Unless you also get unlimited cars from Porsche and enjoy free service and upkeep, I don't think it's a valid comparison. Those cars are destined for a short enjoyable life at the Experience Centers.

 

4 tanks of gas is about 1,500+ miles. And my SA told me to do it on both my cars... maybe because he knew I keep my cars forever??? Everyone is different. No big deal.

 

Looks like this thread is becoming the place to rehash every Porsche argument of the last couple of decades.

 

Yeah, back on track. Nick, S, GTS.

I always do the opposite of everything Nick.

That’s why as soon as I get my car, I’m going to have it driven by a gorilla with a Nick plush in the back.

Defiance at all costs.

 

Might as well turn it into an oil thread to……….

 

Well referenced arguments would be useful.

Generalisations, like every car or agricultural equipment I ever had… not so much 🤦‍♂️

 

I heard the sport response button increases boost, manual owners lost out on the fun....Discuss....

 

That’s the problem though, there really isn’t any good referenced data or articles on break in procedures. You have the one Porsche employee from the factory in that article. Then just about every other Porsche person I’ve talked to or read from on the subject contradicts it. From AP to dealer sales/tech etc and Porsche’s own Experience Centers obviously don’t follow their own or any break in procedures. Porsche still CPOs them though so that has some merit in this conversation. Bottom line (like oil) do what you want and in the long run it will most likely mean nothing in the long term health of the car. There certainly isn’t any hard data on either.

 

Completely transforms the car, night and day, makes it “special.”

 

How about that matrix light activation? Discuss.

 

You mean lack of activation.

 

More to the point, even with hard data, a contingent would argue passionately on the other side of the debate. My personal theory is that because Porsche allows such a high level of customization/ personalization, it encourages a level of over thinking that is not present with most other brands. It’s further exacerbated by Porsche offering many options that fall within the general bucket of performance enhancements. Surely a car with PDCC, RAS, PCCB MUST be better?! And by extension those who don’t get these options must be heretics. Or those who do get them are heretics for somehow diluting the purity of the car’s dynamics. Or one option is for true believers and the others for heretics, and so on ad infinitum. All for cars that, if we’re honest, most of us never come close to being good enough drivers to get to 60% of their capabilities.

And if I’m honest, part of the reason I love the 911 buying experience is because each go-around is like another chance to configure the goldilocks car.

 

What? Your dealership didn’t activate? 😎 Discuss?

 

Interestingly, the GT3 and GT4RS owners manual specifies driving below 7000rpm during the first 1500km or 930 miles.
Other models of 911 specify below 4000rpm during the first 3000km or 2000mi.

This is the best reference we have and Porsche are too precise not to keep the OM updated regularly.

Obviously the crew at the PEC will not mention it, as they will have to explain why they ignore it and rip the new cars around the track.

 

It’s not the most scientifically rigorous thing - probably because there isn’t a hard answer. There are likely several acceptable methods of break in and what is advised in the OM is whatever is easiest to explain. There is no way Porsche would include AP’s break in regimen. Your average civilian would be utterly confused. That said, the result is effectively the same - break it in over 700 miles before going wide open.