i just thought this was strange:
this morning the weather here in boston was pretty rugged, enough so that my mother didnt want to drive her 911s until the weather passed. so i let her borrow my evo since i had nowhere to go (home on break) i give her the keys she jumps right in and tears off. i called her immedaitaley saying " is that how you treat your porsche?" so she tells me that not only did the delership tell her to not to warm up the car, but the manual also says drive it immediately and let it warm uop from use.. any thoughts on this? what do you guys do? i always let it sit until the needle at least starts to move
p.s she also uses mobil1 and the dealer told her to change the oil after the 3500 mile break in and then like once a yr... nuts

 

she cares about her porsche
and she doesnt care about ur lancer

 

I would definitly let the Evo warm up like you said at least until the needle starts moving. I would think that would be the case for ANY car. I am in MA too so I understand how cold its been here. It just cant be good for the engine and oil to go from sub zero temps to operating temps that quickly. I remember reading on here that it can be especially bad for turbo ( fins I think )do to the rapid change in temp.

 

thats some selective hearing i think.. thats like my father in law with his 750i... he though they said change the oil ever 60K miles.. im like ummmm, I think they meant 6.. or maybe 16 at the most.

 

I was going to buy a porsche and the dealer told me thay they change the oil every 15,000 miles so if you look at it that way I guess you would say once a year

 

I'm know they put the extended life oil in these cars but I would never use it in my car

 

Any oil will need to be warm up to a certain temperature for it to work.

Tom

 

yes it does make your car happy warm your oil

 

I personally do not feel "warm-up" is necessary, meaning letting car sit on idle for a period of time. But I always drive it easy for the first few minutes.

 

Warm up is very important IMO I'm from MA and I will let the car run for 10 mins in the morn before work and also heat it up before I leave work.

If you do think it's not necessary try flooring first gear in your evo in the morning when its cold and you'll go NOOOOOOO WAAAAAAAREEE!!!!!!!

But yea If you must run it cold keep it under 3500rpm

 

yea the evo gets garaged in philly but theres no room when shes home in mass... my moms car gets the heated garage, but i just cant imagine not letting it warm up at first. it drives like hell without a few mins to get ready. im going to go beat on her porsche haha

 

Do the same thing to her Porsche and do a burn out when you pull off and see how she likes it.

 

I let it warm up for a few mins depending on how cold it is and then take it easy for first few mins of driving.

 

Are you crazy??????? You called a woman while she was driving your car knowing she would end up with only one hand on the wheel?

 

yeah text her next time!