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Old 05-11-2012, 10:11 AM
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a small "win" today.... The sunroof started working on the 944!!!
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Old 05-11-2012, 10:25 AM
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a small "win" today.... The sunroof started working on the 944!!!
But do you know why?
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Old 05-11-2012, 10:28 AM
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But do you know why?
The end of the Martian winter.
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Old 05-11-2012, 11:36 AM
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The end of the Martian winter.
Burns brightest before burnout??
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Old 05-11-2012, 01:19 PM
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a small "win" today.... The sunroof started working on the 944!!!
Worked fine when you bought it.............provided you had a 22mm socket wrench with you.
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Old 05-11-2012, 01:22 PM
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I suspect the centrifugal forces generated by the spinning #2 bearing broke the frozen sunroof mechanism free...
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Old 05-11-2012, 01:22 PM
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I shouldn't say anything... the 996's hasn't worked since we got it


part is it doesn't bother me enough to even think about...
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Old 05-11-2012, 02:45 PM
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I have no idea why... LOL... Just happened to hit the button, and it moved... Now it opens AND closes!!!!

*left side of crowd* "Oooooooooooh"
*right side of crowd*"Aaaaaaaaaah"
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Old 05-11-2012, 03:12 PM
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i really dont know what spooks me more: things that suddenly stop working for no discernible reason...or things that start working again for no reason. [cue twilight zone music]
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Old 05-11-2012, 03:28 PM
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The Prince of Darkness branches out periodically......
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