Starting my GT3 in sub zero degrees
 

This might be a silly question but anyways...

I will be taking delivery of my 991.2 GT3 on monday. The weather forecast is around -10C (14F). I have never owned a car with such an high performance engine, can I safely start the engine and drive it to my garage? Or should I call up some friends and get them to push me? It's about 100 meters from where the trailer will drop it off.

I would drive it into your garage as soon as it arrives. Won't hurt the engine, but those tires will not be happy if you leave it out for very long.

And also remember, those tires DO NOT grip well in the cold!

engine is ok
as others said , be careful with traction related to tires

If you are going to store the car for any length of time in your garage before you get to drive it a long enough distance to thoroughly warm it up, I would not start it for 2 to 5 minutes just to move it from the trailer into the garage.

If it were mine, I would roll it out of the trailer and haul it into the garage with the towing eyelet in place via a small tractor or have your friends over to push the car in.

Regards,

Pranqster

I'm not so worried about the tires since I know they will suck, we do have snow on the streets :) Anyway, I will only crawl slowly for about 100 meters.

I'm more worried about starting up the engine in -10C.

Hello- this is still a car like any other car. You can start it in any temp outside

Mobil 1 0W40 flows very-very well at those temps. Fire away.

Thank you for injecting some common sense to this thread.

Yup!

Ridiculous. I drive my GT3 all winter long, zero issues, also tires are fine, just be careful.

Cold weather = peak HP

Is this true??

I always found my ex- 997.2 Turbo ran better in colder weather but I find the NA engines to be consistent no matter what the Temp

Yes, it's a Porsche, I get it! :)

However, in my book, an N/A engine that produces 125HP per liter with _solid_ lifters is not an engine like all others. That's why I was asking.

Anyway, you all seem to agree that it should not be of any concern, which makes me happy. I really want to start my car and drive it, even if it's only for 100 meters and in deep snow! :)