How many miles are normal for a brand new Boxster?

[yfei]

I just purchased a new Boxster S with odometer reading of 92 miles. Is this too high for a new porsche? This is like ~8 test drives, more than average I guess. I remember when the first time I test droved a new boxster, the dealer didn't tell me during break-in period the rev shouldn't go higher than 4.2k, and I was constantly driving at 5k~6k rpm. I can just wish other test drivers of my car didn't abuse it too much.

And on this car I can feel slight jerk when I press or release the throttle a little fast (not very fast) in low gears. And when I turn off the engine, I can feel a slight left to right shaking of the whole car. Not sure if these are normal. I don't remember I felt similar things when I test drove another boxster s with 24 miles on it.

[Jeffrey776]

Mine had 13mi

[wild1poet2]

mine had about 90

Mine had about 7 miles on it.

[mussberger]

And Drive Another Car To Compare.

[BlueStreak]

When I test drove a Boxster... it left the dealership with about 5km and came back with over 25km because the dealer drove us to a nice out of the way road. Then I ordered one in the color that I wanted, and mine had barely 1km on it when I took delivery. The way I look at it, that's 20km less break-in period for that Boxter's owner

My Boxster rev'ed smoother after the first 1000km. The break-in period really does make a difference. I don't know what you mean by a jerk when you press the throttle, however I also feel a slight shake when starting or turning off the car... it is a horizontally opposed engine, so the weight of the pistons shift left-right.

[MikenOH]

Our '06' had 5 miles on it.
I watched a new Cayman get "broken in" at an auto-x where a salesman let a few club members try it out. Judging from the engine noise, they sure weren't shifting at at 4200 rpm.
You have to wonder what those PCNA launch Caymans were put through in the first 2000 miles; probably not a car you'd want to have after the warranty was up.

[luxury1]

33 Miles on mine

[yfei]

Thanks for all the replies. After spend more time with this car, I found a new problem: when the car is parked and idle, I can feel some irregular shakes of the car body, the source seems come from the back of the seats, the engine. The occurrence is not periodical, but in average happens every about 5 seconds. This is more severe when the car is just cold started, but still noticeable after temperature reached 175. After running the car on the high way for awhile then put it to idle, this phenomena seems disappear, but will show up again after 30 seconds.
I went to several dealers close by (the dealer I bought the car from is 1 hour away) and tested 3 Boxster S, none of the cars have shakes like that. I made a service appointment next Wed.

[Ronzi]

I think most states have a regulation which defines what the maximum mileage is for a car to be sold as "new". In the case of Colo., where I live, I believe it is 100 miles or thereabouts.
While I would say 95 miles is pretty high mileage for a "new" car, it probably does not exceed what is legal. Your local auto licensing folks should be able to tell you for sure.

[bhduxbury]

8

[TriGem2k]

Mine had 3