TOporschefan

hi guys,

I am closely approaching break in but have yet to reach that critical mark so I have tried to keep it under 4200rpm.

Can anyone describe the car after 4200 RPM.....dying to know.

thanks,

aamersa

Above 4200 rpm it can land one in jail, if driving on the street. Sport + is pretty loud and really makes the car thrust forward very fast.

clembo

I actually followed the Break In period as well. Once the car got to 2,000 miles I started to drive it as it was intended. The performance of the engine is wonderful. Pulls in all gears, great response from 3,500RPM's and beyond. It wants to be revved up, the gears are well placed to use the power, and the new suspension seems to want to enter corners faster so why not try? More fun than you can have on a street, take it to a track ASAP and run it.

My car is a stick shift, S model.

TOporschefan

Thanks for your responses guys made me laugh...... my car is a 7spd C2S and I am really enjoying it. Aamersa you are absolutely correct this car wants to travel fast. If you try to tack it up through the gears it takes no time at all to break the law. I landed my first speeding ticket with the car in the first 700kms. I don't remember my 997.1 C2S requiring me to push it to feel the thrill. However I think this car feels much more planted at speed thus it takes more speed to upset it.

chuckbdc

No big deal. Just twice what you have been experiencing. Leave yourself A LOT of room.

rnl

First, there is the sound of a chorus of angels, next, the rumble of a powerful engine beyond imagination and the world just becomes a blur. Just another day behind the wheel.

Galion

Go for a drive right now and find out by yourself. My car is 5 months old and only has 2000km (1200 miles) I beat the crrap out of it from day one. I couldnt wait for that long.

TOporschefan

haha Galion your hilarious. Waited too long to just beat the crap out of it. 2800 kms......Almost there should be any day now. This has been the ultimate test in self control. A close friend of mine who is a porsche mechanic assured me to drive the crap out of it from day one. I plan on keeping this one for a while so I decided to treat it gently but those days are numbered

Zmoney3982

SO I JUST GOT PULLED OVER FOR THE FIRST TIME
WAS AT A LIGHT - IT TURNED GREEN AND I TOOK FIRST GEAR UP TO 6,000RPM AND 37MPH IN A 35 ZONE. TAKE A LEFT INTO SHOP CENTER TOGET A SUB FOR DINNER

GET PULLED OVER BEFORE SUB PLACE
COP: IM PULLING YOU OVER FOR RECKLESS OP
Z: WHAT DID I DO THAT WAS RECKLESS?
COP: REALLY?
Z: YES SIR
COP: THAT LIGHT YOU PEELED OUT AT, WAS THAT YOU?
Z: SIR I DID NOT PEEL OUT THERE IS NO BLACK ON THE PAVEMENT THERE AND I ONLY WENT UP TO 37, IT'S A 35 ZONE.
COP: YEAH BUT YOU GOT UP TO 37 IN LIKE 15 FEET
Z: WELL... I DIDN'T GO OVER THE SPEED LIMIT THOUGH.
COP: HAVE YOU BEEN DRINKING?
Z: NO
COP: WHY ARE YOUR EYES ALL RED AND GLAZED
Z: JUST RAN 10 MILES AND TOOK A SHOWER.
COP MADE ME DO THIS FOLLOW MY PEN WITH YOUR EYE TEST.
BULL****. OBVIOUS PASSING GRADE
COP: WELL LISTEN YOU ARE AN ADULT. YOU HAVE A VERY NICE CAR. IF I DIDN'T PULL YOU OVER THEN EVERYONE LOOKS AND SEES AND HEARS YOU REV UP AND THINKS THAT COP LOOKS STUPID BC YOU GOT AWAY WOTH IT.
YOU CLEARLY HAVE A NICE CAR. JUST TRY TO SHOW SOME DISCRETION IN FRONT OF A COP.

Z: OK.

APPARENTLY HAVING A NICE LOUD SPORTS CAR IS CODE FOR RECKLESS OP

JMax

Interesting post. I don't even have mine yet (I'm picking up my 2013 tomorrow), however I should be broken in next week . . . I have to immediately drive to Indiana from CA, and when I arrive i will have 2,080 on the odo. Should be an agonizing ride out but the return trip should be interesting.

J

TOporschefan

Hey guys don't get in trouble on my account, like i mentioned before already got my first ticket and it sucks. Be careful don't want anyone to get into any problems. Glad you did not get a ticket Zmoney I guess the cop had a hard time arguing with what you did.

Congrats on the new ride Jmax your going to love it.

HotLap

Actually, interesting perception on the LEO's part...never thought of it that way but it does make a certain sense...glad he let you go and was honest about why he pulled you over.

No HTwo O

I think you got lucky. Cop could have given you a ticket for "excessive display of speed", I think. This is always in the back of my mine when I am driving fast but still under the speed limits, around town.

skinzy

Very funny! Great post.

tackdriver

reminds me of my first Porsche. I drove around the peninsula south of San Francisco, in and around the watershed area in San Mateo County. I drove across this narrow dam, and took a hard right down the valley. Cop pulls me over after following me down the valley to a turnout:
SIR, DO YOU KNOW WHAT THE SPEED LIMIT WAS ON THAT TURN?
no
IT WAS 15. I HAVE RADAR, DO YOU KNOW HOW FAST YOU WERE GOING?
no
I GOT YOU AT 72. LICENSE AND REGISTRATION PLEASE
(I hand him the docs, cop goes back to car. Comes back in about a minute - I am crapping myself.)
SIR IF I HAD A CAR LIKE THAT I WOULD DO THE SAME THING. HAVE A NICE DAY.


This was an HONEST TO GOD true story. I had a little red 911, was a local, and had zero tickets on my record.... and a little race training.... haha