1st week in a 991 - disappointing

[W12GT]

The engine is incredible in 991.1S guise. I love the manual gearbox and PSE. The handling is superb.

But.... the PCM is rubbish and keeps defaulting to factory settings on start up. There are a few rattles that are annoying.

Oh and the climate system is like something from 30 years ago. I've driven home in the rain and the windscreen was constantly steamed up and wouldn't clear with blower on full. The last car I remember doing that was my old 996 from 2001! Basically it was borderline undriveable but for the fact I had a cloth in the car to wipe it!

I've had a lot of cars (over 100) and I can only remember two of them giving me back ache - both 911s. Well that's now 3 cars and make that three 911s. I just can't believe that it doesn't feel like it has progressed that much in certain aspects.

I'm gutted tbh.

Edited by W12GT on Wednesday 17th May 19:09

[Stirlings]

Re the heater problem
Did you buy the car from an OPC?
Reason being I ve had a number of heater problems come up on 111 point inspections of the cars I ve sold and various heater valves have been replaced

[W12GT]

Yes OPC. Have you suffered with misting up with those issues?

[av185]

If the seats are the wrong type for your build you will obviously find them uncomfortable.

Many find the buckets, especially the folding ones way more comfortable than the sports seats or even the adaptives.

[TonyG2003]

I have a 991.2 but the heating/ demisting work absolutely fine. Is your aircon working?

In terms of seats - which ones do you have and have you tried other seats? You could maybe change seats?

[W12GT]

TonyG2003 said:

I have a 991.2 but the heating/ demisting work absolutely fine. Is your aircon working?

Well I thought it was but I've checked tonight and I'd now say no it isn't. Ffs this is supposed to be have been through a 111point check.

[Twinfan]

Check the aircon settings in the menu are not on 'gentle' or similar. There's an option in my CGTS to change the strength of the airflow and at less than 'normal' it's useless!

[Shiverman]

I think you need to go back to your OPC with the car tbh.

My 991.1 doesn't mist up and the sat nav works perfectly and afaik/remember has never locked up or reset.

Seats - well that's personal but I've found standard 4-way sports to be very comfortable.

[porkgts]

W12GT said:

The engine is incredible in 991.1S guise. I love the manual gearbox and PSE. The handling is superb.

But.... the PCM is rubbish and keeps defaulting to factory settings on start up. There are a few rattles that are annoying.

Oh and the climate system is like something from 30 years ago. I've driven home in the rain and the windscreen was constantly steamed up and wouldn't clear with blower on full. The last car I remember doing that was my old 996 from 2001! Basically it was borderline undriveable but for the fact I had a cloth in the car to wipe it!

I've had a lot of cars (over 100) and I can only remember two of them giving me back ache - both 911s. Well that's now 3 cars and make that three 911s. I just can't believe that it doesn't feel like it has progressed that much in certain aspects.

I'm gutted tbh.

Edited by W12GT on Wednesday 17th May 19:09

Check all the vents are open. Porsche lent me a cayman and it kept misting up terribly until I realised someone had shut all the dashboard vents off. Once opened it was fine.

[JMBMWM5]

W12GT said:

Well I thought it was but I've checked tonight and I'd now say no it isn't. Ffs this is supposed to be have been through a 111point check.

Ha Ha that's Porsche for you, wkers.

[S1MMA]

I had a 991.1 S cab for a week.

Didn't have any problems with windscreen misting up in rain, drove it in heavy downpour with no issues. Yours has a problem.

Engine I thought was good, not exceptional. Not a scratch on my 997 GT3.

Get it sorted, nice everyday car but didn't get my pulse going even when pressing on. Good alrounder though. Thought the infotainment was actually good.

[stevod]

Possibly a corroded/damaged condenser that's leaking, so no gas left in the system. If corrosion then they'll be done under warranty. Perhaps they'd rather fix it under warranty than as part of the car prep?! The system should demist without issues regardless of the climate control 'intensity'.

Maybe a factory reset on the PCM?

[W12GT]

Thanks all. It's definitely going back asap. Managed to get comfortable today and no back ache! Given up on the stereo - useless.

A really nice drive. I actually think the exhaust could do with being a bit louder......

Edited by W12GT on Saturday 20th May 21:09