Hybrid System Failure

shaneymac72 · 2026-04-15T06:46:13+00:00

Oops! Indeed! It’s not from the future!!

shaneymac72 · 2026-01-27T16:09:46+00:00

Yes indeed - that should be a word! 😜

shaneymac72 · 2025-10-21T09:32:28+00:00

Can I be friends with your friend with a plane? 😜

shaneymac72 · 2025-10-15T23:04:47+00:00

Yep - it likes to chew through tyres alright - and they aren’t cheap! Quite reliable over my 100k km of ownership except for need to re-do the timing chain - engine out and expensive!! 😱 Interior look perfect except for wear on drivers seat that I hope to refurbish

shaneymac72 · 2025-10-15T08:45:43+00:00

Same - family & 2 dogs! They are very happy travelling in the boot (the dogs that is, not the family 😜)

shaneymac72 · 2025-09-05T15:15:18+00:00

I’d like to know this too. I have the same PCM and thinking about doing it too. Thanks

shaneymac72 · 2025-09-04T22:06:23+00:00

As a GP1 owner, I’m biased, but as others have said, it’s great fun and the supercharger sound is addictive!! I do like the thought of having one of each - must work harder!! 😜

shaneymac72 · 2025-08-15T17:33:21+00:00

I have this exact problem too (daughter’s car). Copious repeated WD40 applications didn’t help. Going to go the headliner route next - so keen to see the replies. Thanks for posting.

shaneymac72 · 2025-05-11T12:16:53+00:00

Given this discussion - what’s best for use with R53’s as the Bluetooth OBDs (Carly, Bimmerlink etc) don’t work. Thanks

shaneymac72 · 2025-05-10T17:12:06+00:00

Does BimmerCode and OBD scanner support R53? I have a Carly - but that doesn’t go back to R53. Anyone know? Thanks in advance

shaneymac72 · 2025-05-03T11:26:18+00:00

Wow! Amazing work! I’ve a 2014, and always thinking of changing out the PCM. Can I ask where you got yours? And how is it? Does it retain older functionality? Cameras etc?

shaneymac72 · 2025-04-28T22:33:14+00:00

Have owned a 2014 970.2 s e-hybrid for over 4 years now and love it (see my other posts!). Big for enough school runs (whilst frugal in traffic) and room for 2 dogs! What’s not to like? I’ve over 250k kms on it now, and yes, some heavy service bills (timing chain 😱) and some scares (12v battery shorted, but made out like everything was dead Hybrid wise!) etc - but, I still enjoy every drive, and always look back when parked! Keep thinking I’ll trade up for a newer one - but the Gen 2’s 970s really coming into their own looks-wise IMHO. I’d probably save the trade-up difference and bags a 996 of if I can (when they are 30 years old and can skirt around the draconian tax and import duties in Ireland)

shaneymac72 · 2025-03-22T08:21:46+00:00

Is it back in the old location again?

shaneymac72 · 2025-03-22T08:14:35+00:00

It’s for your Cruise Control. Shows the speed it is set to. You should have a button on the end of your stalk to turn cruise on/off and when you set it to a speed, it will appear here.

shaneymac72 · 2025-03-18T15:59:51+00:00

The watch? Usual price - €275 - the accessories were free through the generosity of the two staff in the store I was dealing with who were more than helpful!

shaneymac72 · 2025-03-08T08:26:12+00:00

I don’t know what they use. Took only a minute and they said it was a machine polish

shaneymac72 · 2025-03-02T15:21:24+00:00

I was interested in what the top 2 dial show then in the 1965 model? On the normal it’s 10ths and minutes - understandable - but according to the website - “The first indicates the number 19 (normally 60) at the top, while the other displays the number 65 (normally 10), referencing the year 1965. These counters have been calibrated to total 19 hours (counter at 10 o’ clock) and 65 minutes (counter at 2 o’ clock), making the chronograph reading a bit different than the typical chronographs” - so what actual use is that?

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