kage65

My black .2 C2S has arrived and I could pick it up tomorrow. Bad news is I can't get it in for the full ppf until the 15th of next month. I can arrange to have it transported the 35 or so miles straight from the dealer to the shop. Or I could drive it home myself and then to the shop on the 15th. Or possibly drive it straight to the shop. It can probably be kept at the ppf shop until the 15th. Else it could stay at either the dealer until the shop is ready for it (doubt I would leave it at dealer though) or my own garage.

I know the best thing to do is not drive it at all until after the ppf is put on, given its a black car.

Should I drive it home and then later to the shop (maybe 20 min away) and risk a possible rock chip or some other blemish that may come off the road? The route home would avoid the highway, but have some two lanes with stop lights. This would let me get at least two drives in while I wait. If its in my garage should I refrain from sneaking in a couple of short drives? Or not drive it at all?

Hurricane

Scorponok

vjd3

Drive it. I did a full wrap on a Ferrari and literally on the way home from the detail shop it took a rock on the hood and it nicked the film anyway. The film, even if it's "self-healing" is still going to pick up little dings and marks over time from sand, gravel, etc., it's just protecting the paint underneath, so unless you are planning on re-filming the car every time you get a little mark or scratch on it, it really doesn't matter that much. A good shop will paint-correct the car before they do the wrap anyway -- rarely is it perfect from the factory, especially if the dealer washed it when they did the PDI. The best reason to film a black car is it will be much easier to wash and keep clean, but it's never going to look perfect once you start driving it.

Paul Love

jnolan

PCA1983

I drove my new C2S 300 miles b4 getting PPF. But i couldn't get the hood or the strip above the windshield PPF wrapped because my Napleton dealer has yet to re-install the decals that were removed by a previous Appalachian dealer that Napleton bought. So it could be another couple weeks b4 my decals are re-installed. Porsche had to make another batch to fill my dealer's order. It might have 1200-1400 miles on it by the time I get it clear wrapped. And mine is Black. if you are that worried, find another PPF artist who can do it sooner. Not sure where you live, but Chicagoland must have way over a dozen of these specialists. In the meantime, don't tailgate. In fact, it's good advice to never tailgate, unless you like road rash, rock chips, and cracked windshields.

Rennolazine

I drove mine a few hundred miles before ppf. Anecdotally, a piece of wood the size of my fist flew off a truck when i was doing a quick highway pull 530 am the morning of my ppf appointment. Probably one of only 3 times i went on the highway since i picked the car up and it was for under 3 minutes, 1 exit. I almost crapped myself. Made a 4 inch scratch in the hood and 2 inch scratch in the windshield. Thankfully both polished out with a bunch of elbow grease but it couldve been ironically catastrophic. This is my first new expensive car and i definitely plan on being the guy at the corner of the parking lot breathing on it with a microfiber despite also driving the crap out of it. Thankfully it turned out ok. I would completely avoid highway if i have to do it all over again on a new car.

WhipE350

Just avoid highways and drive your new 911 you'll be fine. I was in the same situation, kind of (mine was already on the lot). Here in NC one learns what highway overpasses have a big enough thump to cause rocks to fly off construction trucks (in NC these guys never fully clean their trailers or the skid steer on it). When I did have to go on the highway I played cat and mouse with these rock throwers.

Hope you get to enjoy it before the 15th. These new 911s are amazing. There is lots of torque before 4k rpm and you'll be very happy.

Chris C.

Life's too short to own a black car

Just kidding, personally I would wait. It's a lot of hassle to get a car repaired to a decent level - for me that stress is far worse than a few weeks of admiring it around your neughborhood

kage65

Yes, leaning towards driving it home while avoiding the highway, and maybe sneaking in a few short non highway drives here or there, which will help with the wait.

usccharles

if youre car is going to be a keeper, i would wait. the day i got my keys to my black 911, it was trailered off the dealer floor to PPF installer. i'm almost a year onto my car ownership and perhaps 2 dozen trips to the track. Even my PPF has dings and scratches from those rough rides and melted rubber splatter, but I ride in peace knowing everything underneath is clean. If you get any scratches on your car, a car important to you enough to PPF, because you couldn't wait 15 days, you will hate yourself. and you will see that scratch underneath that clean PPF every single day and hate yourself. wait. its only two weeks. i don't know if you ordered your car and had to wait before pickup, but i waited nearly a year from order to getting my keys and two weeks would be nothing for me.

ugotgrossed

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phefner

Spot on to the above .. jesh what sort of sissies is society raising these days.

Penn4S

Do what makes you the happiest. If you drive it before you PPF and get a nasty hood rash the ones here telling you to drive will then tell you, you should have waited. We all have our quirks about these cars and if yours is keeping it as pristine as possible before wrapping do what you want. You'll punish yourself if you don't and have a bad experience.