Hello
I recently purchased a '99 carrera C2 through a private party. The car is in showroom condition and I had it preinspected at Porsche w good results and installed the newer LN Engineering Bearing and at the same time they installed a new cluch and oil seal for around $2800. So i felt much more confident about the car as a preventative measure for the engine failures they are prone to, I was driving it about 5 days ago (2nd time driving it since purchased) and while I was on the highway doing about 75miles an hour, I exited and took it out of gear and placed it in neutral as soon as i did that all the instrument control lights came on and the RPM fell down to 0 and the engine turned off and when I placed it back into gear again the car's engine came back alive again. The instrument cluster lights disappeared after a few secs. I was able to duplicate this problem over and over again by ramping up the speed which ramped up the RPM's and putting it into neutral and same thing happened again. I took it to my Mechanic and so far he is thinking that its the idle controller but he is suppose to get back to me again tomorrow. The mechanic already replaced the idle controller and he told me that the computer does not correspond w the new idle controller and he asked me to bring back the original air intake and I did. This car has an aftermarket K&M air-intake. I don't know if its the sensor for the air flow thats not working or what? But again he is suppose to call me tomorrow and let me know if swapping the airintakes w the original got it fixed or not. Meanwhile if anyone has seen this problem or has any suggestions please feel free to drop a line as any hints and clues are appreciated. Thank you for reading such a long essay but I just wanted to be as clear as possible. This is a great car but I am pretty disappointed about all the flaws that we have to deal with. It makes me nervous driving it everytime as I work hard for my money. Just saying
