happy so far, but then still in the honeymoon period.

  13. What have you done to your 981 today?

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    Mine's under a layer of snow at the moment, but it did have a good run out in-between Christmas and New Year - had a small (distanced) get together for a sedate Sunday drive along some local roads with some other Boxsters and 911s (including a GT2RS and GT3).

    When I get 6 minutes, I'll be giving that reset sequence a go.

  14. What have you done to your 981 today?

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    10 hours ago, Withy said:

    I like it (quite a lot).  The updated user interface does modernise the interior, and I probably wouldn't do without it now.

    It's a hassle to install, and it has it's quirks (hopefully sorted by the new software), and I don't know of anything else which does the same thing keeping the PCM in situ.

    With the CarPlay retrofit for 993/996 offerings from Porsche I can't help but wonder if they won't do one for 981/991 soon though - but that said, it'll cost a fortune I'm sure.

    Thanks... maybe a Christmas present to myself if I can find someone to install it (I can be quite catastrophic with electronics).

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  15. What have you done to your 981 today?

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    On 10/25/2020 at 5:44 PM, Withy said:

    Also did a software update on the JoyeAuto CarPlay adapter thingymabob.  Seems to work a bit better now.  How to do it in the ICE section

    What are your thoughts on the JoyeAuto thing? I want something that gives me CarPlay but preferably keeps the PCM info, am I right in thinking this is the only option out there?

  19. What have you done to your 981 today?

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    On 7/28/2020 at 7:59 PM, Madlil said:

    Fitted some 19” Boxster S alloys - love them!
     

    before

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    after

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    Bowker RV - just around the corner from me... hello!

    Anyway, yes, those "afters" are nice. I'll be on the lookout for something to put winters on to, they might be an option.

  23. What have you done to your 981 today?

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    Posted · Edited by Rob™

    I actually had a spin out yesterday - had to get food in and the Boxster isn't as impractical as people might assume for a weekly shopping trip. It was my first journey out in a little over two weeks, it's amazing how quite the roads are... 😃

    I will have to do something about that chittering steering wheel though - over poor road surfaces, it sounds like a monkey in the froot, which stops if you firmly grip the wheel. I had thought it may have been the squeaky fuel tank on the bulkhead (it didn't happen on the test drive when the car was running on little more than fumes), but I guess not, unless the tank and column are in close proximity (just checked - the column passes through it...).

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