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Old 10-07-2004, 01:57 PM
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Eric Bumperplugs - how about a chrono-plug?

I would love to lose the chrono clock in the middle of the dash. How about developing a leather plug for that? I would buy it.

This is the dumbest thing that P has ever added. It has nothing to do with performance, yet it is required to get the "sport" mode. Also, I end up having to explain the stupid thing to anybody who gets into my car!
 
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Old 10-07-2004, 09:56 PM
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Agreed. Was asked this a while back when the wart started appearing in some spy shots. Of course, you can probably have a local leather guy remove and patch that area, but it is a stupid thing sitting up there on the top of the dash. Oh well, leave it to Porsche to overengineer something like that!
 
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Old 10-08-2004, 03:19 AM
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It would be important to me to be able to reverse it and put the clock back for resale.
 
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Just get a custom leather hood for it.
 
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Old 10-08-2004, 11:44 AM
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Just get a custom leather hood for it.
Then I have to explain to passengers what that bulge in the dash is!

Maybe just cover the clock with a smiley face?
 
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Old 01-30-2005, 12:19 AM
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Anybody come up with a plug for the chrono yet? I hate seeing that third eye every time I get in my car.
 
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Old 01-30-2005, 01:15 AM
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Put a bobbing hula girl infront of it.
 
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Ray, you want a face cover for it? We can do that.
 
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I have the perfect solution - have your mother-in-law crochet a 'sport chrono coozie' for it!! Beautiful, customizeable, and easily removeable for resale!
 
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Perhaps some backlit artwork!


 
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In the pre-launch brochure they showed the clock as flipping into the dash - what the hell happened?
 
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Old 01-30-2005, 04:10 PM
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In the pre-launch brochure they showed the clock as flipping into the dash - what the hell happened?
Funny. That was a photoshop job from nearly a year ago. Never real.
 
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Eric, it wasnt a photoshop job, it was a preproduction model that allowed them to compare the dash with and without the chrono.

that said, i hear porsche is going to have an option in the future that delete the clock, but leaves the other benifits of the sport chrono option.
 
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I think everyone should just replace it with an 8-ball.
 


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