my first (Porsche) Cayman - now the questions:
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Lovely...!
I intend treating this car as well as the previous owner, so now the questions begin. Could you please recomend the best:
1. petrol to put in it.
2. oil to put in it.
3. stone chip fixers / removers in the Midlands (yes, even a well loved Porsche has a few of these...)
4. detailing company (again in the Midlands).
5. general cleaning products.
Thanks in advance - I'm off for another drive!
Thanks for the info so far.
I put Tesco Super Unleaded (97 RON) in it the first time, but that was only 'cause it was the nearest thing to hand when I wanted to take it for a blast. I'm thinking of trying to find some 98 RON as this is what the handbook recommends...
Fill me in: what's the difference, betterment of 5W40 over Mobil 1 0-40w?
And finally, there's no way I am using a touch up pen, my hands aint that steady(!).
Will a car detailer do stone chip repairs to or do I need...???
Should I trust my pricey porker to someone like 'chipsaway'?
I put Tesco Super Unleaded (97 RON) in it the first time, but that was only 'cause it was the nearest thing to hand when I wanted to take it for a blast. I'm thinking of trying to find some 98 RON as this is what the handbook recommends...
Fill me in: what's the difference, betterment of 5W40 over Mobil 1 0-40w?
And finally, there's no way I am using a touch up pen, my hands aint that steady(!).
Will a car detailer do stone chip repairs to or do I need...???
Should I trust my pricey porker to someone like 'chipsaway'?
Ewa Woowa said:
Thanks for the info so far.
I put Tesco Super Unleaded (97 RON) in it the first time, but that was only 'cause it was the nearest thing to hand when I wanted to take it for a blast. I'm thinking of trying to find some 98 RON as this is what the handbook recommends...
Fill me in: what's the difference, betterment of 5W40 over Mobil 1 0-40w?
And finally, there's no way I am using a touch up pen, my hands aint that steady(!).
Will a car detailer do stone chip repairs to or do I need...???
Should I trust my pricey porker to someone like 'chipsaway'?
There's no significant difference. Porsche has a number of 5w-40 approved oils on its approved oils list along with of course 0w-40 and even a 5w-50 oil. (The latter two oils and at least one of the 5w-40 oils are from Mobil.)I put Tesco Super Unleaded (97 RON) in it the first time, but that was only 'cause it was the nearest thing to hand when I wanted to take it for a blast. I'm thinking of trying to find some 98 RON as this is what the handbook recommends...
Fill me in: what's the difference, betterment of 5W40 over Mobil 1 0-40w?
And finally, there's no way I am using a touch up pen, my hands aint that steady(!).
Will a car detailer do stone chip repairs to or do I need...???
Should I trust my pricey porker to someone like 'chipsaway'?
Well, check that: For use in temps -25C or colder 0w-40 is recommended.
BTW I just recently drove my 02 Boxster 5K miles with Mobil 1 0w-40 oil in it engine and there were no issues arising from using this oil and the fact the engine had nearly 250K miles on it at that time. It now has over 255K miles and since it is summer here I have switched to Mobil 1 5w-50 (not a typo for 15w-50) oil. In fact I run this same oil in my 03 Turbo with 91K miles on its odo.
Use an approved oil. Change it at least as often as the owners manual schedule has. I prefer 5K mile oil/filter services for my cars.
Oh, EVO did a gasoline test a few years back. Buy a name brand gasoline. "Supermarket" gasolines varied in quality because of the variability of the suppliers. Buy the right octane grade. Buy from a busy station. Enjoy the car.
Sincerely,
Rockster.
My Cayman S drinks Shell V-Power only (unless I'm caught really short and then it might drink BP Ultimate or some other SUPER variant but never SUPERmarket).
I use a 0w-40 Oil. I think its Mobil I've got but any of the major brands rated 0w-40 will do the trick. Best tip with oil though is to keep checking the levels regularly as most cars burn a little oil and require top ups from time to time. If your oil warning light comes on, its usually already too late.
