cigarette lighter port always on..?

[FrayAdjacent]

I guess if someone really wanted to, they could wire a relay to a ignition-on circuit and the cig lighter socket, so that the cig lighter socket would be powered off when the ignition was off. That way, whatever is on the cig lighter circuit would still be on it.

I think I might try this simple mod. Wire the coil side of the relay to the power for the stereo... then route the cig lighter positive through the relay. BAM! It would turn off when the ignition is turned off!

Since I'll be getting into the dash anyway to move the climate control unit, it might be a decent little mod to do while I'm in there.

[Tool Pants]

UK Boxsters are strange. On some the lighter is hot all the time and on others it is not. We think it has to do with the year. The owner usuall finds out when trying to use a charger that goes through the lighter, because it will not work unless the lighter is hot all the time.

I have been on the Toyota message boards because I'm fixing up my old pickup, and it has been said that on Japanese cars the key has to be on for the lighter to work. That is true for my pickup.

You could rewire the lighter. You can use the ignition switch wire from the cell phone connector instead of the existing always on wire to the lighter. Or you could wire the detector to the cell phone connector.

I heard the cell phone connector was on the driver side of the center console. This is what some guy used to hard wire his V1. He stated the color code and everything, but what does the plug look like and where exactly is it?

[Tool Pants]

You pull off the side panel new to the bat wing and then look for it. It has 4 wires. 1997 had 3 wires. 2003-2004 Porsche put tape on the end of the connector so it would not short.

This is Gary's 996.