New Boxster S owner - 986 Forum - The Community for Porsche Boxster & Cayman Owners

dacostad · 04-13-2005, 05:45 PM

Hi guys,

well I am the proud new owner of a 22,000 mile 2001 Boxster S with lots of nice options.

One of the options is the PCM system with navigation. Given the age of the car can anyone tell me how good the navigations system is compared to a "modern" equivelent?

Thanks

David

Adam · 04-14-2005, 06:28 AM

Navigation is a rare option in the 986. How much did that option cost?

dacostad · 04-14-2005, 06:33 AM

I do not know what it cost, but new ones are about $3k I believe.

David

Brucelee · 04-14-2005, 06:35 AM

I do know that the service tech at my dealership thinks the Porsche NAV is substandard. Since I don't use NAV myself, I did not press him as to why he feels this way.

I have not seen any NAV in any of my Boxes or 911s and have to assume it is a rare option indeed.

So, you have a rare car. Congrats!!!

Let us know what you think of the NAV as you begin to use it.

wetstuff · 04-14-2005, 08:36 AM

PCM (option #662 on your code sheet under front hood) was $3,450 at the time. It says; "Order disks from Navigation Technologies (Nav Tech) 888 628 6277 (2001 phone no.) on the sheet I have.

Juicy one: Cassette radio, GPS nav. and OBC w/climate.

I don't have a clue on how well they work but, Enjoy.

....and post a pic.

jim

dacostad · 04-14-2005, 08:50 AM

Thanks for the info. I will post piictures when I pic it up next week. Interstingly there is an outstanding recall on the PCM which says it needs a software update. The Porsche dealer will fix whatever that is before I pick it up.

I already have a TomTom Go GPS which is great, but the PCM looks nice in the car.

Davdi