One year...I'm done

[FrayAdjacent]

Originally Posted by MAC986

Just spoke to a guy that owns a shop that specializes in Porche's and I explained what was going on and he told me to come on in and he would try to reset some switch. Of course I asked how much to do this.....believe or not he told me no charge, let see what happens. I'm leaving straight from work and going over there.

Keeping my fingers crossed that maybe it's something that simple.

Keep us posted. You really could have something very simple causing goofy issues. Like I mentioned, maybe the ignition switch. It seems that little thing can cause all kinds of weirdness.

[MAC986]

Okay, this one's hard to admit, but the problem with my car was my fault. So cut me some slack before you go off on me. Trust me I've already beat myself up on this one.

Anyway, what happend was.... unbeknownst to me I left my window cracked and it rained and got the driver side soaked back behind the seat and apparently shorted out the memory board or whatever wiring is back behind and under the seat. So, looks like its going to cost around 1800.00 to fix and my car will be out of commission for about three days. Also, will have to rent a car while mine gets worked on.

Guess, I'll go and get that second job now....man this sucks. School of hard knocks, won't ever do that again. Even when the temp here get in the upper 90's my window will be closed, better believe it.

Thanks for everyone's advice...appreciate it!

[Brucelee]

Originally Posted by MAC986

Okay, this one's hard to admit, but the problem with my car was my fault. So cut me some slack before you go off on me. Trust me I've already beat myself up on this one.

Anyway, what happend was.... unbeknownst to me I left my window cracked and it rained and got the driver side soaked back behind the seat and apparently shorted out the memory board or whatever wiring is back behind and under the seat. So, looks like its going to cost around 1800.00 to fix and my car will be out of commission for about three days. Also, will have to rent a car while mine gets worked on.

Guess, I'll go and get that second job now....man this sucks. School of hard knocks, won't ever do that again. Even when the temp here get in the upper 90's my window will be closed, better believe it.

Thanks for everyone's advice...appreciate it!

Tough break. Hey, who HASN'T left a window down from time to time?

[Bavarian Motorist]

Yikes. That one would eat me up for a long time.


Live and learn

[98Boxster98]

MAC - I hope you don't beat yourself hope too bad. Leaving a convertible highly susceptible to electrical damage by water ingress is a design flaw, IMO. It's an all too common story. I drive my Boxster in fair weather but guess what? Rain showers sometimes happen unexpectedly. The drain plugs can become clogged if one is not diligent. Placing the DME in a Tupperware box as suggested by MNBoxster and/or using offset posts becomes a more pressing and necessary mod for me every time a water damage story is posted. Good luck, MAC!