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Tomorrow I am going to spend some time on the Blue Ridge Parkway.
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My new GTS home at last
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A real beauty! Congratulations and drive in the best of health.
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We 've done the complete Blue Ridge Parkway late spring this year and it was a blast! If you get stuck behind a particularly slow car/RV and there is a lot of traffic, don't risk it. Stop at a view point and take some photos.
There is also an app that helps programming your stops!
Take your time and have fun with this nice sportscar of yours!
Great looking car! If I had had a choice, I would have bought that color. Be careful of your speed on the Blue Riidge. It is heavily patrolled. I recall one Easter Sunday morning several years ago. A friend of mine and I were returning from a motorcycling trip into the Appalachians. We arrived at the South end of the Blue Ridge at 5:30 AM. Figured there wouldn't be many cops. At a place called the flats, we encountered a cruiser going the other way and said, there goes the cop! Wrong! We opened it up a bit and about 5 miles further North another one showed up also headed South. Needless to say, he hit the lights and we all came to a halt. He was a decent sort and only my friend got a ticket. But I was amazed to find two cruisers that close together at roughly 6AM on a frosty Easter morning!
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I learned that the Sunday of Labor Day Weekend Is not the time to drive the Blue Ridge if you want low traffic. Not much of a chance to get in trouble but a beautiful day otherwise. I did discover Sport and Sport+ modes. Still had a blast.
Agate grey just looks so good doesn’t it, my Agate Boxster GTS would look good parked there for a side by side shot...! Bit extreme to fly it over from Blighty mind.....
I can’t help but cringe a little when I see blue sky and a tin top though...a roadster is the only option imho....!
Each to their own, would be a boring world I’d we all liked the same thing....enjoy your car, looks a fantastic place to be able to drive one.
I can’t help but cringe a little when I see blue sky and a tin top though...a roadster is the only option imho....!
Each to their own, would be a boring world I’d we all liked the same thing....enjoy your car, looks a fantastic place to be able to drive one.
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I had a convertible Fiat 124 Spyder and it was fun but I really didn't drive much with the top down. I live in Florida most of the year and in the summer it is too hot during the day. However, my main reason for theCayman was the lines of the car. I prefer the looks of the Cayman. Personal preference I know but as you say to each his own.I can’t help but cringe a little when I see blue sky and a tin top though...a roadster is the only option imho....!
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Car looks amazing! I have an agate grey cayman with 19 inch boxster rims and the clear tail lights. The silver rims are the only light color on the car. IMO, the black rims look much better than the silver, but I didn't want 20". Powder coating in my future I think.
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Are you going to adhere to the 2K break-in? Two schools of thought on the best approach.
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Out of curiosity, what are they? Also, I think 2k miles is overly cautious. Seals and anything that needs to seat properly, probably only need a few heat cycles for them to do so. I think when I bought my Z, the dealer said something like keep low RPMs for the first 400 miles. That seemed reasonable, but both also seem arbitrary.
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My inclination was, and is, to adhere to the 2K break-in and I did so for all the 3 Porsches I have owned. The head of the Porsche GT division, Andreas Preuninger, had a less stringent break-in recommendation as delineated in the thread linked below. He was also of the opinion that people who take their Porsche from the dealership directly or almost immediately to the track are not treating their Porsches properly. I also included a link from the Porsche club where a German engineer is asked the question about the need for a formal break-in.
The other school of thought is drive it like you stole it.
Fast Approaching 2000 mile break-in
My car was at the dealership for two weeks to have the Llumar Platinum reapplied since wasn't happy with the first application, and when I got it back on the 14th of September it had 635 miles by the 15th of September it had 1000 miles (image 1) and on the 18th of September it had 1500 miles...
www.718forum.com
http://yel.pca.org/porsche-engine-break-in/
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Yes I am gong to adhere to the break in period. It is difficult when you want to punch it when passing or wanting to tap the power for other reasons but I want to make sure I treat the engine right. I have had it less that a week and already have 700 miles on it so hopefully it won't take too long.
Ah! You lucky devil! I got my car at the end of December and with summer tires, I got to drive a day here and a day there for three months. It probably took me four months to get where you are now! I'm pretty sure you can do it, although the odd, brief jolt above 4K is not going to hurt anything, IMHO.
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Good for you; doesn't sound like a garage Queen to me. You will be at the 2K break-in in short order.
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