Thanks to many of you helping navigating my move, I pulled the trigger and traded my 06 911 C2S cabrio for the DB9 volante. I must say the difference is dramatic. The AM just feels special and the drive is like a Jeckyl and Hyde relationship. One moment your cruising in a smooth luxury auto and then you can unleash a beast and rip it!

Looks like I need to address the following small items first. Any help would be appreciated!

1 / the convertible top leaked in the rain yesterday. By the driver corner where the top meets the windshield. I hope this is an easy fix. Any suggestions of how or who to go to in nyc?

2 / the stereo sound is not the best. In any case I need to figure out a Bluetooth or streaming solution. I plugged my iPhone into the usb but I cannot play music through it. Looks like bovee is a popular BT choice. There is also an old iPod connector. I wonder if there is an adapter for a new iPhone connector and if I can play music through that input. What does everyone else do here for media solutions?

3 / rear view camera integration - this seems like a difficult but doable task through the satnav screen (which works btw but I think it’s very clunky!). Rear view visibility is tight so I think a rear camera will help dramatically. Any thoughts how best to handle or the right ship for this?

4 / the exhaust, it seems like removing the f22 fuse is key! I’ll give it a shot.

5 / tray center console - my console (I think it’s plastic) with the coin tray and smoker box is old and tired. Is this easy to replace or to clean/polish?

what else would I be missing? Here are some pics!

 

Congratulations from a fellow convertible enthusiast. And glad to see your little guys are small enough to fit in the back seats. I actually mounted a go pro on my boot one day trip to the coast and some of my favorite footage is my girls throwing their arms in the air and trying to control their hair from whipping around. They had a blast!

There are lots of bluetooth dongles to get your phone hooked up.
There are quite a few videos online from other owners showing how to do little things. I know there's one from a stereo installer about taking out the center console.

 

Thanks! I’ll check those videos out. And yes, backseat totally works well for the kids ages 6 and 3. Basically the same as the 911 backseat.

 

Direct Music on a USB if you have a port - or from a phone is much better music quality - nice car

 

Dumb Question - do the rear quarter windows go down when the top is up/closed, or are they fixed? They must go down in my view because they operate anyway when the top comes off, but i have no clue how to do it. The book is unclear also...

 

You can buy a 30 pin to lightning adapter, and use iPod input, the USB port is not for music. Make sure the adapter you buy plays music, a ton of cheap ones on the net that just power up but won’t allow music to play.
The one below will work.
https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?m...2F274074282562

P.S Sometimes it won’t recognize the phone if you are streaming your music, the fix is to play a song from your music app and then it will recognize the phone as iPod and play streaming music. Nice ride btw, my favorite color.

 

Congrats, nice car!!