Quote:
Originally Posted by Seadweller
... Porsche recommends that you don't let it warm up, but rather head straight out and drive it easy until the temperature comes up.
My concern is of course making sure there's lubrication throughout the engine and other things are "exercised," so any recommendations would be great. Unfortunately, taking it out for a drive every week is not realistic. I know starting it and not letting it come up to temperature allows water in the system to not burn off, but with synthetic oil, is that a continuing concern or an old wives tale? Would it harm things to start it once a week, let it run for a few minutes, then turn it off? ...
|
JFP in PA has discussed this several times. If I remember correctly, he does state that running the car for a short period of time will do more damage than good. Moisture in the systems, fuel vapor, and other contaminants in the oil will circulate, but not be burned off.
There is a reference in the manual about staying under a certain RPM until the car reaches a certain temperature. I'd look it up, but rather I will make it your Boxster assignment for the day to find it and post it for the rest of us.
I like Maytag's idea of having someone else take the car out for some exercise when you don't have time.
I have way too many cars, so I purposely switch to a different one every two or three days and make sure that my last drive before switching is a good, long one with some twisty roads.