feejer222
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My brother has a Porsche Boxster which he uses occasionally. He came to it recently to find the battery flat. OK open the boot (trunk) and charge it....boot opens via an electronic servo....wont work, flat battery you see.
There is a lever which requires the removal of the inner front wing and wheel!!! The locking wheel nut socket is...you guessed it, with the spare wheel in the boot.
So he calls the AA (Automobile Association). They do a home start service for which he is covered. The guy turns up and connects his power cables to the relevant fuse inside the car and powers the servo to open the boot. ''Clever'' thinks my brother. The guy then proceeds to connect the jump leads to the wrong terminals and burns out the cars computer. Kerchung, £4200....$8400 at current rates.
The Porsche dealer will only deal with registered customers and therefore not with the AA. The AA said get it done, send the bill and we will pay you back. ''Don't f*****g think so'' says my brother. Imagining a 6 month exchange of letters to actually get the cheque. They are sending him the money in advance.
The leads are both black, but are clearly marked + and - so you take extra care don't you? You check 2 maybe 3 times that you have them right. The fact that one is only 6" long and visibly bolts to the body would be another give away.
There is a lever which requires the removal of the inner front wing and wheel!!! The locking wheel nut socket is...you guessed it, with the spare wheel in the boot.
So he calls the AA (Automobile Association). They do a home start service for which he is covered. The guy turns up and connects his power cables to the relevant fuse inside the car and powers the servo to open the boot. ''Clever'' thinks my brother. The guy then proceeds to connect the jump leads to the wrong terminals and burns out the cars computer. Kerchung, £4200....$8400 at current rates.
The Porsche dealer will only deal with registered customers and therefore not with the AA. The AA said get it done, send the bill and we will pay you back. ''Don't f*****g think so'' says my brother. Imagining a 6 month exchange of letters to actually get the cheque. They are sending him the money in advance.
The leads are both black, but are clearly marked + and - so you take extra care don't you? You check 2 maybe 3 times that you have them right. The fact that one is only 6" long and visibly bolts to the body would be another give away.
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