red clip

[coolbreeze551]

Originally Posted by blue2000s

Can the red clip help when someone throws garbage into your car?

I laughed pretty hard when I saw this because I pictured someone throwing a full milkshake in the car and the alarm going off.

The red clip a plastic piece that gets put in the same place your roof hooks into when you close it. When you put the roof down, you put the red clip in it's place and it makes the cars sensors think that the roof is up and when you lock the car it engages the in-car sensors.

It is a cheap for what it does. I use mine a little but I could live without it. For what it costs it is nice to have when you want it. Would look better in black.

[clickman]

I've found it takes the security system some time to react. I can reach in real quick and pull something out and it won't go off.

[Idaho Red Rocket 3]

Thanks for the Info.

Where did you say you live Clickman ?

[clickman]

Originally Posted by Idaho Red Rocket 3

Thanks for the Info.

Where did you say you live Clickman ?

Vancouver Island, British Columbia.
Otherwise known in Canada as Lotusland.

[Lil bastard]

The Red Clip (PN# 986.504.986.00) was originally part of the Speedster Pkg.

It's function was to act as a Fail Safe to prevent the convertible top from being closed when the Speedster Humps were installed, which would have damaged the top mechanism and the Humps.

It was serrendipitously discovered that with this clip in place, in addition to preventing closing the top (because it disabled the top motor circuit), that it also activated the interior IR motion sensors.

The benefit of this was that with the clip in place, the top could be left open and the IR system offered some degree of protection from people reaching into the interior of the car. I say some protection because the system can be defeated by either swift or very slow motion which the system does not detect.

Porsche intentionally defaulted the IR sensors to inactive with the top down in order to prevent false alarms when say a bug flew into the interior, or a leaf fell into it, etc.

Cheers!