[roGERK]

Its illegal (unfortunately) and that's really the end of it...

But I do think it very short-sighted of Porsche (and all the other manufacturers) not to make this stuff freely available on the internet.

Why?

Because its only a small minority of people who do any kind of work on thier cars beyond very simple service tasks like topping up the oil.

Because people like us are encouraged to try even more ambitious repairs and need the spare parts to do it.

because it would demonstrate a mature and sincere belief in Porsche's semi-offical "car for life" attitude.

- roGER (who's already forked out the $$$$ for the hardcopy manuals).