993tt

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.

robmypro

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.

Chris88

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

pitt911

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

pranqster

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

993tt

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.

Jimmy-D

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

LexVan

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

wareaglescott

Thank you for injecting some common sense to this thread.

Tombstone4478

Yup!

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

Maverick787

LexVan

Cold weather = peak HP

Jimmy-D

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

993tt

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!

robmypro