How old is my car?

[samuel.mercer]

Hi there,

I have found a discrepancy between what I have on my official documentation, and what I am told from the VIN. The VIN decoded seems to indicate that the car is a 2006, however it says on my documentation that the car's first date of registration was 29/10/2005.

If someone can shed some light as to why this might be different then I would be interested.

I have the durametric package so that I can see the OBD stuff and the date of most of the electrical modules like the ECU etc appears to be sometime in 2005, but these might just be software versions, or when the components were made/built before being assembled in the car, however they have my correct VIN on them, so maybe they are flashed or whatever once in the car. Again, if anyone has any ideas, I would be interested!

Thanks!

Sam

997 CS2 Year: TBC :)

[Loren]

:welcome:

Have you ever noticed how car dealers are showing and selling next years models in the showroon in September or October?

Porsche (and most car makers) produce cars for the next model year beginning in July of the previous year.

So it is common to have a Model Year 06 car that was built and sold in the last half of calendar year 2005.

Your car is a model year 2006.

[therock88]

Hi there,

I have found a discrepancy between what I have on my official documentation, and what I am told from the VIN. The VIN decoded seems to indicate that the car is a 2006, however it says on my documentation that the car's first date of registration was 29/10/2005.

If someone can shed some light as to why this might be different then I would be interested.

I have the durametric package so that I can see the OBD stuff and the date of most of the electrical modules like the ECU etc appears to be sometime in 2005, but these might just be software versions, or when the components were made/built before being assembled in the car, however they have my correct VIN on them, so maybe they are flashed or whatever once in the car. Again, if anyone has any ideas, I would be interested!

Thanks!

Sam

997 CS2 Year: TBC :)

Hi

From the VIN you provided your car is Carrera Coupe S. 997-1 Model Year 2006. Engine Code M97.01 3.8 Liter built in 2005 and Trans. Code A97.01. I attached a pdf with this information and all of the original option codes as ordered from Porsche for your VIN.

Hope this helps.

DC

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[bolobar]

Hi there,

I have found a discrepancy between what I have on my official documentation, and what I am told from the VIN. The VIN decoded seems to indicate that the car is a 2006, however it says on my documentation that the car's first date of registration was 29/10/2005.

If someone can shed some light as to why this might be different then I would be interested.

I have the durametric package so that I can see the OBD stuff and the date of most of the electrical modules like the ECU etc appears to be sometime in 2005, but these might just be software versions, or when the components were made/built before being assembled in the car, however they have my correct VIN on them, so maybe they are flashed or whatever once in the car. Again, if anyone has any ideas, I would be interested!

Thanks!

Sam

997 CS2 Year: TBC :)

Hi

From the VIN you provided your car is Carrera Coupe S. 997-1 Model Year 2006. Engine Code M97.01 3.8 Liter built in 2005 and Trans. Code A97.01. I attached a pdf with this information and all of the original option codes as ordered from Porsche for your VIN.

Hope this helps.

DC

Is the information shown in the PDF readily available?

[Loren]

Hi there,

I have found a discrepancy between what I have on my official documentation, and what I am told from the VIN. The VIN decoded seems to indicate that the car is a 2006, however it says on my documentation that the car's first date of registration was 29/10/2005.

If someone can shed some light as to why this might be different then I would be interested.

I have the durametric package so that I can see the OBD stuff and the date of most of the electrical modules like the ECU etc appears to be sometime in 2005, but these might just be software versions, or when the components were made/built before being assembled in the car, however they have my correct VIN on them, so maybe they are flashed or whatever once in the car. Again, if anyone has any ideas, I would be interested!

Thanks!

Sam

997 CS2 Year: TBC :)

Hi

From the VIN you provided your car is Carrera Coupe S. 997-1 Model Year 2006. Engine Code M97.01 3.8 Liter built in 2005 and Trans. Code A97.01. I attached a pdf with this information and all of the original option codes as ordered from Porsche for your VIN.

Hope this helps.

DC

Is the information shown in the PDF readily available?

Any dealer/OPC should be able to give you the same printout through their PET (parts) system.