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Yeah, it was really straight forward.  Dropped some donuts into the garage on way home today. Got to keep him sweet 😅

Hi Trust all is well with all. What is the service interval requirement one year on from a major service, circa 33K miles.  2k miles and 1 year later, do I need a minor service? Thanks J  

Good work, as you say it's an easy enough job to do at home, glad it went well for you. I did mine a few months back. https://www.caymanoc.com/forums/topic/2945-condensers-and-air-dryer/   Helps to have someone to re-gas, i had a local garage do that bit for me.  

Well, my air con hasn't been working for a couple of months, so had it checked out at my mates garage, and it was both the condensers that were shot. Ordered them from design 911 and opted for the DIY route. Took me around 1½ hours all in, as it was pretty straight forward stuff. Even managed to coax my mate into regassing it on his day off (Saturday) which was a result. The air con is working a treat now. Next job on the list is discs and pads all round, which I ordered yesterday.

Well, my air con hasn't been working for a couple of months, so had it checked out at my mates garage, and it was both the condensers that were shot. Ordered them from design 911 and opted for the DIY route. Took me around 1½ hours all in, as it was pretty straight forward stuff. Even managed to coax my mate into regassing it on his day off (Saturday) which was a result. The air con is working a treat now. Next job on the list is discs and pads all round, which I ordered yesterday.

In theory. Never going to happen in practice. MOT tester would have to remove the light unit pull the bulbs to confirm what bulb type is fitted. They absolutely do not do that.   If your headlights turn on and the beam pattern compliant, the car will pass.

You can't just whack in the Xenon units, as you have found.    You'll need a lot more than coding. There are sensors on the suspension control arms, for instance, that are required to generate the data for the headlight levelling. Then there's the steering data, that's got to get to the headlight unit.   Then there's the headlight washers.   You'll almost certainly need some new wiring etc. Whole thing will be megabucks.I'd say forget it, you are far better off modifying your original headlight units with new bulbs - LED / xenon etc - than trying to fit the factory PDLS units.

If you post a source of info and the quality of that source is poor, it's inevitable that the discussion is going to touch on that. Moreover, it's important for anyone interested in this subject to understand that the quality of this particular source is low.   It's not really possible to make a post on a forum that will objectively prove something like this, but there are a few factors that might be considered.   The earliest 9A1 cars are now 15 years old (first 997.2 were delivered in late 2008). It did not take anything like that long for evidence of widespread scoring on the M96/7 to emerge.   It's quite hard to find a 9A1 car advertised with a replacement engine / rebuild. Not totally impossible, but they are very unusual. M97 cars with replacement engines / rebuilds are commonplace.   Hartech spent ages trying to source a 997.2 with a wrecked / scored engine to do some further engine development work:   http://www.911uk.com/viewtopic.php?p=1644727   And the first reply by another well known Porsche mechanic to that post reminding people that they are still looking for a car:   "I always have an eye out just in case for one of these .. but as you know .. pretty damn rare and i've not even heard of one locally let alone seen one."   If 9A1 scoring is now a major "thing" why was Hartech struggling to find a car to work on?   Also note that in June 2022, Hartech in that thread says they've thus far repaired "5 or 6" 9A1/MA1 engines. That is a tiny number for one of the world's leading specialists rebuilding modern Porsche flat sixes and for context they've got 20 engines being rebuilt at any one time and do 100s per year. It's not remotely comparable and more than enough time has passed for any major issues to emerge.   I'm sure you could find a specialist somewhere who will say something scary. But I doubt you'll find one of the known good specialists whose opinion carries weight implying that 9A1/MA1 scoring is a major worry.   I will caveat that by saying the one exception is probably Flat Six Innovations in the US, who I would guess have probably said something negative. But they are well documented catastrophists and will tell you every engine ever is nanoseconds from catastrophic failure. Well, except for their hyper-expensive rebuilds, of course!

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Hey all  I'm organising another multi-day driving event - this time 3 days in Scotland - for all performance brands.  Completely free to attend. FYI - not a Cayman owner at mo (but think they're great cars) - I’ll be in my M2. The previous multi-day run went down a treat despite the very questionable weather on the first day of the run (traversing Wales from South to North).  Check out Insta for shots from the run  https://www.instagram.com/driversonly_club/ Or see RoadStr app (and search Highland Run)  https://app.roadstr.io/p/647b35cd3e36fd001258c1b8 Attached is an overview (but will send the full PDF of the run preview request) and any questions just email me at driversonlyclub@gmail.com Please register if you're interested.  Would love to see a Cayman or two in attendance. 8 spots remaining.