New owner with questions

[Ronzi]

One other suggestion on the radio code business.
On the under side of the front luggage compartment lid you should find a paper sticker with all of the option codes for the car on it.
Dealers frequently scribble a couple of numbers on that sticker. One of them is the security system code, and the other is the radio code. Apparently this is done to save time for their service people when they have to disconnect the battery.

[RandallNeighbour]

Wow. That's high security! Kinda defeats the purpose of having security codes if every Porsche mechanic writes them on the car itself!

[Ronzi]

???
Makes sense to me.
Don't you write all your passwords on a sticky and then paste it to the front of your monitor?

[JackG]

Oh well... my hood doesn't have the radio code scribbled on it. I guess I'll have to wait on the dealer to give it to me Thursday.

Meanwhile... thanks to everyone that responded. Tonite I put a new battery in it, and I used a 12v supply to power the car while I replaced the battery. It was easy, the local dealer service guy said that that's what they do sometimes, and it worked fine. Everything is still working.

I'll let you know if anything weird happens.

Thanks!

Jack