by Steve Grosekemper | Dec 23, 2022 | Boxster/996/997/Cayman
While Porsche has gotten along with air-cooling for their sports cars for the past 50 years or so, it has come to my attention that all Porsche models are water-cooled, and have been since 1999. The reason for this new-fangled water-cooling is that it maintains a more...
by Steve Grosekemper | Oct 28, 2022 | Boxster/996/997/Cayman, Non-model Specific
With all the electronic gadgetry in our cars today from ABS to PDK, it is hard to believe that when I started driving in the early ’80s that power windows were such a big deal. That’s right, you could actually open the passenger side window from the driver’s seat with...
by Steve Grosekemper | Jan 8, 2013 | Boxster/996/997/Cayman
If you have a Boxster or 996/997, there is an excellent chance that one day you will exit the car, press the remote to lock the car and hear a terrible noise coming from the right front fender. This will be one of those “finger nails down the chalkboard” kind of...
by Steve Grosekemper | Jan 8, 2013 | Boxster/996/997/Cayman
(Clean air for you and your car) When most Porsche owners obtain a new vehicle they spend an excess of time cleaning and polishing their new acquisition. After the car is so clean that the glare becomes a danger to oncoming traffic, and water beads off the owners...
by Steve Grosekemper | Jan 8, 2013 | Boxster/996/997/Cayman
While Porsche has gotten along with air-cooling for their sports cars for the past 50 years or so, it has come to my attention that all Porsche models are water-cooled, and have been since 1999. The reason for this new-fangled water-cooling is that it maintains a more...