I use a 0w-40 Oil. I think its Mobil I've got but any of the major brands rated 0w-40 will do the trick. Best tip with oil though is to keep checking the levels regularly as most cars burn a little oil and require top ups from time to time. If your oil warning light comes on, its usually already too late.
Trev450 said:
Tesco Super (Momentum) is in fact 99 octane and I've used this in my Cayman S for the last 2 years without any issues.
Same here - regularly use Tesco Momentum 99 and it is fine. AFAIK, supermarkets get their fuel from the same refineries as the other petrol stations; the only difference is the additives that are added when it is put in the tanker.I also use Shell V-Power, but less of late because the Shell garages near me have upped the price difference over Tesco 99 to ridiculous levels.
For oil, I use Mobil 1 0W-40, as that is what was recommended by Porsche. Buy it from Costco if you can get membership, as it is far cheaper there than anywhere else and you will save loads if you provide your own oil for services (especially if using an OPC).
So, new question: Tracking...
While I wouldn't normally let an "ordinary" garage near a Porsche, as it's "just" tracking, would you think it would be OK to let the guys who do my missus' Ford also do my Cayman?
Or even for just tracking would you recommend I take it to my local Indy Porsche?
Again, thanks in advance for any help...
While I wouldn't normally let an "ordinary" garage near a Porsche, as it's "just" tracking, would you think it would be OK to let the guys who do my missus' Ford also do my Cayman?
Or even for just tracking would you recommend I take it to my local Indy Porsche?
Again, thanks in advance for any help...
Ewa Woowa said:
So, new question: Tracking...
While I wouldn't normally let an "ordinary" garage near a Porsche, as it's "just" tracking, would you think it would be OK to let the guys who do my missus' Ford also do my Cayman?
Or even for just tracking would you recommend I take it to my local Indy Porsche?
Again, thanks in advance for any help...
Where are you in the UK? There may be specific recommendations but there's no point saying somewhere in Kent if you're in Newcastle. While I wouldn't normally let an "ordinary" garage near a Porsche, as it's "just" tracking, would you think it would be OK to let the guys who do my missus' Ford also do my Cayman?
Or even for just tracking would you recommend I take it to my local Indy Porsche?
Again, thanks in advance for any help...
Er, no...
Get a proper GEO setup (full front and rear check/setup), apparantly Centre Gravity come highly recommended, as do several other specialists, depends where you are really. I recently used Rally Repaints in Selby and was very happy (not Porsche specialists but do race/rally car setups tailored to the customer)...
Get a proper GEO setup (full front and rear check/setup), apparantly Centre Gravity come highly recommended, as do several other specialists, depends where you are really. I recently used Rally Repaints in Selby and was very happy (not Porsche specialists but do race/rally car setups tailored to the customer)...
NA55 said:
Excuse my ignorance but what does -- DONT OVERFILL THE ENGINE - mean?
:S
In this context it refers to overfilling the engine with oil.:S
I won't cover the various possible ramifications of overfilling the engine with oil, save one: Because the way the electronic oil level system works it is not capable of reporting how overfull the engine is.
Thus if you add too much oil you can't know if the engine has a quart too much oil or a gallon too much oil, though obviously at some point of overfilling there might be clues -- oil running from the exhaust pipe outlet? -- one put in way too much oil into the engine.
So, to know that the level is ok but not too full avoid overfilling the engine with oil.
Be sure when you add oil because the level is low the level is low not due to the car being on a slope. And add oil in small increments. No need to use an eyedropper but say if you're sure the level is down from the max by say 4 segments/lines which I forget now how much oil this represents but for the sake of discussion let us say it represents one liter, add half a liter then check the level again.
If you want to add a bit more oil do so, but there's no real benefit to keeping the oil at the top (but not over) the max line.
OTOH, I would not allow the oil level to fall too close to the low level line and do not (as some do) use the oil level display flashing as a signal it is time to add oil. If this is flashing it is past time to add oil. While it is unlikely any damage occurred this does run the engine dangerously low on oil and there's no excuse for doing that.
Sincerely,
Rockster.
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