Will we be able to DIY on newer 911's in years to come??

speedracer · 08-26-2006, 07:26 PM

I have always thought I might like to pick up a 997 in, lets say, 10 years....

This got me to thinking, will we be able to DIY on these cars as they age as we do now with our classic 911's. Will the technology in new cars become more basic to us as time goes on. In the future will there be more tools/diagnostic systems available to diy at reasonable prices. Or will the days of the diy rest with 3.2's, 964's, 993's???

Panzer909 · Panzer909's Garage

Absolutely.

Its a matter of becoming familiar with the technology and the DIY familiarity trickling (down?) into our hands. All throughout the 80's, it was the secret of life itself to properly replace & tension a 944 timing belt until more & more guys became familiar with it. Diagnostic tools currently only availible at dealers will be expensive yet availible in the years to come. A good example is the service reset tool on my '91 E30 that was like the Holy Grail when the car was new. I was going to buy one online for $30 until some shmo found out that you can do the same fix with a $0.15 paper clip. Go figure. Its all about demystifying. It will happen when I buy my 997 in approx. 2016

Danny_Ocean · 08-26-2006, 08:16 PM

The older I get, the less DIY I want. $$$ solves all problems!

speedracer · 08-27-2006, 07:53 AM

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Originally posted by Panzer909
Absolutely.

Its a matter of becoming familiar with the technology and the DIY familiarity trickling (down?) into our hands. All throughout the 80's, it was the secret of life itself to properly replace & tension a 944 timing belt until more & more guys became familiar with it. Diagnostic tools currently only availible at dealers will be expensive yet availible in the years to come. A good example is the service reset tool on my '91 E30 that was like the Holy Grail when the car was new. I was going to buy one online for $30 until some shmo found out that you can do the same fix with a $0.15 paper clip. Go figure. Its all about demystifying. It will happen when I buy my 997 in approx. 2016

I hope you are right. The things that scare me is stuff like porsche's new suspension managment system, I think it's called PASM. Seems real complicated but then again for my 3.2 I would take it in for the major stuff...

speedracer · 08-27-2006, 07:56 AM

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Originally posted by Danny_Ocean
The older I get, the less DIY I want. $$$ solves all problems!

I still have quite a few years left in me yet...

Early_S_Man · 08:29 AM

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Absolutely.

Its a matter of becoming familiar with the technology and the DIY familiarity trickling (down?) into our hands. All throughout the 80's, it was the secret of life itself to properly replace & tension a 944 timing belt until more & more guys became familiar with it. Diagnostic tools currently only availible at dealers will be expensive yet availible in the years to come. A good example is the service reset tool on my '91 E30 that was like the Holy Grail when the car was new. I was going to buy one online for $30 until some shmo found out that you can do the same fix with a $0.15 paper clip. Go figure. Its all about demystifying. It will happen when I buy my 997 in approx. 2016

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Anybody that thinks they are going to be doing DIY work on 1997 Porsche ABS or Motronic in 2016 is positively certifiable, or maybe just naive!!! Retrofit to non-ABS ... much more likely!