Retrostyle car (LAC)

[Taka Mizutani]

Cody-
I guess you're another one who needs to work on reading comprehension- I
said, as quoted below, that you're totally screwed on an early 986/996 if
the battery dies.

Taka

On 6/1/06, Cody Forbes <cody at 5000tq.com> wrote:
>
> 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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