The engine will completely fail after about 5,000 miles if you run in Sport mode all the time. That's a totally true 100% real fact.
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What, you see that on Breitbart? >The engine will completely fail after about 5,000 miles if you run in Sport mode all the time. That's a totally true 100% real fact.
I think the 5000 miles figure is inaccurate......I know for a fact it occurs at about 500 miles and how I know my engine already failed. Not to worry, my wife pushes and I ride and visa versa........plus the added benefit is all that exercise we now get.The engine will completely fail after about 5,000 miles if you run in Sport mode all the time. That's a totally true 100% real fact.
The only precaution with these engines is to follow the break-in guidelines which is to "mostly" keep it under 4200 rpms for the first 2K miles. Quite frankly, I think the break-in guidelines are a tad bit extreme. Although, I am not going to follow my SA's advice he told me to drive it like a stole it from day one..............
Also before you start pushing the Porsche allow the engine oil to get up to operating temperature ~194 degrees or about 4 or 5 miles.....
Porsche engines are tough.....
I was searching but I can't find the Pinocchio emoji.The engine will completely fail after about 5,000 miles if you run in Sport mode all the time. That's a totally true 100% real fact.
Looks like the intern who translated the UK manual was able to convert km to miles correctly.
How many of you other than Yipekiye actually use launch control more than once or twice? I didn't try it on my last 981 until I'd actually owned it in excess of 4 years. I only did it then to satisfy a very mild curiosity. I used it twice in a row on the same day & never felt the desire to do so again. So far I haven't tried it in my 718 & I'm not sure if I actually ever will. I don't deem it suitable for use on public roads (certainly not around here) & I don't like to stress the car in that manner anyway. If you hit a track & were actually going to race then it isn't particularly suitable for a race launch either. You shouldn't hold it at high revs for more than a few seconds without actioning the launch otherwise you stand to damage the vehicle. So the chances of you timing everything perfectly to coincide with the start of a race without causing damage or just simply getting your timing wrong & not initiating launch properly are pretty minuscule. You've got a rough idea, but you can't know exactly when that flag is going to be dropped or the lights change. So if anything I view it as a bit of a gimmick, that's maybe a bit of fun, sort of -ish, at a push, perhaps, but not really anymore useful than an ashtray fitted to a motorcycle.
Never on my Boxsters or Cayman. I did it once on my 991 Turbo S just to see what 0-60 in 2.9 sec feels like. Kind of scared me - not because of the brutal acceleration - more for the fear of an expensive repair. OTOH some magazines have done 100 launch controls in a row on the Turbo without any issue. OTOH, it ain't their car and they don't have to argue with the service manager.How many of you other than Yipekiye actually use launch control more than once or twice?
As far as I can tell, best thing about launch control is for the ragazines and fanboi videos for bragging rights.
Besides there's always the Dodge Hellcat Satan Beelzubub with 800+ hp to pop wheels with and I think that thing is priced about the same as 718S (w/o stealer markup)
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