[Boristhespyder]

What's important to me is has the car been maintained to specification and treated with respect. I know people who say, it doesn't hurt a modern engine to start it and immediately rev it to red line in or out of gear. Well, my 944 manual and other Porsche manuals state you drive it with care at low revolutions till it's warm. Someone like me, who always does that and is the only driver of the car? I think that matters. Not everyone out there is like us, we are the Mr. Monk's of Porsche owners and frankly I wouldn't have it any other way. However, others who are not like us can ruin a car on pristine roads and conditions, trust me I saw a lot of it. When I went to purchase my first bike, a Honda 500 four, the man was on the spokes with a toothbrush, sold....

 

[Boristhespyder]

I saw factory representatives at training schools start a cold DOHC 4 and go right to redline, brand new cars on another dealer's lot, I thought it was disrespectful to his lot stock and bad for the engine. As for Ferrari, when a company schedules engine out maintenance as part of a normal schedule you know it's all about performance, they aren't concerned with their customer's wallets.