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My suggestion is about 500 miles of modest driving in the RPM band, not for the car break in but for the driver break-in. Once you get comfortable in the car after a couple weeks then start exploring above 5K RPM's, where all the fun happens...
Today's cars you can pretty much drive it like you stole it right off the lot.
Two suggestions. Read the Cayman owners manual that is posted here to find out what Porsche recommends then do a search and find the many views expressed here.
The first thing you should always do as soon as you get the car home is take pictures and post them here in the forum. The second thing you do is read the owner's manual cover to cover. In it you will find the proper breakin procedures.
Reading the manual states that you should keep the car under 4,200 RPM for 2,000 miles or something like that. The worst Porsches we've seen for mechanical issues were the ones who followed the break in policy then drove the piss out of the car. The best Porsches for having very few issues were driven like they were stolen right off the lot.
I've been told this by every Porsche tuning shop around Hampton Roads, and every long-time Porsche owner I know. A friend of mine is on his 24th Turbo, and 23 of them were perfect. The one that wasn't was the one he babied during the break-in period then burned the rubber off of it afterward - it was in our shop every other week. The one Cayman we're having numerous issues with right now went by the break-in procedure.
Nobody has noticed a horsepower loss after thousands of miles. I've seen this to be true on just about every car (not just Porsches). Internet Myth.
I know this post if going to see some controversy, but if everyone didn't have an opinion what a boring world this would be.
Not controversial, just repetitive opinions to the 100's already expressed. Same thing with radar detectors, PASM, colors and so on. Nothing wrong with that but it would be nice to keep them all in the same thread by finding the orginal one and adding to it when posting instead of assuming orginal thought.
Everyone has to make their own decision on some of these and there are some excellent viewpoints already expressed that can help with that.
PASM - Porsche Active Suspension Management
This active damping system offers continuous adjustment of individual damping forces based on current road conditions and driving style.
The driver can choose from two setup modes, ‘Normal’ and ‘Sport’, using a separate ‘damper’ button on the center console. ‘Normal’ mode is designed for general road driving and circuits with uneven tarmac. ‘Sport’ mode is intended for smoother track surfaces, where the harder settings help eliminate pitch and roll.
In either mode, PASM continuously evaluates the current conditions while automatically selecting the corresponding damper rates from the respective set of mapped values.
A range of sensors are used to monitor the movement of the body under acceleration, braking and cornering maneuvers, as well as on poor road surfaces. The PASM control unit then evaluates this data and modifies the damping force on each individual wheel in accordance with the selected mode. The result is a significant reduction in body movement as well as a better grip on the road.
For example: if ‘Sport’ mode is selected, the suspension is automatically set to a harder damper rating. If the quality of the track surface falls below a certain threshold, the system immediately changes to a softer rating within the ‘Sport’ setup range. When the quality of the tarmac improves once more, PASM automatically returns to the original, harder rating.
Need more information about PASM? Click this link: FAQ for PASM
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if you do search, basically only in usdm, porsche put break in under 4200 rpm. the rest of the world dont have that limitation. my advise is first few hundred miles, get to know your car, like when you get to know your girl. once you feel confident to move up to the next step, then all hell break loose.
Let people talk. All people want to do is talk about a cool car. Of course, everything has already been beat to death at some point in distant history. Lets talk. There are only a finite number of things to talk about on any car, anyway. I get really tired of every thread getting cutoff with someone saying 'do a search and you will find umpteen milliion posts on this topic.' This is the only forum I watch where the forum cops watch for any slight repetition of prior topics. Lets talk. Screw repetition.
My advice on break-in: run it hard but be smart. No overrevs. Break in the brakes. Otherwise, enjoy the car. I'm not giving up a single minute.
My question is somewhere near this subject. I will be picking up my 07 CS in early November and driving it roughly 1100 highway miles home. With the constant speed, what do you suggest in order to 'drive' the car and avoid the potential problems associated with babying it. One suggestion I have heard is to change gears every so often just to mix the RPMs. Is there any other way?
Yeah, that would do it. 6th for a while, 5th for a while, back to 4th, then 5th again, etc. ... Running it from 0 to full RPM on occasion to excercise it would be good. I'm an electrical engineer rather than a mechanical engineer, but my understanding is that the point is to avoid a mechanical resonance and excessively wear the parts at a particular RPM. Need to add a little wear at all RPMs.
