718 GT4 "Run-in Period" - Confused!
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Hi all,
Took delivery of my GT4 a couple months ago and I'm starting to get a few hundred miles under my belt on it, and really enjoying it so far! However, I just wanted to ask what people have done for the "Run-in" period? My car is currently sitting at around 500 miles mark.
Reason I ask is because everywhere I look, I seem to get a different answer to the question! - This is my first ever new car, so trying to care of it as much as possible as I've never had to run in a car before!
Also want to keep it for as long as I physically can, unless I have the opportunity to purchase something more spicy like a GT3!
- The manual says that the car should be kept below 4k RPM until 1865 miles on the clock (this is what I have been following so far), but doesn't mention anything after that? I assume you can't you ham foot it to the redline the second it hits that milestone and just have to gradually increase the load, however the manual doesn't seem to provide any guidance on that? I've also seen online that people are saying that this is a general statement for all 718 models, and they done it differently on their GT4?
- When I picked up the car, the Salesman said that there was no need to run in the car, but to take it easy for a couple 100 Miles to get used to it, before going all out - no specific guidance was provided. I have emailed them asking about this same subject, but received no reply, almost like they are only interested in taking my money!
- I've also seen online that people are following the advice of Andreas Preuninger who is one of the main GT department engineers, who stated the following running in process for the GT4:
Break in schedule, according to Andreas Preuninger, (in miles):
up to 300......5000rpms
up to 420......5500rpm
up to 540......6000rpm
up to 660......6500rpm
up to 780......7000rpm
up to 900......7500rpm
Redline after about 1000 miles.
As you can see, all of these guidance's seem to conflict, so having never run-in a car before, you can hopefully understand why I may be a bit confused!
Another point which I don't seem to have the answer for, is once the "run-in" period is complete, do I need to have a "run-in service" done to the car? - Again I have asked about this to no avail to my dealer.
I'm looking at booking up a track day in the next month or 2, and want to make sure the car is correctly run-in for it, so any advice on what anyone else has done on here would be much appreciated, and hopefully wont confuse me any further!
Took delivery of my GT4 a couple months ago and I'm starting to get a few hundred miles under my belt on it, and really enjoying it so far! However, I just wanted to ask what people have done for the "Run-in" period? My car is currently sitting at around 500 miles mark.
Reason I ask is because everywhere I look, I seem to get a different answer to the question! - This is my first ever new car, so trying to care of it as much as possible as I've never had to run in a car before!
Also want to keep it for as long as I physically can, unless I have the opportunity to purchase something more spicy like a GT3!- The manual says that the car should be kept below 4k RPM until 1865 miles on the clock (this is what I have been following so far), but doesn't mention anything after that? I assume you can't you ham foot it to the redline the second it hits that milestone and just have to gradually increase the load, however the manual doesn't seem to provide any guidance on that? I've also seen online that people are saying that this is a general statement for all 718 models, and they done it differently on their GT4?
- When I picked up the car, the Salesman said that there was no need to run in the car, but to take it easy for a couple 100 Miles to get used to it, before going all out - no specific guidance was provided. I have emailed them asking about this same subject, but received no reply, almost like they are only interested in taking my money!
- I've also seen online that people are following the advice of Andreas Preuninger who is one of the main GT department engineers, who stated the following running in process for the GT4:
Break in schedule, according to Andreas Preuninger, (in miles):
up to 300......5000rpms
up to 420......5500rpm
up to 540......6000rpm
up to 660......6500rpm
up to 780......7000rpm
up to 900......7500rpm
Redline after about 1000 miles.
As you can see, all of these guidance's seem to conflict, so having never run-in a car before, you can hopefully understand why I may be a bit confused!
Another point which I don't seem to have the answer for, is once the "run-in" period is complete, do I need to have a "run-in service" done to the car? - Again I have asked about this to no avail to my dealer.
I'm looking at booking up a track day in the next month or 2, and want to make sure the car is correctly run-in for it, so any advice on what anyone else has done on here would be much appreciated, and hopefully wont confuse me any further!
Thank you for all your replies, its seems that everyone seems to do it their own way by the looks of it!
I also agree that keeping it below 4k RPM for 1865 miles seems a bit absurd, especially when the car is built to be thrashed, so its against the cars own ethos! I'm dying to explore it properly on a track day!
I think what I'm going to end up doing, its keeping it below 4k rpm for 1k miles and slowly build the revs up from that point onwards, as I'm already halfway to that marker anyways.
From that point onwards, I'll gradually increase the load up to the full 8k
I also agree that keeping it below 4k RPM for 1865 miles seems a bit absurd, especially when the car is built to be thrashed, so its against the cars own ethos! I'm dying to explore it properly on a track day!
I think what I'm going to end up doing, its keeping it below 4k rpm for 1k miles and slowly build the revs up from that point onwards, as I'm already halfway to that marker anyways.
From that point onwards, I'll gradually increase the load up to the full 8k
Thank you all for the further replies, again interesting to see how all of you have run in your cars in different ways!
I would've loved to do a road trip to some twisties in Europe with it, however with work commitments etc. this wasn't possible. Maybe a good run out to Wales is needed one weekend to experience it on some tighter roads at lower revs. Would be a nice way to get some mileage on the car as I'm south east England based.
I've always been quite anal with the Oil temp as many others of you have mentioned, I personally always let a car finish its cold start sequence before even turning a wheel (I'm sure the neighbours also love the noise
), and keep revs down until the car is in the right temperature ranges, no matter what car I am in!
I would've loved to do a road trip to some twisties in Europe with it, however with work commitments etc. this wasn't possible. Maybe a good run out to Wales is needed one weekend to experience it on some tighter roads at lower revs. Would be a nice way to get some mileage on the car as I'm south east England based.
I've always been quite anal with the Oil temp as many others of you have mentioned, I personally always let a car finish its cold start sequence before even turning a wheel (I'm sure the neighbours also love the noise
), and keep revs down until the car is in the right temperature ranges, no matter what car I am in! Gassing Station | Boxster/Cayman | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff