Locating the Emission Control Sticker

[Mango"S"]

I bought my 08 Boxster S Limited Edition in Atlanta and drove it back to Orange County CA where I reside. Getting the car registered in CA was not easy as the local DMV insisted on inspecting the car and demanded to see the emission control sticker. There was no sticker under the front and rear trunk lids, so my only option was to call McKenna Porsche who informed me that the emission sticker is located on top of the engine cover. They tried to talk me over the phone on how to access the engine but being on a cell phone on a busy parking lot with a DMV person on your back I was not able to do it. I had to drive to the dealer to have them prep the car so I could go back to the DMV to have them inspect the car. It was made more difficult due to the fact my car has the optional Bose High End Sound package which includes rear speakers and sub woofer that has to be disconnected and removed in order to access the engine. The wire harness is very difficult to remove...

I can't say enough for the way McKenna took care of me and they have a customer for life...They even offered to put it back together for me afterward all of this at no charge. This isvery nice considering that I did not buy the car from them.... Good customer service is rare these days..

Future out of state buyers registering a car in CA should practice getting to the engine to avoid wasting a day at the DMV...

Happy motoring!

[Nick_USA]

I bought my 08 Boxster S Limited Edition in Atlanta and drove it back to Orange County CA where I reside. Getting the car registered in CA was not easy as the local DMV insisted on inspecting the car and demanded to see the emission control sticker. There was no sticker under the front and rear trunk lids, so my only option was to call McKenna Porsche who informed me that the emission sticker is located on top of the engine cover. They tried to talk me over the phone on how to access the engine but being on a cell phone on a busy parking lot with a DMV person on your back I was not able to do it. I had to drive to the dealer to have them prep the car so I could go back to the DMV to have them inspect the car. It was made more difficult due to the fact my car has the optional Bose High End Sound package which includes rear speakers and sub woofer that has to be disconnected and removed in order to access the engine. The wire harness is very difficult to remove...

I can't say enough for the way McKenna took care of me and they have a customer for life...They even offered to put it back together for me afterward all of this at no charge. This isvery nice considering that I did not buy the car from them.... Good customer service is rare these days..

Future out of state buyers registering a car in CA should practice getting to the engine to avoid wasting a day at the DMV...

Happy motoring!

Glad things worked out for you.

BTW welcome to the 'Pumpkin Patch' :)

[Tool Pants]

When my local dealer got the launch 987s I went over to check them out, and noticed that there was no emission sticker on the rear trunk lid like the 986s. Thought it was strange.

Later the dealership had a 987 tech session. The 987 was taken apart so we could see the new stuff, and the engine lid was off. Then I saw the sticker on the engine lid.

Makes no sense to put it on the engine lid. Since I have a 1997 my car has been smogged 5 times. Once in a while the smog inspector will ask me where the sticker is so he can see what equipment it has.