I'll collect mine within the week, I'll have Alpins ready to go from a previous Panamera. I won't plan to drive it all the time, but if there's a nice sunny day, or it's cold but clear I'll bring it out. Anything really to help me get closer to redline before springtime.

 

I’m living in Edmonton too so winters here suck pretty hard. They put crushed gravel on the roads which is like being hit with razor blades/the odd boulder, and a brine that corrodes stuff out fast, plus everyone thinks you need a truck or suv so those kick up way more stuff flying at you than a car would. Not many people drive sports cars in winter here. I did it, they’re actually fine with winter tires, but you just destroy a perfectly good car way too fast now so I haven’t done it in years. I don’t know many people that do it. I do see a couple cayman in my neighbourhood getting winter driven, and a 991.1. There used to be a guy with an awd lambo who would winter drive it.

I always had multiple sets of rims for every car so always used a set for winters. Usually I’ll store a car with a second set of rims on winter tires incase I need to move it out of my garage too. My garage seems to stay warm enough I wont bother with another set of rims for this winter, so I think the cup2s will be fine next year (my re71r’s I stored by the garage door were perfectly fine after 2-3 years).

Someday I’ll move back to Kelowna BC. The interior of bc is the warmest place in Canada (hit 121F this summer) but even then you still have ‘winter’ in the city for a bit and you’re basically trapped in the city for a good portion of the year because the mountain passes can randomly be death. You also aren’t legally allowed to drive without winter rated tires in the mountains so I’ll likely still ‘store’ my sports cars in winter there.

We only have a couple places where you could actually drive on summers all-year around in Canada. Victoria BC is the only place I'd say is guaranteed you can do it.

 

Just want to add another anecdote to this thread. I did European Delivery of my Spyder just recently at the Porsche factory in Stuttgart. The delivery rep who presented me the car and explained everything on it instructed me as follows for break in: keep it under 4k RPM, varying engine speeds, until 1000 km. Break in is done after that.

 

Congratulations on finally getting your car! The pain is real to stay below 5000rpm. The miles rack up pretty quick though as these cars are so glorious to drive!

 

I live in White Rock/South Surrey, BC suburb of Vancouver and I can confirm you can indeed drive your car safely here all winter as little to no salt used here, and if it’s needed after the rare snow fall, it washes away with the 1st rain after. My winter tires and wheels are going on tomorrow, but I’ve driven my last 3 cars (2 RWD BMW’s and an Audi S3) with summers on all winter except for a week or 2 when I then simply carpool with my wife in her Cayenne. You should consider the Coast instead of Kelowna as our weather is more moderate and no forest fires, but don’t tell your friends it’s a secret

 

I love the lower mainland but man, if you live in any of the core cities it seems like odds are you end up living in a 10 block bubble because it is so time consuming to get around. I lived in Richmond by Minoru park for a little bit 15+ years ago and pretty much stuck to within 3 blocks of no 3 road. I have a friend in new west, his whole family never leaves their area now that they work from home. I have a cousin a couple blocks from english bay they never leave their area either. The only friend who actually ventures all over to take advantage of what the area has to offer lives in poco.

I dont know how you guys break in a car there where you need to go for long drives. I also can't see going for pleasure drives unless you know super secret twisty roads I am totally not aware of .

 

There quite a few great roads around. Local PCA organizes many local drives I’m a bit further South East of the city, so quite easy to find a twisty this way

 

fwiw, distances are much much shorter late at night when everyone else is asleep. Lovely time to drive to nowhere and back.

 

Speaking of break in, a dude brought in a 992 GT3 this weekend to Road America for a HPDE. Picked the car up on Friday afternoon and took in to the track on Saturday morning, with 250 miles on the clock.

 

Your buddy must have a lot of monies so he could care less about proper Break-in-Miles.

Heck, if one is wealthy why not just do your thing as the cost factor doesn't even enter into it.

Terry

 

The break-in on my 981 GT4 was from Perimeter in Atlanta to AMPs. Then spent the weekend in the Smokies. Absolutely no issues with that car.

 

I don't know the person, but yes didn't seem like someone who would care about potential issues.
Having said that, my GT4 I took to Willow Springs with 900 miles. My SA said the same thing someone else wrote here above: Don't worry about it, just drive however you see fit.

 

Guys,

Seriously I think all of us should drive and do whatever we wish.
If one wishes to do the Porsche 2,000 Break-in-Miles then do so.
But ..........
If a person/persons could care less about Break-in-Miles do their thing and don't look back.

Terry

 

Just finished breaking in my GT4. I used the method attributed to Andreas Preuninger that people have posted in the past about.
I actually didn’t realize Porsche had an official procedure until I completed the break-in. 🤦‍♂️

I made a video about it: Too Aggressive? Did I Break In the Porsche 718 GT4 the Wrong Way?!

You Tube

 

"a dude brought in a 992 GT3 this weekend to Road America for a HPDE" / "with 250 miles on the clock."

Given that the GT3 / 3RS / 4RS break-in is don't exceed 7K RPM for 1st 932 miles, doing a HPDE wouldn't be that big a
deal, as long as you don't exceed 7K RPM.