[mickey356]

I'm a little confused by all this. These cars are made in Germany. It gets cold in Germany. Whats the difference in the way the cold/operating temps/time it takes to get to operating temp, etc..... affect these cars? Why do they have to get to operating temp everytime you drive? Is it just the condensation issue? If that is as harmful to the engine as it being implied in this thread it seems like a serious design flaw on Porsches part, no? Did they continue to make these cars with the intent to drive them until they reach proper operating temp in order to boil off water in the oil for the entire time they made them?
I have a 5 mile drive to work everyday. I'm not sure if I'm not getting to to operating temp (it gets to just shy of the second white mark) but I think I do. But it seems awfully silly to make a car that shouldn't be warmed up at idle yet needs to be driven hard to reach operating temp everytime you drive. It's only gonna get colder over the next few months and I may have made a grave error in buying a 911 as my daily driver.