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Mira in the menu for displays. I’ll look for it when I’m back in the car.
Yup, you inspired me to change mine from digital to analog-ish as well. It's under the car icon shortcut on the left side of the screen, not under the Settings > Vehicle menu.
I have been on vacation in New Orleans for the last few days. So after 4 days of Ubers and taxis, I got in my car and took a nice drive towards Cincinnati along the river. Radio off, manual button on (for PDK) Always puts a grin on my face and I feel lucky to be able to do this kind of thing with a car like that.
I headed out to the local Burgerkingring (Jack Baruth reference) this morning for an out-and-back up both the front and back sides of this delightful road on the notion that a lot of dads would be at home doing Father's Day things, but this was my Father's Day present to myself. I was rewarded with mostly clear roads and was amused by someone driving a modified Forester in anger in front of me. The 911 could reel him in easily but he was keeping up a good pace and I just hung back while playing the "avoid touching the brakes" game. Ultimately, the mountains aren't a place for racing and I had to remind myself of when a sport bike with a good rider came up behind me later and had me pushing faster than I really wanted to. Best to keep the ego in check by pulling over when safe and get the car and myself back to the family in one piece.
I'm still figuring out where I like my C2's handling better with the shocks in the soft setting and where I prefer them in the stiff setting. The latter are the obvious choice where the roads are smooth and twisty but the pavement quality around here, especially in the mountains after all of the storms we had this past winter, is highly variable and thus the choice is not always obvious. The capability and adjustability and versatility of this 911 even in its most basic form continues to delight and impress and amaze in equal measures. My deep satisfaction ultimately comes from using this machine how it was meant to be used and I am happy to be well on my way to putting more miles (with many of them in the hills and mountains) on my Base in my first year of ownership than a buddy has put on in five years of his GT3RS ownership.
What is the break in and are there any posts about it, or does your SA educate you on that. Mine jsut arrived at the dealership.
Check page 16 of your owners manual. That is the official Porsche position. As others have mentioned, everyone knows "a guy" who says to ignore it. I crossed 1800 miles about two weeks ago and now i'm in the fun zone. I had to wait about four tanks of gas. It wasn't a big deal.
We had a nice Father's Day drive to deliver dinner and a gift to my father, who's suffering through a very mild case of Covid, My folks live off a nice twisty bit of road in Northern New Mexico. Despite my break-in limitations, the road offers nice switchbacks and elevation changes that were perfectly matched to my C4S. Their home also is just a quick sprint away from one of our favorite NM restaurants. Driving home, with dinner in tow, we entered the highway right next to a brand new orange AM Vantage with temporary plates. My Fiancée and I, in our brand new Racing Yellow car (also still with temporary plates) made quite the sight as our two very bright and shiny cars led the procession back into town. Since I'm only at 700 miles, and assuming the AM was in break-in period as well, it was a nice leisurely jaunt as we continued to pass each other to admire both of our cars. A nice cap to the weekend!
The benefit of jetlag is that I can get out on the great driving roads before the families, Sunday drivers, and cyclists come out in force. So I did that today and was rewarded with one of my favorite days with my 911 so far. The lead up to this was a particularly stressful week at work, so getting out to the the best mountain road in the area (12 miles long with enough corners to put it in competition with the Nordschleife) was especially cathartic, and then running it in each direction three times was immensely instructive. I started to play with entry speeds, braking points, and shift timing, and was quickly reminded that even the base model has limits and capabilities far above that of the average owner. I never found my car's steering to be particularly communicative but it really starts to talk to you as you load it up. And if you bury your foot in third gear, you will find that you hit the rev limiter at 95mph after a few seconds. I was ultimately reminded that this everyday sports car is still very much a sports car and that I am lucky to own one.
P.S. On the way down off the mountain, I passed a couple dozen Model T's and Model A's going up the mountain. When I got to the end of the line, I found a group of eight GT3s stuck behind them. Wake up earlier next time, fellas! 😆
02-13-2023, 07:29 PM
