Retrostyle car (LAC)

[Cody Forbes]

Taka Mizutani wrote:>
> I don't see why the keyhole issue is such a big one- if you look at
> all of the current Audi lineup,
> you will only find a single driver's door keyhole. Yes, if the lock
> guts fail, you're screwed. That's
> nowhere near as bad as the '99 Porsche 996 and the '97-99 Boxster
> models- if the battery fails,
> you're totally screwed- there is no way to access the battery
> (secured by electric solenoid actuated
> panels).
> >
> Taka
>

You've not been locked out of a 986 Boxter of 996 I assume. I have.... on 
both models actually. I've had numerous 986's with dead batteries at the 
shop, and I learned the first time it happened that there are indeed 
emergency releases on these cars in the form of small braided steel cables 
dangling inside the bumper cover both front and rear.

Still a terrible and incredibly annoying design, but at least they did leave 
an escape route!

-Cody Forbes (been working on Porsches for too long......)
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