Is it true? No R compounds to be used on a 991 GT3?
10-14-2014, 02:53 AM
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Very interesting list.. here's the thing with this maintenance schedule: all of this is good practice if you own/run a full out race car anyway...not just a cup car but any dedicated track car....but most of us with full out race cars can't enjoy them every day on the streets. So yes, you basically have a full race car 'tamed' somewhat for daily use, but you need to treat it as a race car and maintain it as such.
The hard part for Porsche I would imagine is to put stuff like this in writing that would cover all drivers.... for example: 6,000 miles with Patrick Long driving is surely more stress than most of us mear mortals. My question also is - are these 'TRACK miles? or 'if you track it at all, these are the intervals we want you to follow'? If you track it once per year, vs. two weekends per month...how do you differentiate? This is easy for me as my track car is dedicated to racing only, but how do you do it if you alternate between some track but mostly street? And how do you keep track of it? Meaning...if this is the maintenance schedule that Porsche is saying to follow or else void the warranty, how do they know 6,000, 12,000, etc. miles of TRACK use?
The hard part for Porsche I would imagine is to put stuff like this in writing that would cover all drivers.... for example: 6,000 miles with Patrick Long driving is surely more stress than most of us mear mortals. My question also is - are these 'TRACK miles? or 'if you track it at all, these are the intervals we want you to follow'? If you track it once per year, vs. two weekends per month...how do you differentiate? This is easy for me as my track car is dedicated to racing only, but how do you do it if you alternate between some track but mostly street? And how do you keep track of it? Meaning...if this is the maintenance schedule that Porsche is saying to follow or else void the warranty, how do they know 6,000, 12,000, etc. miles of TRACK use?
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10-14-2014, 01:34 PM
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Very interesting list.. here's the thing with this maintenance schedule: all of this is good practice if you own/run a full out race car anyway...not just a cup car but any dedicated track car....but most of us with full out race cars can't enjoy them every day on the streets. So yes, you basically have a full race car 'tamed' somewhat for daily use, but you need to treat it as a race car and maintain it as such.
The hard part for Porsche I would imagine is to put stuff like this in writing that would cover all drivers.... for example: 6,000 miles with Patrick Long driving is surely more stress than most of us mear mortals. My question also is - are these 'TRACK miles? or 'if you track it at all, these are the intervals we want you to follow'? If you track it once per year, vs. two weekends per month...how do you differentiate? This is easy for me as my track car is dedicated to racing only, but how do you do it if you alternate between some track but mostly street? And how do you keep track of it? Meaning...if this is the maintenance schedule that Porsche is saying to follow or else void the warranty, how do they know 6,000, 12,000, etc. miles of TRACK use?
The hard part for Porsche I would imagine is to put stuff like this in writing that would cover all drivers.... for example: 6,000 miles with Patrick Long driving is surely more stress than most of us mear mortals. My question also is - are these 'TRACK miles? or 'if you track it at all, these are the intervals we want you to follow'? If you track it once per year, vs. two weekends per month...how do you differentiate? This is easy for me as my track car is dedicated to racing only, but how do you do it if you alternate between some track but mostly street? And how do you keep track of it? Meaning...if this is the maintenance schedule that Porsche is saying to follow or else void the warranty, how do they know 6,000, 12,000, etc. miles of TRACK use?
10-14-2014, 02:34 PM
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Very interesting list.. here's the thing with this maintenance schedule: all of this is good practice if you own/run a full out race car anyway...not just a cup car but any dedicated track car....but most of us with full out race cars can't enjoy them every day on the streets. So yes, you basically have a full race car 'tamed' somewhat for daily use, but you need to treat it as a race car and maintain it as such.
The hard part for Porsche I would imagine is to put stuff like this in writing that would cover all drivers.... for example: 6,000 miles with Patrick Long driving is surely more stress than most of us mear mortals. My question also is - are these 'TRACK miles? or 'if you track it at all, these are the intervals we want you to follow'? If you track it once per year, vs. two weekends per month...how do you differentiate? This is easy for me as my track car is dedicated to racing only, but how do you do it if you alternate between some track but mostly street? And how do you keep track of it? Meaning...if this is the maintenance schedule that Porsche is saying to follow or else void the warranty, how do they know 6,000, 12,000, etc. miles of TRACK use?
The hard part for Porsche I would imagine is to put stuff like this in writing that would cover all drivers.... for example: 6,000 miles with Patrick Long driving is surely more stress than most of us mear mortals. My question also is - are these 'TRACK miles? or 'if you track it at all, these are the intervals we want you to follow'? If you track it once per year, vs. two weekends per month...how do you differentiate? This is easy for me as my track car is dedicated to racing only, but how do you do it if you alternate between some track but mostly street? And how do you keep track of it? Meaning...if this is the maintenance schedule that Porsche is saying to follow or else void the warranty, how do they know 6,000, 12,000, etc. miles of TRACK use?
What's encouraging to me is the fact that Porsche has left the language rather loose regarding track usage. They don't just come out and say "we will void the warranty" if you don't do specific maintenance. What they say is that "under certain circumstances, the warranty may be voided if these aspects are not taken into consideration". It seems there is a fair amount of wiggle room in that statement and that as long as reasonable precautions are taken, most of which a conscientious tracker would be doing anyway, there shouldn't be a problem. That's the way I read it, anyway.