And therein lies the catch-22: If you drive it 4,500 RPM for 2050 miles, as he did, you're "pussy footing a Porsche" yet if you rev it 7,000 RPM all the time you're beating on it. Oh, and then if you wreck it, well then "you should be required to take a class on driving high-performance/supercars!!11" 101z....
Seriously, who cares what someone else is doing with their car. He paid ~$95,000 for it, he can drive it however he sees fit. Maybe he thinks most of us are dolts for redlining the first 3 or 4 gears everywhere we go and polluting the hell out of everything and needlessly wasting gas and speeding around.
When I was at Road America a few years back I saw a gentleman who had just bought a 996 Cab (first few years of 996, so it was a big deal) and wanted to cruise it around the track. By the end of the day he ended up cruising it into the wall...destroyed. Ouch
The point is..not everyone buys a Porsche to act like Walter Rohl. They buy them because they're sexy, sound great, and they give you an erection when you occasionally mash the loud pedal. They also tend to say, "I'm driving a 90K+ car, I've achieved a bit of success," like it or not.
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Originally Posted by porsche356a
Just so you know...
The break-in period (factory specified) on a 997 is ~4500rpm for the 1st 2000 miles.
Not to start the debate, but @ 2050 this car has been cared for properly.
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