Engine Break In Procedures/Waxing

[Adam]

Yeah, most dealers that I have dealt with know jack about the cars they sell and will tell you anything they think you want to hear. My dealer said the same B.S. I knew better and went home and read the manual. Porsche says keep it under 4,200 rpm for the first 2k miles in my book.

[Rail26]

Sure enough, page 14. Thanks for the help. Better start driving and reading a lot more!

[Brucelee]

If you intend to keep your car a long time, personally I would change the oil and filter at 1000.

Otherwise, follow the manual on the oil changes.

Best of luck with your new ride!

[Perfectlap]

Black car? get ready to spend allot of time detailing your P-Car.
nightmares of my previous car come flooding back.

Try the meguiar's NXT car wash soap. They claim it new magic ingredients reduce dust. I thik Black car's were meant for the Porsche detailing favourite from germany Klasse All in ONe and Klasse Sealant glaze. Other products produce similar shines (not Meguiar's or Mothers) but Klasse is the simplest requiring the least amount of product. The two small small bottles will keep you in busines for several years. Use SOnus Acrlyic SPritz after washing or in between layers of Klasse Sealant glaze.
For the interior I keep it German: 1Z vinyl and rubber care for for the dash and tires and 1Z leather care, and a weekly dousing of 1Z cockpit premium. I have tired everything on interiors and these are the best products I've used. Klasse VLRP is also good on the the black plastic.

[Brucelee]

For the Klasse Sealant, I would multi layer it as quickly as you can. The protection and shine of this product is amazing, esp, on Black.

[RandallNeighbour]

Returning to the origin of this thread, I always wondered if I would buy a new boxster off a lot or if it would be ordered.

Knowing that boxsters on the lot are driven really hard during test drives, I'd rather not drop 60k or more on a Porsche that has been near-redlined before it's broken in.

Sadly, I don't think I'll ever order a Porsche brand new from the factory... too expensive. The sad part is I have no real way of knowing if the first owner did the right thing and broke in the car properly.

[slogans7]

I've got a triple-black 02 S and I've tried Maguiar's NXT and P21S. Of the two, the P21S looks better IMHO. It's relatively expensive but it goes on like soft butter and comes up just as easily, leaving quite a deep lustre.

If you really want to do it right, use Klasse All-in-One after washing, then two coats of Klasse Sealant Guard after (letting the first coat sit 8 hours or longer), then the P21S. Go to http://autopia.org and www.autopia-carcare.com for the best info on detailing; it's the Mother Lode for such information.

You can get all the products from the Internet, or pick up Klasse products at Mercedes and Porsche dealers (although they jack up the price quite a bit).

[Rail26]

Great advice...thanks! Randallneighbor brought up an interesting point about buying a car straight off the lot or ordering it. Even though it was a bit more expensive, I ordered mine straight from the factory. Now that I think about it, my test drive definitely did not follow the break in procedures. However, my car arrived with 14 miles on it coming straight off the boat. Any idea where these 14 miles came from? Do they test drive the cars at the factory? Drive the cars from the factory to the boat? What gives?

Slogans7, were you referring to applying P21s carnuba wax after the Klasse sealant?

[RandallNeighbour]

I heard these miles are test track miles in Germany.

I tell you what, I'd pay Porsche a salary to test all the new cars every day

[Brucelee]

Sadly, after driving Porsches all day, every day, it does tend to be like ......driving!