alaint101

Re breakin period, if any one of you spend time at one of Porsche school, ask them what breakin period they follow, what happens to their engines and what the value is post 30,000 miles on the track, once they sell them on the used car market. Here's what I got:
1. No breakin period - on the track first day (I drove a turbo S that was 1 day old and had <100 miles...) and hit the limiter at least 7 times over the course of 10 lapses...
2. They seem to rev more freely but nothing bad otherwise - though they are maintained meticulously
3. They get a premium for their cars and there's a waiting list to buy them

So... You make your own decisions. I've made mine. Plus I'm already going to be on engine #2 when I get the car so I'm not too worried about serial numbers matching....

Fadi1

Just drive it like you stole it😜. The fire was a freak thing. Porsches are bullet proof

mqandil

LMAO. Too funny.

Macca

It's been thrashed to death before but the factory told me take it easy first tank of gas with mine then drive it like I intend to own it. 2000+ miles in Europe and they were very pleasant too I must say. Above. 7000 rpm that engine is just sublime. It's difficult to fathom how owners who had this car a month or more did not enjoy this thing. When you get your new engine follow the euro/Porsche driving guidelines and just drive it. Life bus short ! My run in will be 300 mile drive to start my annual 3 track tour with the car and when it returns it will have 1500 miles on it half them from the track...

mqandil

Well said.
I am not going through another break in procedure. As you suggested, I will take it easy on first tank then that beast is going to the track. Should have done that the first go around. Mark

race7117

Got an update, from March 21 completion to August???? completion ready for ED by Sept 12. I thought the factory shut down in August so not sure why or how for the August completion date but the Sept 12 ED pick up makes sense. Looks like I won't be driving this thing on US soil until November just in time for ski season!!!

skuplist

I have a Sep 12 EU pick up now also. It was moved from May 16. I have doubts about that day also. I heard Porsche was doing something special which they did not elaborate for those of us doing EU pick up on Sep 12.

SamFromTX

No update today. So the rumor of 'insider info just hot from Spain" regarding a Friday announcement was just that. I'm gonna go rev my car in the garage, real hard before the exhaust gets real hot. Hope I don't damage the engine.

LateBrake911

No i'm pissed. I only went to about 6 K RPM or maybe close to 7k.. .. in the 1k miles I had the car. Sounds like a whole new beast above 6,500. I'll be wondering till I get the car back!! Dang!

allans

My car sits in the garage with 498 miles, which included 4 track visits, with progressive break-in. The 4th was full out to 9000 rpm! Ran perfectly. Allan . I guess i'll have to go thru the same process again.

R.Deacon

Allan is the 9k sound and thrust as grand as all talk about ?

SamFromTX

The sound and thrust between 7-9K is in a different class. You can get a hint of it between 5 and 7K

R.Deacon

That's the zone I am Pining for with this car ,

Really looking forward to developing my skills to utilize the potential of this machine

I will have a big learning curve ahead, for me the PDK thing will be weird to

get used to as , as Have zero experience with it, grown up with M/T

SamFromTX

Well, as I'm sure all would agree, "learning the PDK" is easy, like in a day. You will probably find yourself smashing the left side of the brake pedal with your left foot at times to downshift and hit nothing but the floor, then it'll hurt and you'll be done doing that 18th century thing.

R.Deacon

Thanks Sam that's great and a good laugh
maybe I should rig a foot strap/binding rig of sorts on the dead pedal
Sunday at Sebring dry forecast finally the 48 Hour event was running in flood waters