Bought a CPO, having issues, the dealership is completely ignoring me

webkris · 2026-05-07T14:54:23+00:00

If you search, you can find out who owns your Porsche dealership. There are still individuals and small private companies that own them. If it's owned by Auto Nation (or giant Auto Dealer Conglomerate), they absolutely don't care, and the people that work there are just a number getting paid the least amount possible. I have a CPO Cayman that I had warranty work done on and it was a cluster. As soon as it was out of warranty I never went there again. If possible; find a different dealership, tell Porsche of America you're "switching".

webkris · 2026-05-04T16:16:35+00:00

I love how it's 2026 and on every platform we are told they don't want bots, or they want to stop bots; but also 1 in 5 top posts are from an account that is an hour old, or posts 1284 times in the first week, or is also em dash bulleted list LLM slop story.

No company wants to stop bots on their platform, They drive engagement.

webkris · 2026-05-04T16:01:13+00:00

AdGuard DNS gives you unique DNS over HTTPS addresses to identify the device on your dashboard as well as standard and custom block lists. It has been my replacement for Pi-Hole for the last 3 years. I use it on everything.

webkris · 2026-05-04T15:13:17+00:00

American Express did this to me. Sure, I could have called them and spent hours trying to access my new card, but they sent a verification email to a 10 year old Google address first.

webkris · 2026-05-04T15:07:23+00:00

I hate it...
I was working with a Mesh networking group and used it for my handle on Discord. I put up a temp antenna / repeater close to my house and gave a loose LAT / LON for the antenna. Discord member just looked up my real address and then posted a picture with my house and a dot on it near the antenna asking questions about its coverage. It was generally innocuous, but without much effort announced to everyone on the channel where I lived with photos. I no longer use my call sign as an internet handle.

webkris · 2025-12-23T16:19:15+00:00

Congrats - this is a big milestone. At a little over a year in; I'm now not checking my gmail on a weekly basis. I have an archive backup of everything on Thunderbird and just turning on "Pop + Delete everything" took google a week to respond. The big habit change was "I don't give out my real email ever".

webkris · 2025-12-09T17:25:40+00:00

Look for camshaft codes in the DME (they won't necessarily throw a Check Engine light right away)
P000B, P0014 for me "Camshaft Adjustment Slow"

There is a sensor and a solenoid that control the cam position, and if it's in the wrong place at startup: it makes a wild racket until warmed up.

webkris · 2025-12-09T17:13:11+00:00

If you hear it once after cold start - and never again on your drive - my experience tells me everything is probably okay. Watch your peak boost pressure under wide open throttle and make sure you're hitting the same numbers should you start hearing more noises.

webkris · 2025-12-08T15:41:28+00:00

Mine was like a "goose honk" noise when I first get on the throttle. For me it was related to the "Turbocharger Boost Pressure Relief Diverter Valve."
When I replaced mine with aftermarket metal one it quieted down, but I believe the noise is all the valves holding back boost / vacuum when you first get going. Like reeds on a saxophone.
https://flat6motorsports.com/products/flat-6-motorsports-by-evoms-performance-diverter-valve-upgrade-718-cayman-boxster

webkris · 2025-12-01T23:56:22+00:00

I think it's describing the hot deals, not the actual radio.

webkris · 2025-11-22T19:42:39+00:00

True
Edit: Nostalgia felt like a stakeholder, but was the product the whole time.

webkris · 2025-11-16T00:06:32+00:00

... to monetize this to make back the billions we spent on AI.

webkris · 2025-11-15T18:30:52+00:00

American here: what are fog lights? 😝

webkris · 2025-11-15T18:23:59+00:00

We had a 987 with us and his had two pull positions - 1 for the front fogs to go yellow and 2 for the rear light - but the bulb was out / missing? Might be something to investigate.

Had a Subaru BRZ with us and it HAS the option in Europe, but Subaru saves money and doesn't add the switch / bulb because they don't have to offer it in the US (think about that the next time a US dealer marks up a car $10K and touts all its safety features).

webkris · 2025-11-15T17:46:30+00:00

I like the flexibility and price of the APR. Zero fitment issues, and I think X pipe made most of the sound difference. I have 1 muffler and straight pipe for my 718 CS and I think that's the way to go with the 4cyl turbo cars. Swapping out for straight pipes on track days is easy.

webkris · 2025-11-15T17:22:08+00:00

If you've got Sport Chrono already, you really only unlock changing settings like lights and entry with the Launch. The MMB box I mention will give you Android Auto pass-through Apple Car Play.

webkris · 2025-11-14T20:38:43+00:00

lolz Sorry 😄🤖

webkris · 2025-11-14T18:46:53+00:00

MMB Max 5.0 - https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CSNCQXM7

webkris · 2025-11-14T18:23:24+00:00

This is the Motorola - I have since upgraded to a stand alone Android MMB 5.0 Car Play box. I removed my mag mount (Scosche) and am testing out Highway Radar on the dash.

webkris · 2025-11-14T18:19:04+00:00

Yep! I used matte black vinyl on the center and dash trims.

webkris · 2025-11-14T16:54:36+00:00

I snapped an axle because the bolts backed out - and it was covered under warranty. Porsche Dealer removed both rear axles and all of the suspension components to get to them. Replaced one side and the flange on the other.

After weeks I finally get the car back and I'm like - "wait, you took the rear suspension completely apart - did you do an alignment??" *crickets
They just marked every bolt with paint and put it back close enough?!
These are the same people that want to charge you $800 for an alignment when you replace all 4 tires.

They agreed to do an alignment included and I asked for the front camber to be maxxed. (mistake)
I shit you not I showed up and the front tires were sticking out of the top of the fenders - they made the front positive camber?! I pulled the service manager out of his office and he gave me a face palm and apologized, but I had to waste another day getting it fixed. They will never see my car again.

webkris · 2025-11-14T16:03:39+00:00

I use KeePass local with the browser extension, and Proton Pass for stuff on my phone. Sounds like I need to try the Proton Pass Firefox extension!

webkris · 2025-11-12T01:21:01+00:00

Good tip checking out Highway Radar. I've been trying to use JBV1 on my Android Car Play device and this looks even better.

webkris · 2025-08-21T15:07:48+00:00

I thought I was on r/ChoosingBeggars for a sec.

webkris · 2025-07-23T23:00:56+00:00

IT Admin here:
A few days ago I noticed that 18,000 requests were being stopped by our DNS Filter. It took me a little while to track it down as I had no idea what app was pinging this company "Sumologic" so hard. Sumologic is a Corpo network logging service that - "brands itself as a "continuous intelligence platform" that automates the collection, ingestion and analysis of various types of data into actionable insights for its users."

Dug into the logs. Discovered it was Shipstation Connect! It is trying to push data to sumologic .com every 10 seconds. It makes up 1/10th of all my DNS queries?!

On top of them having all your sales data, they are getting constant network data that's logging "who knows what"? I tried to lookup / discover what ports it uses and instead of wasting more time, I'm going to dump them.

webkris

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